Category Archives: Column
CHARBONNEAU: QAnon Canada: quieter, subtler
QANON IN THE U.S. has taken on the militaristic quality of a religious crusade with Q as the prophet and Trump as the Messiah. In Canada, the response has been more muted.QAnon has been wildly success...
Feb 16, 2021
GINTA: We have nothing if we don’t have transparency
I WAS ABOUT TO TELL YOU about this awe-inspiring documentary called 'Wild Canadian Weather' you can find on CBC. It's a perfect reminder of beauty and wonder and why we need to care for nature. My you...
Feb 16, 2021
ROTHENBURGER: Case for rapid testing at care homes more and more compelling
KAMLOOPS - JUST AS SIGNS OF HOPE appear in COVID-19 outbreaks at long-term care homes, the numbers suddenly vibrate again. There have been new concerning reports from Westsyde Care Residence and Brock...
Feb 16, 2021
ROTHENBURGER: Solution to disappearing shopping carts remains elusive
GOING ON FOUR YEARS after shopping carts became a high-profile issue, there's still no solution.In 2017, Kamloops RCMP embarked on a crackdown on shopping-cart theft, seizing carts from the homeless a...
Feb 13, 2021
PETERS: We should all be so lucky to have a mom like Sue Simpson
ON JUNE 19, 2016, Jessie Simpson almost died by being in the wrong place at the wrong time.For the transgression of trespassing, the boy was bludgeoned with in an inch of his life by a vigilante hoppe...
Feb 12, 2021
ROTHENBURGER: Skip the Dishes’ ‘B.C fee’ more of an annoyance than deterrence
KAMLOOPS - I LIKE THOSE SKIP THE DISHES television commercials in which Jon Hamm of Mad Men fame plays a slightly over-the-hill actor discovering the joys of Canadian food such as pineapple pizza.The ...
Feb 11, 2021
ROTHENBURGER: There’s a bright spot in City council’s latest budget increase
KAMLOOPS - THE .93 PERCENT INCREASE in this year's City of Kamloops tax requirement is being hailed as the lowest in at least 10 years. That's actually an under-statement - it's the lowest in about 20...
Feb 10, 2021
ROTHENBURGER: We should vaccinate for one Olympics and boycott the other
KAMLOOPS - HERE'S A TALE of two Olympics.If all goes well, Tokyo will host the 2020 Summer Games later this year. Not far away, Beijing is preparing for the 2022 Winter Games.As Canada makes plans for...
Feb 09, 2021
GINTA: Aging should not mean that we become disposable
SOME OF MY DEAREST early childhood memories have to do with my maternal grandparents who lived in a separate suite in the home I grew up in. My grandmother passed away when I was six and my grandfathe...
Feb 08, 2021
ROTHENBURGER: City’s budget wish list looks like a multiple choice test
KAMLOOPS - THERE'S AN OLD STRATEGY for getting the right answer from your boss. Whenever he or she wants you to craft a plan for how to do something or when you just have a good idea, you come up with...
Feb 08, 2021
