Category Archives: Column
ROTHENBURGER: Voters’ society survey on street crime won’t solve anything but…
DO WE REALLY NEED a survey about what needs fixing on the streets of Kamloops?The Kamloops Voters Society thinks so. Its online survey on street crime wrapped up yesterday. The society says it was a c...
May 26, 2022
SOUND OFF: Everyone deserves a place to play
EVERY CHILD DESERVES A SAFE, accessible place to play. For too long, parents across B.C. had to fundraise to pay for new playground equipment at their children's school. Not only does fundraising cost...
May 25, 2022
ROTHENBURGER: After latest U.S. mass shooting, we should be thankful for our gun laws
ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER MASS SHOOTING in the U.S., this time in Texas.An 18-year-old walked into an elementary school Tuesday with a "military-style" rifle and started shooting, killing 19 kids and two a...
May 25, 2022
SOUND OFF: 'Our hospital is on fire': A Kamloops nurse describes the origins of the RIH staffing crisis
THIS IS IN RESPONSE to the campaign of misinformation propagated by the administration of the Interior Health Authority. But first, we must start by quoting our code of conduct, for by taking off the ...
May 24, 2022
ROTHENBURGER: ‘Answers are still needed’ on Canada’s residential schools
'ANSWERS ARE STILL NEEDED,' Kkpi7 Rosanne Casimir told those gathered yesterday at the Pow Wow Arbour to mark the anniversary of an event that brought attention around the world to the sad history of ...
May 24, 2022
ROTHENBURGER: Thoughts for a long weekend – museums, Charles and what’s in a name
SOME SCATTERED THOUGHTS for a long weekend. A couple of kids were walking past the Royal B.C. Museum in Victoria the other day. One girl was about 12, the other about 14. "Yeah, it's going to be a bil...
May 21, 2022
PETERS: Billion-dollar Royal B.C. Museum project a sumptuous political feast for Falcon
RARELY HAS A POLITICIAN been given as opulent, as generous and useful a political gift as Kevin Falcon was given this week from his magnanimous opponent, Premier John Horgan. Just in time for his retu...
May 20, 2022
COLLINS: Let’s hope Vision Zero has more than Zero Vision
THE CITY IS LOOKING FOR FEEDBACK ON ITS NEW TRAFFIC SAFETY PLAN. It's called Vision Zero and the idea is based on a Swedish plan to eliminate fatalities and serious injuries on the roads. The goal is ...
May 20, 2022
SOUND OFF: Doctors, nurses and patients need more support from government
WE'RE MARKING WORLD FAMILY DOCTOR DAY THIS WEEK, a timely opportunity to celebrate our hard-working physicians but also remind the current government about the urgent need to invest in B.C. health car...
May 19, 2022
ROTHENBURGER: The storm over ATCO’s Lytton commercial – timing is everything
'TOO SOON?' That' a question sometimes asked when somebody starts a discussion about a negative event while emotions are still raw. It might well be fitting in connection with an ATCO TV commercial th...
May 19, 2022
