Category Archives: Column
SOUND OFF: Today's BC NDP is not your parents' NDP
THE OUSTER OF BC NDP leadership hopeful Anjali Appadurai by the panic-stricken and calculating BC NDP brass is shocking and revolting. The BC NDP is afraid of a young, energetic, intelligent, articula...
Oct 20, 2022
SOUND OFF: NDP answers just as bad as their inaction
AFTER MANY MONTHS OF QUESTIONING by the opposition on their lack of action to tackle rampant crime in our communities, you would think the NDP government would have sharpened its messaging and come up...
Oct 20, 2022
ROTHENBURGER: Why the City should stop dragging its feet on permanent fireworks ban
HALLOWE'EN WILL BE WITHOUT fireworks in Kamloops this year, thanks to a decision by Kamloops Fire Rescue.Due to warm weather and a lack of rain this fall, fireworks won't be allowed. The fire departme...
Oct 20, 2022
ROTHENBURGER: ‘We can’t arrest our way out of this’ just doesn’t cut it anymore
'WE CAN'T ARREST our way out of this' has become a common response to crime issues from politicians and police. It's been used to describe the problem with gang violence, and it's been used in connect...
Oct 19, 2022
ROTHENBURGER: Getting a PAC requires more guts than some candidates showed
ONE OF THE DISAPPOINTING THINGS about the platforms offered by some of the civic election candidates in the now-finished campaign was their position on funding for the proposed performing arts centre ...
Oct 18, 2022
ROTHENBURGER: So, we have a brand new mayor and City council - now what?
SO WE HAVE A NEW City council. Now what?The voters have had their say about who they want to guide the business of their City. Question is, where will they guide it?The priorities are clear: addressin...
Oct 17, 2022
COLLINS: Kamloops voters choose change at the top, but Council maintains status quo
Reporter Jessica Wallace tweeted "you could have heard a pin drop when the first polls came into City Hall last night." Businessman Reid Hamer-Jackson had the lead over the three incumbents who were t...
Oct 16, 2022
ROTHENBURGER: When it comes to voter turnouts in civic elections, size matters
BIG DAY TODAY - the day we get to pick our new mayors and councils. When I say 'we,' I mean those of us who actually do vote. We are a mere one-third of those who are eligible. The 30 per cent turnout...
Oct 15, 2022
PETERS: Vote unafraid
I WANT TO GIVE YOU a quick look inside my mind as I prepare to vote Saturday.As a side note, I do vote.Chris Foulds from Kamloops This Week does not vote, famously, to maintain every last vestige of j...
Oct 14, 2022
COLLINS: If you don't know who you're voting for, stay home
BY TOMORROW NIGHT, we'll know what our new Council and School Board will look like for the next four years. If you vote, and I hope you do, make sure it's after due consideration of the candidates and...
Oct 14, 2022
