Category Archives: Column
ROTHENBURGER: Where are the police as vandals destroy our monuments?
KAMLOOPS - THE MARCH TO REVISE HISTORY continues, with a mob tearing down a statue of Prime Minister John A. Macdonald in Montreal on Saturday. The riff raff cheered as he came down off the pedestal, ...
Aug 31, 2020
ROTHENBURGER: A tale about a short visit to our COVID-19 testing station
'WE'VE GOT AN EXTRA long one for you," said the healthcare worker as we pulled into the lineup at the drive-thru COVID-19 testing centre.She was smiling when she said it so I figured she was kidding. ...
Aug 29, 2020
SOUND OFF: This fall, the government needs to step up
One of the most challenging and different summers we have ever experienced is coming to an end. We have been extremely lucky to bypass some of the terrible fires and flooding that we have faced in pre...
Aug 28, 2020
CHARBONNEAU: Get ready to pay a pandemic premium
IN A SNEAKY MOVE, the Trudeau government has proposed a revised Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) just after they prorogued parliament. Now the opposition has no opportunity to debate the proposal unt...
Aug 27, 2020
ROTHENBURGER: There’s a dash of irony in choice of Lake for seniors job
KAMLOOPS - THE NEW CEO OF THE B.C. Care Providers Association is going to be a busy boy.He is none other than Kamloops' own Terry Lake, whose appointment was announced yesterday. Lake takes over the V...
Aug 27, 2020
ROTHENBURGER: Getting to zero will test City council’s mettle on budget
KAMLOOPS - WHAT'S THIS, TAX CUTS at City Hall?You heard it right. Kamloops City council voted Tuesday to keep next year's budget increase as close to zero per cent as possible. The decision came after...
Aug 26, 2020
ROTHENBURGER: Are Canadians ready for Erin O’Toole’s social conservatism?
KAMLOOPS - MP CATHY McLEOD is happy these days, and well she should be - her guy is the new leader of the Conservative Party of Canada.The Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo MP supported Erin O'Toole when he r...
Aug 25, 2020
GINTA: Connecting the dots — second waves, returning to school and social responsibility
SINCE I WROTE the column about masks not being a big deal, hence we should all wear one when in public to protect ourselves and others too, much has happened. BC Transit, BC Ferries and Translink have...
Aug 24, 2020
ROTHENBURGER: New fines for party hosts are great but they should go further
KAMLOOPS - IT TOOK NO TIME AT ALL for the promised crackdown on ne'er do wells who knowingly ignore attendance rules for gatherings during the COVID-19 pandemic.Friday morning, an obviously frustrated...
Aug 24, 2020
ROTHENBURGER: Paycheques tell the tale of who gets what at City Hall
ARE CITY EMPLOYEES and City council worth their paycheques? That's a subjective question if there ever was one but first you have to know how much they're getting paid. The numbers are available - at ...
Aug 22, 2020
