Category Archives: Column
ROTHENBURGER: Snowy sidewalks and windrows and, yes, winter is on the way
IT'S OFTEN BEEN SAID that the secret to leadership is to know when to lead and when to follow. Kamloops City council has been demonstrating of late that it has learned when to follow.For example, some...
Oct 20, 2021
ROTHENBURGER: Apologies and words; so what comes next for reconciliation?
PRIME MINISTER JUSTIN TRUDEAU came, he saw, he apologized.Surely, no one has ever apologized so many times in a single day as he did yesterday. He apologized to individuals, to Tk'emlps te Secwepemc a...
Oct 19, 2021
ROTHENBURGER: Why can’t investigators work together on Lytton fire?
A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE UNHAPPY with the Transportation Safety Board's report on the cause of the wildfire that destroyed Lytton last summer.Three and a half months after the fire, the report concluded th...
Oct 18, 2021
PETERS: The COVID-19 vaccine debate has turned into the irresistible force versus the immovable object
MY FAVOURITE STORY OF THE WEEK was the one about Sadie, the sales-Husky. If you didn't see it, the online story was about a wonderful, weird-looking dog who photobombs her owner's listings on an onlin...
Oct 15, 2021
SOUND OFF: Premier, please get Lytton residents back home
WHEN WE ELECT a new premier or prime minister, we often use the first 100 days of their mandate as a marker for how the rest of their term will unfold. In the first 100 days, we expect to see a leader...
Oct 14, 2021
ROTHENBURGER – Captain Kirk fires a broadside at pervasive cultural ageism
CAPT. JAMES T. KIRK yesterday boldly went where no 90-year-old has gone before.He didn't explore strange new worlds or seek out new civilizations but he got a very fine view of our own world.Iconic Ca...
Oct 14, 2021
SOUND OFF: Making our roads safer
WE ALL WANT OUR HIGHWAYS to be as safe as possible.For many people across B.C., especially those of us in smaller communities, highways are a lifeline. Every day, millions of people use our highways t...
Oct 13, 2021
ROTHENBURGER: ‘After you, Gaston’ game on teacher vaccinations must end
TWO THINGS SHOULD HAPPEN now that Premier John Horgan says it's up to school districts to decide whether or not teachers and support staff must get COVID-19 vaccinations.Horgan insists school boards a...
Oct 13, 2021
ROTHENBURGER: City has a Hobson’s Choice – will it be hockey or homeless?
HOCKEY OR HOMELESS? That appears to be the choice right now when it comes to Memorial Arena.Hockey kids are shut out of the arena while BC Housing looks for alternative accommodation for 50 homeless f...
Oct 12, 2021
PETERS: Communicating with wildfire victims would go a long way for the Horgan government
IT'S BEEN QUITE A YEAR, hasn't it?It's been such a ridiculous year that one of the worst wildfire seasons in recent memory isn't even in recent memory anymore.It feels like eons ago that we were choki...
Oct 08, 2021
