Category Archives: Column
SOUND OFF: Listen, learn and challenge yourself
AS WE MARK THE FIRST National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, many of us will be wearing an orange shirt to simultaneously mark Orange Shirt Day. Orange Shirt Day started in the Cariboo region and i...
Sep 30, 2021
ROTHENBURGER: National reconciliation day is more than just another stat
KAMLOOPS - TOMORROW'S A HOLIDAY and some people aren't at all sure what it's about. The federal government has declared Sept. 30 as a new stat - National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. It's also Or...
Sep 29, 2021
ROTHENBURGER: City’s loss of a million dollars in funding a head scratcher
KAMLOOPS -A MILLION DOLLARS is not chump change, especially to taxpayers.City council has been scratching its head over how Kamloops lost out on a million dollars in funding from a federal-provincial ...
Sep 28, 2021
SOUND OFF: Let citizens' assembly make the final decision on proportional representation
Mel Rothenburger may call proportional representation an uninvited guest, but I'm laying out the welcome mat! He is absolutely correct that it's not a new concept and that it is once again a hot topic...
Sep 27, 2021
ROTHENBURGER: A ‘new normal’ with China begins right here in our home town
KAMLOOPS - WHAT TO DO about China? That seems to be the big question now that Meng Wanzhou has gone home and the two Michaels are back on Canadian soil.Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig have been a pa...
Sep 27, 2021
ROTHENBURGER: Proportional representation shows up again like an uninvited guest
LIKE AN UNINVITED house guest, proportional representation keeps showing up and wanting to move in. It's happening again.It was inevitable, perhaps, that the losers in the federal election would whine...
Sep 25, 2021
PETERS: TRU, City of Kamloops, students all look bad in housing flap
NO ONE REALLY LOOKS GOOD in the mess with Thompson Rivers University student housing right now - not TRU and not the City of Kamloops.TRU was surprised by the number of unhoused students who showed up...
Sep 24, 2021
SOUND OFF: John Horgan continues to blame others for hospital crisis
WITH EACH PASSING DAY, pressure continues to build on front-line workers at Royal Inland Hospital as a shortage of health care workers impacts patient care. It is a sad situation for all involved, whe...
Sep 23, 2021
ROTHENBURGER: Unmasking the anti-vax conspiracy to take over the world
KAMLOOPS - THE ANTI-VAX CONSPIRACY has revealed itself at last. There's a grand plot afoot to take over the world.It all became clear on election night, when the anti-vaxxer party led by Maxime Bernie...
Sep 23, 2021
SOUND OFF: Budget consultation is your chance to shape B.C.'s recovery
THE SELECT STANDING COMMITTEE ON FINANCE AND GOVERNMENT SERVICES, made up of MLAs from government and opposition, is in the process of seeking public input about what should be in the 2022 Provincial ...
Sep 22, 2021 Image Credit: BC NDP
