Category Archives: Column
ROTHENBURGER: Bush party COVID protest shows why much bigger fines are needed
IF EVER THERE WAS A CASE for stiffer fines for COVID-19 rule violations, it's the so-called music festival up in Tranquille Valley.According to police, more than 200 people attended the event, billed ...
Mar 25, 2021
ROTHENBURGER: Let’s get the facts on kicking incident before passing judgment
KAMLOOPS - WE'RE ALWAYS WILLING to jump to conclusions well before the facts have been properly collected and assessed.As revealed in a citizen video published yesterday by CFJC, there was a kicking i...
Mar 24, 2021
ROTHENBURGER – Legislation, not legal battles, the solution to lake access
KAMLOOPS - WE LOVE OUR LAKES. They're a big reason this is such a great place to live, a major part of our outdoors recreation.But enjoyment of many of those bodies of water is in question right now a...
Mar 23, 2021
GINTA: Killing wild animals is never the long-term solution
DO YOU REMEMBER THE FIRST couple of months into the pandemic when social media was inundated with images of wild critters strolling through cities and other areas usually frequented by humans that wer...
Mar 22, 2021
ROTHENBURGER: Penticton’s feud with Eby might not bode well for Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - KAMLOOPS CITY COUNCIL is, no doubt, paying close attention to Penticton City council's fight with Housing Minister David Eby.Unlike Kamloops lawmakers, the mayor and council in the Okanagan...
Mar 22, 2021
PETERS: Will this pandemic pull us all together or wedge us apart?
LAST WEEK, I referred to COVID-19 as a virus that has destroyed our ability to trust each other. Its devastating health impacts have made it the fourth-leading cause of death in the world since the be...
Mar 19, 2021
CHARBONNEAU: Agreement with Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs was either crafty or naive
OVER A YEAR AGO, governments rid themselves of a political problem and passed it on to the Wet'suwet'en people of B.C.'s northern interior. Governments had to "do something" when protesters in support...
Mar 18, 2021
ROTHENBURGER: COVID-19 passports make perfect sense; let’s just do it
KAMLOOPS - WITH ALL THE CONCERNS about losing personal liberties, physical and mental consequences of isolation, and even blood clots in one of the new vaccines, it's little wonder there's skepticism ...
Mar 18, 2021
ROTHENBURGER: Politicians shouldn’t be afraid to call each other incompetent
KAMLOOPS - WE CALL GOVERNMENTS many things, but apparently "incompetent" isn't supposed to be one of them.The word is a favourite of the BC Liberals right now when talking about the NDP government.NDP...
Mar 17, 2021
GINTA: Collective thoughtfulness ensures our community well-being when most needed
A CURIOUS THING HAPPENS every time a long weekend or school break comes about: the fleet of neighbourhood cars changes. Some of the usual vehicles are gone, and there are new ones, including a few fro...
Mar 16, 2021
