Category Archives: Column
SOUND OFF: Celebrating and supporting nurses
NURSES ARE WITH US for some of our most important moments. Whether that is welcoming a child into the world or spending final moments with a loved one, nurses are there. National Nursing Week affords ...
May 18, 2022
ROTHENBURGER: Tearing down and rebuilding the B.C. museum is a really bad idea
WHEN KAMLOOPS CITY COUNCIL approved funds for detailed design plans for an addition to the RCMP detachment building on Battle Street, I admit it caught my attention.I wondered how it's possible to spe...
May 18, 2022
ROTHENBURGER: Better roads would cut fatalities but human error still kills
WAY TOO MANY people die in traffic accidents around here. We all know that.The City of Kamloops wants to do something about it and hopes joining a world-wide movement called Vision Zero will get some ...
May 17, 2022
ROTHENBURGER: Royal precedent shows quick visit by Pope is totally doable
POPE FRANCIS won't be coming to Kamloops during his visit to Canada in July. Instead, he'll make stops in Edmonton, Quebec City, and Iqaluit.The rationale behind the itinerary makes sense: the pope's ...
May 16, 2022
COLLINS: Who's to blame for rising anger in society?
THE RISE IN VIOLENT THREATS and hateful comments in person and on social media posts is extremely disturbing. And it appears it's only getting worse. People ripping up politicians over crime, comments...
May 15, 2022
ROTHENBURGER: They don’t make things like they used to, and it’s on purpose
EVERY TIME I THROW another pair of old socks into the rag bin, I think about my mom. She would have darned those socks and made them good to go for another year. That's not how it works these days. We...
May 14, 2022
PETERS: It's time for Vladimir Putin to be stopped
RUSSIA'S INVASION OF UKRAINE has become too easy for us to ignore.We in North America may have relegated the invasion to the far reaches of our collective consciousness, but millions don't have that l...
May 13, 2022
COLLINS: New hospital tower won’t be the 'saviour' for health care
IN TWO MONTHS, give or take, the new $417 million patient care tower at Royal Inland Hospital will open its doors. It will have some nice new bells and whistles. The tower is supposed to modernize the...
May 13, 2022
SOUND OFF: NDP refuses to act as gas prices skyrocket - again
GAS PRICES ARE ONCE AGAIN SKYROCKETING across the province and there is no end in sight, thanks to the NDP government's refusal to act. Here in Kamloops, gas prices were above $2 per litre at some ret...
May 12, 2022
ROTHENBURGER: There should be a limit on how long council members stay
THERE'S MUCH SPECULATION these days about this year's civic election. Who will win the mayor's job? How many and who will run for council seats? Will the new council be left, right, businesspeople, or...
May 12, 2022
