Category Archives: Column
ROTHENBURGER: Once again, a surveillance camera flunks the focus test
KAMLOOPS - DID YOU HEAR THE ONE about the guy who walks into a store, smashes a glass case and runs away with $20,000 worth of jewelry?And did you see the surveillance photo of him as he made good his...
Mar 02, 2020 Surveillance footage
ROTHENBURGER: Some questions from a white dude about the death of reconciliation
THIS MOSTLY WHITE DUDE has some questions about the death of reconciliation.I ask these questions of those putting up the "Reconciliation is Dead" signs at the blockades, posting it on their websites ...
Feb 29, 2020 (Image Credit: Canadian Press)
PETERS: Every four years, the calendar gives us the gift of more time
I WAS TEXTING WITH MY UNCLE this week, wishing him a happy 70th birthday.At the same time, we were lamenting the passage of time.My children will both be in double-digits as of a few weeks from now - ...
Feb 28, 2020 Image Credit: Lasse Ansaharju / Dreamstime.com
CHARBONNEAU: Cheer up — climate change could be worse
THE MONTREAL PROTOCOL was remarkable for three reasons: It was a model for international cooperation; it succeeded in reducing atmospheric pollution; and now studies show it slowed global warming.Give...
Feb 27, 2020 Image Credit: Joe Sohm / Dreamstime.com
ROTHENBURGER: Forgiving Don Cherry, banning fur coats and other non-starters
KAMLOOPS - WHEN WE REALLY WANT to know what Canadians are concerned about, a visit to change.org is a big help. That's where anyone can start a petition on pretty much anything.For example, there's cu...
Feb 27, 2020 Image Credit: The Canadian Press
ROTHENBURGER: Decision to scrap huge oil sands mine is no cause for tears
KAMLOOPS - WEEP NOT for the Teck Resources Frontier oil sands mine. Reasons for cancellation of the $20-billion project near Fort McMurray and not far from Wood Buffalo National Park are as plentiful ...
Feb 26, 2020 Image Credit: The Canadian Press
ROTHENBURGER: Bidding for the 2030 Olympics in Vancouver just not worth it
KAMLOOPS - WHERE WERE YOU 10 years ago? The right answer is supposed to be: making memories with the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics.To listen to the current hype, those Olympics were a defining moment...
Feb 25, 2020
GINTA: The more we buy, the more we throw away. Is it worth it?
How much clothing do you and your family buy per year? How much do you dispose of? According to a new report, around 20,000 tons of clothing are thrown away annually in Metro Vancouver. That's 17 poun...
Feb 24, 2020 Image Credit: Dreamstime.com
ROTHENBURGER: Who’s going to tell the RCMP what to do about blockades?
KAMLOOPS - THE SCALE HAS TIPPED irrevocably towards enforcement over dialogue in the Coastal GasLink protests.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says talk has failed, and the blockades are "unacceptable."O...
Feb 24, 2020 Image Credit: The Canadian Press
ROTHENBURGER – If you were king or queen of Kamloops, what would you do?
THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING BETTER to spend money on than what it's actually being spent on.Each and every day, somebody is demanding that more money be spent on something important to them. We like to s...
Feb 22, 2020 Piccadilly Circus in London. (Image Credit: Mel Rothenburger)
