Category Archives: Column
ROTHENBURGER: Undaunted, the mayor carries on after a very busy week
IT'S BEEN A BUSY WEEK for Mayor RHJ, and not in a good way. But in the midst of the chaos, he found an hour for coffee with the Armchair Mayor to talk about it. He was cheerful and talkative; Reid Ham...
Dec 10, 2022
PETERS: Landfill search for Indigenous women's remains worth an honest effort
THE FRAUGHT RELATIONSHIP between Canada's Indigenous people and this nation's police reached another new low this week. Winnipeg's police service revealed that the remains of two of the four victims o...
Dec 09, 2022
COLLINS: New measures for health don't cut it
THE NDP GOVERNMENT HAS A NEW LOOK, a much younger look, filled with a diverse group of people full of energy. Time will determine what they can accomplish. Based on the number of band-aids used to dat...
Dec 09, 2022
SOUND OFF: Get less for more money
THE NDP'S REPLACEMENT OF THE COWICHAN DISTRICT HOSPITAL on Vancouver Island made all the wrong headlines this past week, when the public learned the project is now $800 million over budget. A facility...
Dec 08, 2022
ROTHENBURGER: Clear lines needed between legal use and criminal use of guns
THERE'S NO SPORT in sport hunting. That's just fact.Animals and birds have only their instincts to defend themselves in this unequal contest, while hunters enjoy all the advantages offered by technolo...
Dec 08, 2022
SOUND OFF: More affordable child care changing lives
ON THE FIRST OF THIS MONTH, thousands of families had something to celebrate - our government is cutting childcare fees again. Our fee reduction is saving families up to $550 more per month, per child...
Dec 07, 2022
ROTHENBURGER: Mayor’s conflict of interest declaration takes caution to a new level
MAYOR REID HAMER-JACKSON excused himself from the entire City council meeting yesterday without saying why. He simply said there were agenda items that presented "potential" conflicts of interest, and...
Dec 07, 2022
HUNTER: December doesn’t have to be dark
DECEMBER MARKS THE SEASON of giving and receiving. Traditionally, the first weekend of the month is when people put up the Christmas tree and start to prepare for the holidays.But this time of year is...
Dec 06, 2022
ROTHENBURGER: No kudos to Liquor Branch for reversing its ill-advised Red Kettle ban
BC LIQUOR DISTRIBUTION should be embarrassed with its decision not to allow Red Shield kettles at any of its locations during this year's Christmas season. Sure, the liquor branch reversed that decisi...
Dec 06, 2022
ROTHENBURGER: Five words that would help City council talk to people
AS MAYOR REID HAMER-JACKSON continues to contemplate the structure and membership of City council committees, here are a couple of additional thoughts for him.He has the foundation of a good idea with...
Dec 05, 2022
