Salmon Arm Observer New Website
Just checking it out now. The re-design is a big improvement; the mobile version seems fast and simple (a big plus); the regular version seems to be slow in the download but perhaps that’s just my...
View ArticleFriday AM – Online Only This Week
Hi Tim and happy new year! I just returned from a brief holiday so there won’t be a print edition tomorrow, but I did put together a mini- online only edition that is now posted at...
View ArticleMayor Nancy Cooper and I Have a Thing Going On Apparently…
… as it seems that she won’t communicate with me anymore . I think I know why and I’ll share those thoughts with you over the next while. Getting or giving the brush off though isn’t my idea or way …...
View ArticleMayor Nancy Cooper and I Have a Thing Going On Apparently … part two
And so the story starts …. I’m going to try to be fair here with this. I’m not in to put-downs. I’m also beginning to wonder if my little experience is symptomatic of something bigger at play. I’ll...
View ArticleMayor Nancy Cooper and I Have a Thing Going On Apparently … part four
I’ve been regularly asked in person, via email and in the comments section here for explanations and examples. Thanks for all of your interest. There certainly seem to be questions about Mayor Cooper’s...
View ArticleMayor Nancy Cooper and I Have a Thing Going On Apparently … part five
First, some good news overall in terms of local government transparency. #1 – Councillor Ken Jamieson is slated to table the following motion (from this week’s online city agenda): Moved: Councillor...
View ArticleCanucks Like You’ve Never Thought of Them
The Macleans article 22 maps of Canada as you’ve never seen it before (June 27 2014) introduces a whole new slice to our mental maps of Canada. Where do folks tweet more about hockey than church? (...
View ArticleListen Up – An In-Depth Interview with Tim Lavery – Salmon Arm Council
Here’s the podcast of my Q&A interview with CKVS, the wonderful community radio Voice of the Shuswap 93.7 FM. http://voiceoftheshuswap.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Tim-Lavery.mp3
View ArticleMayor Nancy Cooper and I Have a Thing Going On Apparently … part three
A bit delayed but as promised … On One Hand and On The Other Before I begin the pointing and counter-pointing though, two over-arching beliefs of mine are behind all of this. The first belief is best...
View ArticleAtlas … The Sun finally sets by Duncan Morris
There are a lot of journalists and arm chair quasi-pundits (such as moi) who have given their two bits’s worth on the demise of the irascible Sun News but in my opinion none better than Heather Mallick...
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