Category Archives: Column
ROTHENBURGER – Those who deliberately set wildfires should go to jail
KAMLOOPS - UNTIL WE START throwing people in jail for starting wildfires, we're going to be fighting a losing battle with what has become an annual long, hot summer.Regardless of climate change, we co...
Jul 19, 2021
PETERS: B.C. State of Emergency needed for both practical and symbolic reasons
IT MIGHT BE STUBBORNNESS, it might be ignorance, or it might be embarrassment that is preventing politicians from declaring a provincial State of Emergency in B.C., but it is certainly not the logisti...
Jul 16, 2021
ROTHENBURGER: Statues and burning churches – ‘we must walk together’
KAMLOOPS - INDIGENOUS LEADERS on southern Vancouver Island are calling for unity and an end to violence and vandalism committed in the name of cultural justice.They're concerned about mistreatment of ...
Jul 12, 2021
PETERS: In the midst of its grief, Tk'emlups community exemplifies compassion
IT'S TIME WE SIT BACK AND CONTEMPLATE the marvel that is the Tk'emlups te Secwepemc community.Like most Indigenous communities where a residential school operated in the past, the Tk'emlups had a know...
Jul 09, 2021
ROTHENBURGER: City’s pledge to build second Juniper road is a good start
KAMLOOPS - FAST TALK IS SOMETIMES easier to get from politicians than fast action, but the City is to be commended for taking to heart the fears of Juniper residents over the shortage of exits from th...
Jul 07, 2021
ROTHENBURGER: Suddenly, there’s new urgency to a secondary exit from Juniper
KAMLOOPS - THERE'S NOTHING LIKE a scary-as-hell wildfire to renew a decades-long debate about how to get away in emergency situations.The fire between Juniper and Valleyview last week resulted in a su...
Jul 05, 2021
ROTHENBURGER: Others look upon us more kindly than we do ourselves
NEVER HAVE SO MANY been so confused about what to do tomorrow.Canada Day has been cancelled or "postponed" in many communities, for a variety of reasons. Kamloops is one city that has cancelled the an...
Jun 30, 2021
PETERS: Here's what we should build into our new normal as we leave the pandemic behind
THE PHRASE 'NEW NORMAL' has become so overused to become cliched, but there are several practices we have learned during this COVID-19 pandemic that should become our new normals, even as we leave the...
Jun 25, 2021
ROTHENBURGER: BC Housing’s done-deal approach simply isn’t acceptable
KAMLOOPS - MAYBE BUYING THE FORTUNE MOTEL was a good idea.Maybe it will prove to be a good location for housing the homeless but, maybe not.BC Housing's long-term plans are a bit vague, and Kamloops C...
Jun 23, 2021
PETERS: Midway through the vaccine rollout, NACI's curveball was not helpful
IS ASTRAZENECA REALLY A SECOND-RATE VACCINE? The latest messaging from the National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) would certainly have you believe that.For weeks, health officials have mad...
Jun 18, 2021
