Category Archives: Column
ROTHENBURGER: Change in union certification rules doesn’t help workers
AS SURE AS THE SUN RISES in the east, whenever B.C.'s government switches from Liberals to NDP or back, there will be changes to the Labour Code.The latest NDP move is to change the rules of certifica...
Apr 11, 2022
COLLINS: So many conflicting messages about COVID-19
CHILDREN STARTED BACK TO SCHOOL in District 73 this week, as their parents try to sort out what's happening with COVID. It is information overload of the highest level. As Premier Horgan announced he'...
Apr 10, 2022
ROTHENBURGER: ‘No one denies there’s an issue with prolific offenders’
RARELY IS THERE AGREEMENT between the BC Liberals and NDP, especially during Question Period in the Legislature, but they came close to it this week on the issue of random assaults and prolific offend...
Apr 09, 2022
PETERS: Dudy's arts centre promise a shrewd election gambit
AS MY FRIEND DOUG COLLINS POINTED OUT in his editorial on CFJC Today, the Kamloops mayor's race is a lot more populated than it is typically.Local voters already have more plausible choices than in an...
Apr 08, 2022
COLLINS: Kamloops mayoralty race getting crowded
I HOPE THERE ARE NOT MANY MORE candidates coming forward to seek the mayor's chair in the next civic election. Healthy competition is good, but if the races get crowded, it can be counterproductive. A...
Apr 08, 2022
SOUND OFF: Government must step up to rebuild and protect our communities
IT'S BEEN TRULY AMAZING to see the outpouring of generosity and caring that continues to this day, nearly six months after November's atmospheric river and flooding. That community support has been vi...
Apr 07, 2022
ROTHENBURGER: Have we gone too far with ‘more inclusive’ language on drugs?
BRITISH COLUMBIA'S MARCH toward gender-neutral language in our laws continues, with another 741 instances of "outdated" references removed from 138 regulations.That brings the total to 1,300 since the...
Apr 07, 2022
SOUND OFF: Katherine McParland deserved better than media's treatment of coroner's report
ON MARCH 26, MEL ROTHENBURGER WROTE AN ARTICLE defending the media's release of Katherine McParland's death. Perhaps if Mel would have been so polite to reach out to her family prior to publishing his...
Apr 06, 2022
SOUND OFF: Our action plan for reconciliation
LAST WEEK, OUR BC NEW DEMOCRAT GOVERNMENT took a major step forward in delivering an action plan that will drive transformative change in our relationship with Indigenous peoples in B.C.We became the ...
Apr 06, 2022
ROTHENBURGER: Here’s proof positive that ‘optional’ masking doesn’t work
I'VE JUST SPENT a couple of miserable weeks feeling sorry for myself.The kind of sorry that comes with a bad headache, extreme fatigue, head fog, an incessant cough that hurts in the chest and the hea...
Apr 06, 2022
