Armchair Archives

ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – When old Lloyd George school finally succumbed

October 30, 2026 // 2 Comments

Tomorrow, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2026, at 10 a.m., a rally will be held in front of Stuart Wood school in support of preventing the iconic old building from being torn down. City [Continue]

ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – The loneliness of the civic election candidate

October 10, 2026 // 1 Comment

NOTE: This column was first published on Nov. 18, 2014 as yours truly wrapped up an election campaign. YOU HAVE TO RUN for public office to understand campaign stress. In my [Continue]

ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – For our economic security, we’ve got to stop subsidizing Alaska

August 28, 2026 // 0 Comments

The following editorial was first published on Jan. 8, 2025 as Donald Trump was ‘renaming’ the Gulf of Mexico. In view of events this week, it seems current [Continue]

ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – Lloyd, Rafe and Jim vs. ‘every nut with a keyboard’

August 5, 2026 // 2 Comments

Iconic Canadian TV journalist and news anchor Lloyd Robertson died Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2026 at the age of 92. Robertson reported the news to us each night on CBC’s The [Continue]

ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – A son’s debt to his mother is never fully repaid

May 10, 2026 // 0 Comments

This column was first published Saturday, Aug. 10, 1996 in The Kamloops Daily News. It is republished today on the occasion of Mother’s Day, almost 30 years after the death [Continue]

ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – A visit to Auschwitz provides a stark reminder

January 27, 2026 // 1 Comment

Today is International Holocaust Remembrance Day, and the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Berkenau in 1945. An estimated 1.1 million people, mostly Jews, perished [Continue]