Category Archives: Column
PETERS: Social media killed nuance and replaced it with the take
I WOULD HATE TO BE RUNNING a high school debate club in 2020.Normally, I'm squarely in the camp of 'the good old days were mostly bad.'But one thing that seems to get further lost as years go by is th...
May 22, 2020
CHARBONNEAU: Low-income Canadians could benefit from automatic tax filing
MANY LOW-INCOME CANADIANS are missing out on benefits because they don't file tax returns.While most Canadians - including me - think of what they owe at tax time, low-income Canadians should be think...
May 21, 2020
ROTHENBURGER: Conservatives looking like the gang that couldn’t shoot straight
KAMLOOPS - THE CONSERVATIVE LEADERSHIP race has entered a new phase with the cutoff for acquiring new party members having just passed.As polls show the Conservatives with declining support since last...
May 21, 2020
ROTHENBURGER: Public shaming might be the only way to stop speeders
KAMLOOPS - HEARING LOSS AMONG B.C. DRIVERS has apparently become a major safety issue.On Friday, police urged drivers to take it easy during the long weekend. They said they'd be out in force to catch...
May 20, 2020
ROTHENBURGER: Renaming Airport Road after Capt. Casey would be a fitting gesture
KAMLOOPS - SOMETIMES LIFE is simply unfair. There's not always an explanation for why bad things happen; there's not always a lesson to be learned that gives us hope that "it will never happen again."...
May 19, 2020
ROTHENBURGER: Why is it that so many trades people don’t return calls?
THE SUDDEN CLOSURE of the Home Depot store on Hillside Drive this week is a blow to all home handy men and women. (Update: The Kamloops Home Depot has reopened for business as of May 16.) There's been...
May 16, 2020
PETERS: Grit your teeth and be kind to the Albertan horde this May long weekend
IT'S THE MAY LONG WEEKEND and that means British Columbians are once again preparing for an invasion.It happens every year: our eastern flank is overwhelmed and our defences are no match for the marau...
May 15, 2020
CHARBONNEAU: Bubble families emerge from pandemic
PROVINCES ARE ALLOWING THE EXPANSION OF FAMILY UNITS to include friends and family. The selection of who's in and who is out is tricky.B.C.'s provincial health officer, Dr. Bonnie Henry, said last wee...
May 14, 2020
ROTHENBURGER: Wildlife Federation is sounding like just another gun lobby
KAMLOOPS - THE GUN LOBBY AND HUNTING have, in my mind at least, always been two different things.Although it's been many, many years since I stopped shooting animals for fun, I believe most sport hunt...
May 14, 2020
ROTHENBURGER: Seniors shouldn’t complain about a few hundred dollars
KAMLOOPS - NO MATTER HOW MUCH money is handed out during this COVID-19 pandemic, it will never be enough. Businesses want more, students want more, parents want more, the unemployed want more and now ...
May 13, 2020
