Author Archives: James Peters
ROTHENBURGER: Canada’s athletes should refuse to compete against China
I CAUGHT A FEW ENDS of curling on TV last weekend. It was an international competition called the Curling World Cup Grand Final.I thought, "What the hell?" This event was being held in Beijing. There ...
May 13, 2019 Image Credit: The Canadian Press
GINTA: Judgment prevents us from remembering that everyone carries a story
A FEW DAYS AGO, I read an opinion piece about Mother's Day. The author, a teacher by profession, argued that less emphasis on the joy of Mother's Day in the school environment would spare some kids th...
May 13, 2019 Image Credit: Pojoslaw / Dreamstime.com
ROTHENBURGER – Afternoon council meetings win the day over evenings
KAMLOOPS - THE IDEA OF HOLDING regular Kamloops City council meetings in the evening instead of afternoon was worth looking at but a staff report on the issue has given council several reasons to stic...
May 12, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Whispering Pines Chief hoping for Trans Mountain discussions before fall election
KAMLOOPS - The chair of a First Nations organization trying to acquire an equity stake in the Trans Mountain pipeline says he hopes the government sits down before the House of Commons rises ahead of ...
May 11, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Balance of Power
ROTHENBURGER: New intersection speed cameras don’t go far enough
ONCE AGAIN, KAMLOOPS has been left out.Thirty-five B.C. intersections will be monitored with radar cameras to catch drivers who speed through. None will be in Kamloops.The only thing wrong with this p...
May 11, 2019 Image Credit: Nicolas1975 | Dreamstime.com
90 Seconds to the Weekend - May 10, 2019
Check out what's coming up this weekend! 90 Seconds to the Weekend provides all the details you need to kick off your weekend with the most current events.
May 10, 2019 Image Credit: City of Kamloops
Balance of Power: Whispering Pines/Clinton Chief Michael LeBourdais and former Kamloops councillor Tina Lange
Host James Peters speaks to Whispering Pines/Clinton Indian Band Chief Michael LeBourdais about efforts to acquire an equity stake in the Trans Mountain pipeline, which runs directly through his band'...
May 10, 2019
SOUND OFF: Rothenburger wrong on history, wrong on Begbie
ON A RECENT ARMCHAIR MAYOR presentation on CFJC TV (Character assassination of famous BC judge must stop, May 8, 2019), Mel Rothenburger stated that New Westminster was wrong to recently remove their ...
May 09, 2019 Judge Matthew Begbie (Image Credit: B.C. Provincial Archives)
Trade dispute with US a political challenge for China's Xi
BEIJING - The tariff war between Washington and Beijing poses one of the biggest challenges yet for Chinese President Xi Jinping, potentially exposing his political vulnerabilities at a time when the ...
May 09, 2019
ROTHENBURGER: No need for police to be defensive about investigations
THE KAMLOOPS RCMP DETACHMENT has been having some embarrassing moments.The tragic drowning death of a 23-year-old international student in the North Thompson River last weekend was marked by initial m...
May 08, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kent Simmonds
