Category Archives: Column
ROTHENBURGER: Stay calm and kind with unwanted visitors from the south
KAMLOOPS - NOTHING RAISES THE HACKLES of the average British Columbian like an out-of-province licence plate.First it was the Albertans, who made themselves unpopular with their provincial government'...
Jul 31, 2020
ROTHENBURGER: Let’s not compete with Kelowna for most reckless city
KAMLOOPS- ARE WE KAMLOOPSIANS now determined to prove we can be more foolhardy than Kelowna when it comes to COVID-19?The Okanagan city that has played such a large part in ballooning the B.C. curve i...
Jul 30, 2020
ROTHENBURGER: Committee hearings no way to get to bottom of WE scandal
KAMLOOPS - IF TUESDAY'S FINANCE COMMITTEE meeting is any indication, Canadians aren't going to be much better informed about the WE Charity scandal after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau makes his appear...
Jul 29, 2020
ROTHENBURGER: We need a governor-general, just not this one
KAMLOOPS - CANADA'S GOVERNOR-GENERAL pulls in roughly $290,000 a year in salary, plus bennies, allowances, two official residences, a chauffeur-driven limo and free laundry services.When she leaves th...
Jul 28, 2020
ROTHENBURGER: Why there will be no resignations and no election call
KAMLOOPS - SHOULD THE FEDERAL LIBERALS find themselves a new leader?Should Finance Minister Bill Morneau resign?Should the country go to the polls again to elect a new government?In normal times, the ...
Jul 27, 2020
ROTHENBURGER: I’m an old man, and you’re going to kill me with COVID-19
I'M 76 YEARS OLD and I want to know why you're trying to kill me.You know who you are. You're the one who doesn't wear a mask because you feel embarrassed, believe it's somehow against your human righ...
Jul 25, 2020
PETERS: Morneau has been skating on thin ethical ice for years
THE MORE DAYS WE PUT IN THE REARVIEW MIRROR, the more difficult it becomes to remember them, it seems. As an example, when I began to contemplate a column this week calling for the resignation of Fina...
Jul 24, 2020
CHARBONNEAU: Fears of out-of-town workers spreading COVID-19 in Kamloops are unfounded
SOME KAMLOOPSIANS WORRY that the 50 pipeline workers from out of town will bring the Cov2 virus into our community. That number of workers will swell to 600 by August.The Site C dam site serves as an ...
Jul 23, 2020
ROTHENBURGER: B.C. tourism needs more staycays, not more federal handouts
KAMLOOPS - THE B.C.TOURISM INDUSTRY wants $680 million of federal money. That's in addition to already existing recovery plans.There's no question tourism has been hard hit by the pandemic. Tourism Ka...
Jul 23, 2020
ROTHENBURGER: Drug addiction requires bold action, not fuzzy language
KAMLOOPS - EVERYBODY HAS IDEAS about what to do about drug abuse. The Addiction Matters Kamloops group, for example, wants to remove the stigma around drug addiction by changing the way we talk about ...
Jul 22, 2020
