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ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – When Christ wants to be anonymous, something is wrong

February 3, 2023 // 0 Comments

A man dressed as Jesus Christ was arrested for unknown reasons (although some reports say he spent the night in the drunk tank) at a heavy metal concert in Penticton last [Continue]

ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – Homelessness arrives in Kamloops but so far so good

January 27, 2023 // 1 Comment

Homelessness is nothing new in Kamloops but, back in the ‘90s, as I wrote in this column published May 7, 1994 in the Kamloops Daily News (under the headline, “On the [Continue]

ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – What’s in a name? Money, when it comes to arenas

January 20, 2023 // 2 Comments

The following is an editorial published under my byline in The Kamloops Daily News on Aug. 8, 1996. History confirms my opinions on the matter did not prevail. [Continue]

ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – Don’t be fooled by the hocus locus of pro rep math

January 13, 2023 // 1 Comment

The following column was originally published Oct. 6, 2018. It’s specific to the B.C. referendum on the electoral system but it outlines the fundamental flaws of [Continue]

ELECTION 2022 – The loneliness (and stress) of the civic election candidate

September 9, 2022 // 0 Comments

This is nomination deadline day for local-government elections in B.C. I wrote the following column in 2014 as the election campaign wrapped up and I was reflecting on my [Continue]

ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – Remembering 2004 tsunami and how our city helped

December 26, 2020 // 0 Comments

The following editorial was first published on Dec, 25, 2014, 10 years less a day since the devastating Boxing Day Tsunami of 2004. Today, Dec. 26, 2020, it’s now 16 [Continue]