Category Archives: Column
CHARBONNEAU: Excess weight is not a disease
SOCIETY HAS A BIAS against people who weigh more than 'normal,' a bias with attached stigma called "fatphobia".Doctors are not immune. It's not that doctors are unaware of fatphobia; it's just that th...
Sep 17, 2020
ROTHENBURGER: How important are the Blazers to community well-being?
KAMLOOPS - AH, THE GOOD OL' HOCKEY GAME. The hold it has on us as Canadians was well illustrated as Kamloops council wrestled with what to do about the Kamloops Blazers, who may or may not return to t...
Sep 17, 2020
ROTHENBURGER: If Horgan calls a snap election, he doesn’t deserve to win
KAMLOOPS - SPECULATION IS RAMPANT that Premier John Horgan will announce a provincial election tomorrow. It might just be the media feeding off each other but it certainly feels like a possibility.Onl...
Sep 16, 2020
GINTA: If we are to see a better and cleaner future, small steps are no longer enough
IT'S TOUGH TO SINGLE OUT GOOD NEWS these days. It feels like every morning since the new year has started, we are waking up to yet another day of bleak stories of our world, each morphing into an appr...
Sep 15, 2020
ROTHENBURGER: Surely, we can sacrifice trick or treating this year
KAMLOOPS - GIVEN THAT HALLOWEEN has never been everyone's favorite night of the year, it's a little strange that so many people are determined to hang on to it despite COVID-19.As Dr. Bonnie Henry was...
Sep 15, 2020
ROTHENBURGER: Task force on economy delivers variety of recycled ideas
KAMLOOPS - THE MAYOR'S TASK FORCE on Economic Recovery has released an 18-page report on what the city should do about the pandemic, and it's an eclectic mix of practical advice for businesses, recycl...
Sep 14, 2020
ROTHENBURGER: Wouldn’t it be nice if politicians knew what they were doing?
POLITICIANS HAVE BEEN GETTING NEW JOBS from their bosses lately. MLA Peter Milobar is now the labour critic for the BC Liberals. He has no background in labour relations; his vocation is small-busines...
Sep 12, 2020
PETERS: A great week for public health, with one reminder that things can get even better
IT'S BEEN A GREAT WEEK for the public health system in Canada. No, really.On Thursday, the B.C. Supreme Court ruled against a Vancouver clinic trying to offer wealthy patients a fast track to health c...
Sep 11, 2020
CHARBONNEAU: Good memorials, bad memorials of residential schools
FIRST NATIONS SHOW THE WAY to reconciliation. Protestors with other agendas should pay heed.In a transformative move, Indigenous Canadians have designated the residential schools that robbed them of t...
Sep 10, 2020
ROTHENBURGER: This first day of school is a nail-biter like no other
KAMLOOPS - THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL is always a combination of excitement, anticipation and nervousness.Today and tomorrow, the emphasis is on nervousness, as preparations for school in the time of COV...
Sep 10, 2020
