Category Archives: Column
ROTHENBURGER: Mandatory vaccinations will keep more nurses on the job
KAMLOOPS - THE RESIGNATION of Christine Sorenson as president of the B.C. Nurses Union might have gotten a lot more attention except for the fact it was quietly announced with a two-sentence news rele...
Sep 22, 2021
ROTHENBURGER: It’s time to move federal election day to the weekend
KAMLOOPS - IT'S ELECTION-DAY MONDAY in Canada as we go to the polls to pick our next federal government. Which raises the question - why Monday?On this day, most of us vote on the way to work, at lunc...
Sep 20, 2021
PETERS: Alberta is a fascinating case study for those who would seek to drop COVID-19 restrictions
ALBERTANS WHO ARE NOT GASPING FOR BREATH in a hospital ICU are likely gasping in shock and horror at what is happening in their province right now. Consider for a moment, if you will, their plight. Al...
Sep 17, 2021
SOUND OFF: NDP needs to listen up as we rebuild our economy
THE B.C. ECONOMY HAS TAKEN SEVERAL HITS over the past couple of years. The COVID-19 pandemic continues to drag on and another devastating wildfire season has taken its toll. The pandemic has forced nu...
Sep 16, 2021
SOUND OFF: B.C. Vaccine Card keeps Kamloops businesses open for business
OVER THE LAST YEAR-AND-A-HALF of the global pandemic, one thing has become abundantly clear - the COVID-19 virus lives to spread and spreads to live. That's why our government has created the B.C. Vac...
Sep 15, 2021
ROTHENBURGER: What should we do about businesses that won’t use the card?
KAMLOOPS - I'VE GOT A COUPLE of ideas on how to move things along with the vaccine card.Three days in, the card appears to be working just fine, though there are lots of rumours and social-media buzz ...
Sep 15, 2021
ROTHENBURGER: Urgency needed to get a new plan for fighting wildfires in 2022
KAMLOOPS - AS SUMMER WANES, the heat waves and devastation of the 2021 wildfire season are already beginning to fade from top of mind, even though fires are still burning and many evacuees are only be...
Sep 13, 2021
PETERS: Federal parties have wasted another opportunity to advance reconciliation
IN LATE MAY, when the terrible discovery of children's bodies on the grounds of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School was made known, it cast reconciliation with Indigenous people in a new lig...
Sep 10, 2021
SOUND OFF: Government must provide answers as hospital staffing shortages worsen
IT'S BEEN AN UNDENIABLY DIFFICULT 18 MONTHS for every British Columbian, but it's not hard to see that front-line workers, particularly those who work in health care, have faced an additional set of c...
Sep 09, 2021
SOUND OFF: Caring for our students' mental health this school year
IT'S THE START OF ANOTHER SCHOOL YEAR for students across the province. Many students are eager to see their friends, meet their classmates and get to know their new teachers. And I know there is also...
Sep 08, 2021
