Category Archives: Column
GINTA: Nice hashtag, but are we going to keep talking about mental health?
I HAVE A HARD TIME peeling myself away from the book I am reading to focus on this column. The book is called From the Ashes, and it is written by Jesse Thistle, presently an assistant professor of Me...
Feb 03, 2020 Image Credit: Artjita / Dreamstime.com
ROTHENBURGER: Let’s not make too much of the headdress on the statue
KAMLOOPS - SOME PRANKSTER put a feathered headdress on Augustus Schubert's head Friday.By Saturday morning the wind had blown it off old Gus's head and it ended up draped over Catherine Schubert's sho...
Feb 03, 2020 Supplied
ROTHENBURGER: North Shore continues to struggle with weak-sister image
TWO EVENTS THIS WEEK highlight the seemingly rigid dichotomy between the South Shore and the North Shore.A major new commercial development called The Kamloops Hive was announced, to be located on the...
Feb 01, 2020 (Image credit: Mel Rothenburger)
PETERS: Cities — like individuals — can support both sports and the arts
IT WAS INEVITABLE THAT, as the arts centre debate heats up in Kamloops, the comparison to sports facilities is made.We are the Tournament Capital of Canada, after all, so we have stitched sports onto ...
Jan 31, 2020 Image Credit: Kamloops Centre for the Arts Society
CHARBONNEAU: Kamloops homeless population needs its sleep
KAMLOOPS AGENCIES CARE FOR THE SPIRITUAL AND PHYSICAL needs of our homeless: faith, food, warmth in the winter, air conditioning in the summer. However, there is no place to get a decent sleep.Accommo...
Jan 30, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today
ROTHENBURGER: And another thing about parking at RIH – it should be free
KAMLOOPS - IT'S BEEN MORE THAN A WEEK since we talked about lack of parking at Royal Inland Hospital so - now that the Clinical Services Building elevators are working again and everything's back to n...
Jan 30, 2020 Image Credit: Mel Rothenburger
ROTHENBURGER: Looking at our favourite worst crosswalks in the city
KAMLOOPS - WHAT'S YOUR FAVOURITE worst crosswalk?I have a couple.The one on Columbia Street just outside the Broadcast Centre is one. It's not hard to miss the flashing lights or the pedestrians cross...
Jan 29, 2020 Image Credit: Mel Rothenburger
ROTHENBURGER: Spending millions on fun and games is necessary, not frivolous
KAMLOOPS - SPENDING $13.5 MILLION on the Tournament Capital Centre might not be the best thing to talk about right now but apparently it's in need of a redo. Maintenance, revitalization and modernizat...
Jan 28, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today
GINTA: Do you use social media to build or destroy?
IT WAS MORE RIDICULOUS THAN FUNNY. In fact, it was not funny at all. It so happened that last week, our prime minister stopped by a locally-owned doughnut shop in Winnipeg and bought a few dozen for a...
Jan 27, 2020 Image Credit: Twitter / Justin Trudeau
ROTHENBURGER – Everyone has the right to choose a death with dignity
KAMLOOPS - THIS IS THE LAST DAY to fill out a survey from the federal government on medical assistance in dying.It's an important one. Medical assistance in dying has been available to Canadians since...
Jan 27, 2020 Image Credit: Pixabay
