Category Archives: Column
ROTHENBURGER: Parkcrest timeline turns out to be like any other project
KAMLOOPS - I HATE TO RAIN on anyone's parade, but I'm not quite as excited about the Parkcrest elementary announcement as everyone else.Certainly, the sooner a new school gets built the better, but th...
Jan 28, 2021
ROTHENBURGER: Maybe we’ve finally gotten the COVID message with RIH outbreak
KAMLOOPS - THE COVID-19 OUTBREAK at Royal Inland Hospital is being described by some as "a reality check" or "wake-up call."In other words, we should all wake up to the fact that COVID-19 is active in...
Jan 27, 2021
ROTHENBURGER – Julie Payette might have been Canada’s last governor-general
KAMLOOPS - THERE'S A VACANCY in the Governor-General's office after Julie Payette "resigned" over allegations she created a toxic work environment among her staff.Working for Payette was, apparently, ...
Jan 26, 2021
GINTA: Please slow down; it's the least we can all do for safety
YOU'D THINK WE'VE HEARD IT ENOUGH to not see it happen again. Speeding in school zones, that is. Going over 30km/h in a school zone can have awful consequences. Like I said in a previous column on the...
Jan 25, 2021
ROTHENBURGER – Bernie and his mittens give us something to smile about
KAMLOOPS - BAD NEWS ON THE Bernie Sanders apparel front. The mittens are sold out and so are his 'Bernie' sweatshirts.Who'd have thought a photo of the venerable senator taken at Joe Biden's inaugural...
Jan 25, 2021
ROTHENBURGER: Keystone XL makes Ajax, TMX reviews look flawless in comparison
ONE OF THE VERY FIRST THINGS Joe Biden did after being sworn in as president was to kill the Keystone XL pipeline. He and Justin Trudeau had a phone chat about it Friday but nothing will change Biden'...
Jan 23, 2021
PETERS: Loosen visitation rules so seniors can choose quality of life over quantity
THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC has been intolerably cruel to our seniors. Not only is it infecting and killing them at a rate far higher than the rest of the population, restrictions put in place to limit the ...
Jan 22, 2021
CHARBONNEAU: Canada’s housing agency tries to slow the exodus from big cities
CANADA MORTGAGE AND HOUSING CORPORATION (CMHC) is attempting to curb the outflow from big cities.Toronto saw a net loss of 50,375 last year as people moved to surrounding small cities - places such as...
Jan 21, 2021
ROTHENBURGER: No thanks to so-called ‘opt-out’ organ and tissue donations
KAMLOOPS- SO-CALLED 'OPT-OUT' ORGAN DONATIONS are coming to North America, thanks to Nova Scotia.The government of that province has introduced legislation for what it calls "presumed" or "deemed" con...
Jan 21, 2021
ROTHENBURGER: The Trump presidency is dead; long live a return to decency
PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN. It's official. Biden was sworn in as the 46th president of the United States today at an inaugural that went off with no hitches, certainly not of the type many feared.On a chilly...
Jan 20, 2021
