Category Archives: Column
SOUND OFF: Far from ridiculous, Summit overpass to TRU would enhance safety and convenience
THE IDEA OF BUILDING AN OVERPASS over Summit Drive to connect the downtown West End of Kamloops with TRU has been in City plans for 15 years or more. The recent announcement by the City of Kamloops th...
Apr 05, 2022
ROTHNENBURGER: Here’s what we should all do with our gas-price rebate cheques
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN LAUGHING at Premier John Horgan's suggestion that electric-vehicle owners donate their gas-price rebate cheques to charity.But maybe he's actually onto something without knowing it. I...
Apr 05, 2022
ROTHENBURGER: Please, let’s do away with the ridiculous Summit overpass idea
CITY COUNCIL JUST CAN'T STOP talking about a Summit Drive overpass between Thompson Rivers University and College Heights.And they're talking about it again, this time as a $10-million project to take...
Apr 04, 2022
COLLINS: Traffic changes: A mixed blessing
I'VE BEEN HERE a long time. Seen a lot of changes. I remember some of the early traffic patterns and how they've changed. One of the earliest was the Peterson Creek bypass, which, in its original form...
Apr 03, 2022
ROTHENBURGER: With Pope’s apology in hand, ‘now the hard work begins'
INDIGENOUS DELEGATES to the Vatican must be feeling a great sense of satisfaction, happiness, even relief as they wing their way home. Pope Francis has apologized.Nobody was expecting it; the great ho...
Apr 02, 2022
PETERS: April Fools' Day and the age of 'fake news' paranoia
IT MAY BE TIME TO START RE-EVALUATING the media's participation in that grand old tradition of pranks and jokes, April Fools' Day.I don't say this because I'm an old fuddy duddy who hates things that ...
Apr 01, 2022
COLLINS: On April Fools' Day, the joke is on us
VLADIMIR PUTIN IS an honest man. April Fools'.April Fools' has often been a time for the media to play jokes on unsuspecting listeners, viewers and readers. Friends playing jokes on friends. That's fa...
Apr 01, 2022
SOUND OFF: Too little, too late — the NDP’s poor effort in gas price 'relief'
COMING FROM SOMEONE WHO PUBLICLY DECLARES, "I don't understand this affordability stuff," it's no surprise that Premier Horgan and the NDP thought that a $110, one-time rebate would be a reasonable st...
Mar 31, 2022
SOUND OFF: Kevin Falcon insults B.C. families by calling rebates 'stupid little cheques'
EVERY DOLLAR COUNTS for B.C. families. But in response to actions that have put money back in the pockets of British Columbians, Kevin Falcon insults people by calling them "stupid little cheques."It ...
Mar 31, 2022
COLLINS: Climate plan doesn’t cut it
WE SPEAK, but we don't do. That pretty much sums up Canada's $9.1 billion climate plan announced this week in Vancouver by the prime minister.It's a lot of money, but we've delayed serious action for ...
Mar 31, 2022
