Category Archives: Column
ROTHENBURGER: Concerns of healthcare workers shouldn’t have to be anonymous
KAMLOOPS - THE ISSUE OF STAFF PARKING at Royal Inland Hospital has brought a lot of response both from the public and from those who work there.There's a distinct difference between those responses. P...
Nov 30, 2020
ROTHENBURGER – Interior Health ducks, weaves, obfuscates on RIH parking issue
INTERIOR HEALTH HAS A PROBLEM it doesn't want to talk about - a shortage of proper parking for Royal Inland Hospital staff.This might not seem like a big deal unless you're the one having to walk back...
Nov 28, 2020
PETERS: Canada Post has played the Grinch in forcing Izzy McQueen into retirement
IZZY McQUEEN has a lot more time on her hands these days.Izzy is one of the Kamloops Blazers' most ardent boosters, but is more well-known in Kamloops as Santa's most diligent local helper. Inundated ...
Nov 27, 2020
CHARBONNEAU: The language and mood of the second COVID-19 wave has changed
THE SECOND WAVE of the pandemic feels quite different than the first. In the spring, shoppers emptied store shelves of toilet paper - a curious indicator of what's important in people's lives. A sense...
Nov 26, 2020
ROTHENBURGER: Report that says TMX might not be needed is too late
KAMLOOPS - ALL ONE HAS TO DO is drive past the airport or up the North Thompson Valley along Westsyde Road to know that the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion is going to happen.Protests won't stop it....
Nov 26, 2020
ROTHENBURGER: Is it time for a new face and voice on B.C.’s pandemic response?
KAMLOOPS - DARE I SAY IT? Dare I utter the words?Is it time for Dr. Bonnie Henry to turn over the reins of B.C.'s pandemic response to someone else?Yes, the Bonnie Henry with the fan clubs and folk so...
Nov 25, 2020
ROTHENBURGER – Through all the hype and pressure of Christmas, think local
KAMLOOPS - A READER E-MAILED ME the other day questioning why a local mall has decided to extend store hours during the Christmas shopping season.Her concern is that longer store hours will encourage ...
Nov 24, 2020
GINTA: Schools are still open – should we worry?
LAST WEEKEND MY ELDEST announced that someone at NorKam had COVID-19. That was according to social media, which of course, I said then, has a 50 percent of being accurate. Shortly after, the news was ...
Nov 23, 2020
ROTHENBURGER: Kamloops might have the answer to BC Liberals’ leadership
KAMLOOPS - THE BC LIBERALS need a new leader. Andrew Wilkinson, who initially said he'd stay on until a permanent replacement is found, announced Saturday on Facebook he'll now step down as soon as th...
Nov 23, 2020
ROTHENBURGER: Here’s one party host who didn’t play his cards right
SOME GUY IN PINEVIEW VALLEY is more than three thousand dollars poorer today and I don't feel at all sorry for him. For those who missed the story yesterday, police were called to a home on Hugh Allan...
Nov 21, 2020
