Category Archives: Column
ROTHENBURGER: We need to know more about our homeless population
A LESSON ON HOMELESSNESS was delivered to Kamloops City Council yesterday as Bob Hughes of ASK Wellness provided an impassioned overview.Hughes strongly rejected the notion that ASK Wellness has had a...
Nov 16, 2022
HUNTER: Decorum, respect key to new Kamloops council getting off on the right foot
TODAY, THE NEWLY MINTED CITY COUNCIL will get to work with the first business meeting since the inaugural meeting two weeks ago.I'm genuinely curious to see how the meeting unfolds with so many newbie...
Nov 15, 2022
ROTHENBURGER: It won’t matter who becomes new Green leader; the party is done
THE GREEN PARTY of Canada will have a new leader in another few days. Members began voting Saturday and the announcement of the winner is expected this weekend.Whoever it is, it will matter little. Th...
Nov 15, 2022
ROTHENBURGER: New City council has a chance to think for itself on TNRD board issue
THE NEW KAMLOOPS COUNCIL will get a chance Tuesday to send a message that it can think for itself rather than relying on what it's fed by its bureaucrats.At its first regular meeting, the council will...
Nov 14, 2022
COLLINS: Financial stress leads to a decline in workplace productivity
IF YOU'RE ONE OF THOSE coping with the big jump in the cost of living, you won't disagree with today's headline. The pressures upon us to survive financially are becoming more and more difficult to de...
Nov 13, 2022
ROTHENBURGER: What will you do when the mask mandates return?
WHEN MASK MANDATES RETURN, what will you do? Will you go along, maybe unwillingly, but follow the advice of the experts, or will you rebel, shouting "Freedom!" and indignantly waving the flag? Note I ...
Nov 12, 2022
SOUND OFF: Collins should have considered his privilege before writing winter tire column
I AM WRITING TO EXPRESS MY CONCERN with the opinion piece published by CFJC Today on November 6, 2022, titled "COLLINS: No proper winter tires? Get the hell off the road!"I have seen more opinion piec...
Nov 11, 2022
COLLINS: Have our soldiers died in vain
EVERY REMEMBRANCE DAY, I think of those who died on the fields of battle, who gave their lives for freedom. And each year we remind people to remember them. But each year, I wonder if we have let them...
Nov 11, 2022
SOUND OFF: Honour Ranch — a safe haven for heroes in need
OUR UNIFORMED RESPONDERS - whether they be military veterans, police officers, paramedics or other emergency workers - are the people who rush into situations most of us would run from. They exercise ...
Nov 10, 2022
ROTHENBURGER: It’s time to take a new look at getting rid of snow windrows
THERE'S GOOD REASON windrows come up after the first snowfall every year - people hate them like crazy.During the heavy snow a few days ago, I passed a resident busily shovelling the windrow on her dr...
Nov 10, 2022
