Category Archives: Column
GINTA: The biggest lesson of 2020
IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING that 2020 has been the year of crazy, sad, tough, and scary for many of us. It's been humbling, and it's far from over. We've learned to live with fear, though we know that's no...
Dec 28, 2020
CHARBONNEAU - The death and rebirth of the sun at Christmas is a solemn occasion
Christmas is a time of wonder; a time for festivity and lights; a time for gathering together with friends and family in celebration. In the shelter of our warm houses, the dwindling days of winter ar...
Dec 24, 2020
ROTHENBURGER: A big thank-you to all those who keep us safe on Christmas
KAMLOOPS - TOMORROW IS CHRISTMAS DAY, the culmination of what we call the holiday season. This year, due to COVID-19, the season has been like no other.We've been asked to stay home and stay away from...
Dec 24, 2020
ROTHENBURGER: A fly on the wall of the B.C. Recovery Benefit committee
KAMLOOPS - IF THERE WAS A PLAN to screw up the B.C. Recovery Benefit, it's working wonderfully well.Whatever committee was charged with rolling it out must have been creative. A fly on the wall at the...
Dec 23, 2020
ROTHENBURGER: Dallas public hearing mess shows need for some new rules
TRANSPARENCY IS ONE OF the most important responsibilities of local government. The public must not only be able to watch the public proceedings of its City councils; it must be able to easily review ...
Dec 22, 2020
GINTA: Be the better and safer person this holiday season
DURING THE FIRST TWO WEEKENDS of December, the Kamloops RCMP took 17 impaired drivers off the road. That's 17 potential disasters waiting to happen which were averted. It'd be silly to think they were...
Dec 21, 2020
ROTHENBURGER: New strain of virus could dash hopes for a better 2021
KAMLOOPS - AND THE HITS just keep on coming.As of today, all passenger flights from the United Kingdom are prohibited from entering Canada.The reason - the U.K. is experiencing an outbreak of a new st...
Dec 21, 2020
ROTHENBURGER: Frootloops council meets to slash the budget before Christmas
Frootloops council elves settle in for their last meeting before Christmas, oops Holiday Season, fiddling with their Zoom audios and visuals as His Wordship Ken Kringle prepares to call them to order....
Dec 19, 2020
PETERS: After this 'annus horribilis', there is reason for optimism about 2021
THREE-HUNDRED-FIFTY-THREE. We are currently on Day 353 of the Year of our Lord, 2020. For many of us, that means 353 days of misery and grief. Largely thanks to a global pandemic, we look back on 2020...
Dec 18, 2020
CHARBONNEAU: Prohibition of drugs was a mistake but decriminalization will not stop deaths
HOW MANY MORE PEOPLE HAVE TO DIE because of a half-baked idea from a century ago?It all started at the turn of the 20th century when concoctions of opium were commonly found in medicine chests to trea...
Dec 17, 2020
