Category Archives: Column
ROTHENBURGER: Weeding out the non-starters in civic election platforms
MORE AND MORE, the key issue in the October civic election in Kamloops is becoming clear.It certainly won't be subsidizing student tuition fees with City taxes, as candidate Darrell LaRiviere proposes...
Aug 23, 2022
ROTHENBURGER: Mercy killing may be on a slippery slope toward expediency
IS DOCTOR-ASSISTED SUICIDE becoming too easy? That's a legitimate fear given what's been going on lately.Stories have emerged of patients being offered assisted death as an option to treatment.Kamloop...
Aug 22, 2022
COLLINS: The homeless are not the only ones in need
More and more developments are taking place in Kamloops to try to deal with the homeless and marginalized population. We have developed places on both the North and South Shores and in the Southgate a...
Aug 21, 2022
ROTHENBURGER: Lisa LaFlamme, the media and drawing our own conclusions
MOST EVENINGS for the past several years, our TV set has been tuned to the CTV National News with Lisa LaFlamme (but not before the local news, of course). LaFlamme is, or was, head and shoulders abov...
Aug 20, 2022
PETERS: Nostalgia is a powerful drug — but is it powerful enough to sustain a Zellers revival?
THE NEWS OF THE ZELLERS REVIVAL engendered such an excited response this week, you would think this place was retail utopia.Unique products at rock-bottom prices in a pleasant environment.It's puzzlin...
Aug 19, 2022
COLLINS: There are some kinds of people we can do without
I GUESS THIS IS A SIGN of the lack of civility we've all come to expect nowadays.Earlier this week, there was a fatal accident on the Yellowhead Highway north of Barriere. It was reported just after 1...
Aug 19, 2022
SOUND OFF: Patients are dying - so where is the government?
DAY AFTER DAY, we're hearing about tragedies and struggles unfolding in our healthcare system. First, many people lost the assurance of a family doctor, so those without one turned to walk-in clinics....
Aug 18, 2022
ROTHENBURGER: Making civic voting easier might be bad for democracy
IT'S GETTING EASIER and easier to vote. With two months to go before this year's civic elections, voters have to begin keeping an eye on candidates and listening to what they say.Many, of course, won'...
Aug 18, 2022
SOUND OFF: Building resilience and diversity in rural B.C. economies
A DIVERSE ECONOMY IS STABLE AND RESILIENT. These might seem like buzzwords, but stability and resilience matter in the lives of people across B.C.Diversification happens naturally over time as communi...
Aug 17, 2022
ROTHENBURGER: Fight against drug overdoses must begin with more enforcement
WHEN A PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY was declared by B.C.'s provincial health officer in April of 2016, it was an important step against drug overdose deaths in B.C.Then-Health Minister Terry Lake followed ...
Aug 17, 2022
