Category Archives: Column
ROTHENBURGER: We could do without so many ridiculous ‘national days’
HAPPY CHAOS NEVER DIES DAY.I know, you're probably thinking - "I didn't even know it was Chaos Never Dies Day. I was concentrating on British Pudding Day."Well, today is both of those things. It's als...
Nov 09, 2021
ROTHENBURGER: Plans to gut museum exhibit amount to a new form of vandalism
WHEN IT COMES TO RECONCILIATION, there are good ideas and bad ideas. The decision by the Royal BC Museum to shut down one of its most popular exhibits is a bad one.The museum has announced it will dis...
Nov 08, 2021
PETERS: If Walt Cobb values Williams Lake's relationship with its Indigenous hosts, he should resign
IT'S A SCENARIO FAMILIAR TO MANY OF US.Your grandfather or elderly uncle starts spouting off at the Thanksgiving table about all that is wrong with the world these days.They start to take a trip down ...
Nov 05, 2021
SOUND OFF: "Open and transparent" NDP blindsides B.C. families
FOR A GOVERNMENT that repeatedly claimed it would be open and transparent, the NDP's actions show the exact opposite. We saw it recently with regards to new Freedom of Information (FOI) legislation, w...
Nov 04, 2021
ROTHENBURGER: At the end of the day, Standard Time is better year round
THE CLOCK FALLS BACK this Sunday and it's time for the annual debate over Daylight Saving Time. A growing number of jurisdictions plan to do away with the twice-yearly clock change but there's growing...
Nov 04, 2021
SOUND OFF: CleanBC — Our roadmap to 2030
PEOPLE IN BRITISH COLUMBIA continue to live with the impacts of climate change. We've seen it through dramatic weather events such as this summer's unprecedented heat dome and intense wildfires. Peopl...
Nov 03, 2021
ROTHENBURGER: City’s vaccination compromises are imperfect but reasonable
THE CITY'S VACCINATION SAGA took another turn yesterday and all is now well within City Hall, more or less.It all began when Coun. Denis Walsh revealed recently he's not vaxxed, and opposes mandatory ...
Nov 03, 2021
SOUND OFF: TRU Master's student seeks young women to participate in study on chemical exposure
MY NAME IS KYLEY DRACH and I am a Master's student at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops. I am doing research on lifestyle choices and chemical exposure and their effects on the female reproductiv...
Nov 02, 2021
ROTHENBURGER: City’s dog-control bylaw is in need of a thorough review
KAMLOOPS LOVES DOGS. They get their very own parks to run around in, there are excellent trails to take them for walks on, and a plentiful supply of kennels and trainers and pet stores to help make th...
Nov 02, 2021
ROTHENBURGER: Can we at least wait for Remembrance Day before the Christmas rush?
HALLOWEEN CANDY was in short supply yesterday, if you were one of us who waited until the last minute as usual.But now that we have that out of the way, we can get going on Christmas.Wait, you say, wh...
Nov 01, 2021
