Category Archives: Column
ROTHENBURGER: Complaining about COVID-19 rules shouldn’t cost you your job
KAMLOOPS - THE GUY WHO SINGS for the Vancouver Canucks is out of a job.His name is Mark Donnelly and, up until last weekend, he was employed by the hockey team to sing the national anthem at Canucks g...
Dec 08, 2020
GINTA: Things to consider instead of protesting masks and COVID restrictions
SUNDAY MORNING CAME with slices of blue sky spiked by bright sunshine. It was almost 11 a.m. by the time we got home from our long morning hike. I noticed a neighbour peeking under parked cars. I assu...
Dec 07, 2020
ROTHENBURGER: Question Period’s a gong show but hiding it away isn’t an answer
KAMLOOPS - THE B.C. LEGISLATURE gets back to work today, and MLAs have a lot of work to do.The one- or two-week session will be scant on legislation but it will set the tone for how the province fight...
Dec 07, 2020
ROTHENBURGER: We’ve got to suck it up and obey the rules even if it hurts
I WAS STRUCK THIS WEEK by the story of Kamloops dance instructor Krista Faraday. One day, she wasn't sure if she'd have a business left. The next, her studio was filled with kids after health official...
Dec 05, 2020
PETERS: Manitoba premier's emotional pandemic plea a hit everywhere but Manitoba
THERE HAVE BEEN VERY FEW galvanizing moments throughout this whole COVID-19 pandemic - and that's one reason Brian Pallister got his moment in the sun this week.Pallister is the premier of Manitoba, t...
Dec 04, 2020
CHARBONNEAU: Shared delusions in Lee Creek and the USA
IT'S AMAZING WHEN TWO OR MORE PEOPLE share the same delusion. You have to wonder how that's possible.Look at what happened in Lee Creek. Police were called to the small community on Shuswap Lake where...
Dec 03, 2020
ROTHENBURGER: ‘Guessing game’ report has more than one lesson to teach
KAMLOOPS - WHEN ALLEGATIONS SURFACED of B.C. frontline medical staff playing guessing games about the blood-alcohol levels of indigenous patients, they were widely accepted as fact.Supposedly, the gam...
Dec 03, 2020
ROTHENBURGER: As parents rebel, extending Christmas break makes sense
KAMLOOPS - PARENTS KEPT THEIR KIDS HOME from school yesterday. At least some did.The purpose of the exercise was to send a message to health authorities and newly appointed Education Minister Jennifer...
Dec 02, 2020
ROTHENBURGER: Tread very carefully in relaxing rules on dogs in parks
KAMLOOPS - HOW MUCH GREEN SPACE DO DOGS NEED in Kamloops?The City has plentiful dog parks and earns the label "dog friendly." Any time there's a planning discussion you can be sure dogs are part of it...
Dec 01, 2020
GINTA: Let’s be the village that gathers around Riel and his family
IT'S PAST 5:00 P.M. ON SATURDAY and the ambulance that has been parked in front of the Superstore for the entire day collecting food and toy donations has yet to leave. A few more people trickle out a...
Nov 30, 2020
