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BEPPLE: The legacy of Jann Bailey
The passing of Jann Bailey has been met with sadness and remembrance, here in Kamloops, across Canada and around the world. Since 1987, she was the stalwart leader of the Kamloops Art Gallery. She will be missed. Some would say her lasting legacy is the Kamloops Art Gallery at Fifth and Victoria. The beautiful space...
POULSEN: Polls smolls. The winner is…
The election polling business is in shambles. Not just because of cell phones - although that's part of it - but because of caller ID and an unwillingness of people to answer unknown callers. There are programs to reach cell numbers but even if someone answers, the pollster can't pin it to a riding. The...
LOEWEN: Hey Mr. Harper! ‘What is going on up in Canada?’
"CANADA UNDER STEPHEN HARPER HAS SLIPPED A LONG WAY FROM THE VISION OF HOPE THAT IT ONCE WAS" “What the F*ck Is Going on up in Canada?” The headline from the Esquire story caught my eye, as it might any Canadian. It’s not often that we come across an interest in Canada from our Big...
STAHN: Why I don’t expect anything less from Cavers
So a politician has a political view, what a novel idea. Of course Coun. Donovan Cavers took ‘wearing it on your sleeve’ to a whole other level at a Kamloops city council meeting this week. Cavers, who was a Green Party candidate in the 2008 federal election, decided to wear a shirt depicting a cartoon...
BEPPLE: Take care of what’s important — go vote
We’re heading into the last stretch of a very long federal election. The end is in sight and everyone is ready breath a collective sigh of relief. For myself, I’d had enough of the election a few weeks back. I’d heard enough. I’d had enough. So I went and voted at the Elections Canada office...
HELSTON: The message sent by election sign vandals
You could call them a sign of the times: Every election, campaign placards shoot up in droves, and every election, some end up torn, stolen or used as a canvas for budding artists who specialize in moustaches and male genitalia. Even though it’s an expected hallmark of election season, it still gets to me. It’s...
POULSEN: Niqab a perilous accommodation to fanatics
Sensing a winner, Stephen Harper kept the niqab issue alive this week by saying he may try to ban them in the civil service. I'm of two minds about the niqab, so one half argued with the other half last week. Conclusion: Don't sweat the niqab, no big deal. I'll let a friend from the...
ANDERSON: Why the Conservatives are winning
'BY CONTRAST TO THE LIBERALS AND THE NDP, THE CONSERVATIVES ARE LOOKING PRETTY GOOD TO CANADIANS.' Back in June I wrote about the split on the left, how it was the mirror image of the split in the right that existed back in the 90s, and why that meant a Conservative victory on October 19....
PARKER: A new attitude for gratitude
In the wake of a several-week period filled with horrible, heartbreaking national and international news, we find ourselves now in the days leading up to the Thanksgiving weekend. A weekend that, traditionally, is spent with loved ones — friends, families — while sharing an immense sense of gratitude for everything the year has brought. For...
JONESIE: The drama that’s dividing friends and families
For a time growing up, I considered two guys my best friends: Brad and Steve (Those names also tell you a bit about the demographic in my neighbourhood). I often think back to the strange relationship we had. Most days we were tight, and around us we drew a bunch of other guys. If we...
STAHN: Where does the community really stand on Ajax?
In recent years the organizations steadfast in their opposition to the proposed Ajax Mine have been the loud ones. They show up to council meetings and open houses, plan protests and rallies, and in general, make their feelings about the possibility of having an open-pit mine on the outskirts of Kamloops very clear. But it...