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BEPPLE: The safety of Kamloops, bomb threats and all
In Kamloops, we are amazingly blessed with the peace we have. Not just peace, but the confidence that all things considered, we have the means to deal with any issues that may arise. I was at the Tournament Capital Centre on Thursday when the bomb threat at the centre was reported. The first sign that...
STAHN: Don’t be insulted by ‘happy holidays’
Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Easter, New Year’s, Family Day, Canada Day, summer vacation — I don’t care how you say it, they are all holidays. Why do people get so worked up about it when Christmas is called a holiday? By the English definition of the word, it is a holiday. Full Definition of HOLIDAY noun...
POULSEN: IS, ISIS, ISIL and Daesh: Naming the enemy
It is not entirely sarcastic to ask how we're going to defeat an enemy when we can't even decide what to call them.
LOEWEN: How to respond to the Syrian refugee crisis
We live in troubling times. And despite the temptation to see the tragic recent attack upon innocent victims in Paris through an apocalyptic filter, we are not teetering on the edge of global catastrophe. Not yet. We need to keep reminding ourselves of the unassailable reality that attacks like the one witnessed on November 13th...
ANDERSON: Migrant danger?
In the wake of the Paris and Beirut bombings, Canadian social media is starting to polarize. The "Muslims are going to creep in and shove a bat up our nightdress" gang are busy posting bloodcurdling memes garnered from across the internet, while the "Canadian values" crew has hunkered down behind the barricades lobbing "xenophobe" and...
PARKER: The most important reminder
When I was a little girl and would come home with a scraped knee or another bruise, my father would plunk me onto his lap and say, in the most soothing voice he could muster, “don’t sweat the small stuff.” Of course, at five, a bleeding wound wasn’t made better by this tender advice. I...
STAHN: Show a little respect for referendum results
It was a close vote Saturday and it took until the last poll to know definitively that voters had turned down the performing arts centre proposal, and that decision was enough to bring out some of the worst in Kamloops.
BEPPLE: Engineering school would make Kamloops an economic powerhouse
Two weeks ago, Venture Kamloops released a labour market study which stated Kamloops and region was facing a large labour shortage. By 2025, there is expected to be about 35,000 new jobs in the region, primarily replacing retiring workers. More than half will require some form of post-secondary education. One of the key areas where...
HELSTON: The issue behind the issue of panhandling
The instinct to look straight ahead and avoid eye contact tends to kick in when we approach someone asking for cash on the street corner, but as Vernon tackles the touchy topic of panhandling, we can’t simply look away, and here’s why. Ever since a Vernon food truck vendor spoke out about being harassed by...
LOEWEN: Remembrance Day: This is the time for silence
In over fifty years of life, I cannot recall ever having witnessed a week without war in the World. War has been the geo-political wallpaper for us. First with the televising of the Vietnam War, all the way through the decades of the Cold War with nuclear annihilation a movie away, to the Final Countdown...
ANDERSON: ‘The Martian’ and what it says about us
As the movie "The Martian" led box offices for the fifth week in a row, on the heels of movies like “Interstellar” and “Gravity,” isn't it time to ask why people are so attracted to the idea of space exploration? Brent Lang, Variety magazine's senior film and media reporter, suggests the interest is because this...
PARKER: Please like responsibly: the Essena O’Neill rant
If you had asked me this time last week who Essena O’Neill was, I would have suggested maybe a Russian figure skater. While neither of those names sound particularly Russian, there wouldn’t have been much point in putting more thought into it, being I had no idea who she was, or why you were asking....