Category Archives: Column
ROTHENBURGER: On Iran, Trudeau should take a page from Jean Chretien’s book
BACK IN 2003, President George W. Bush invaded Iraq, an act for which we continue to pay the price. Prime Minister Jean Chretien refused to join Bush in his ill-advised war, and was criticized for it....
Jan 08, 2020 Image Credit: The Canadian Press
ROTHENBURGER: Poop on dog owners who leave full bags behind
WE TOOK THE DOG FOR A WALK on the Rivers Trail near the airport over the holidays. It's a great place for that, as evidenced by the large number of other families who were there with their dogs at the...
Jan 07, 2020 Image Credit: Mel Rothenburger
GINTA: We need to keep it real — that's where the magic lives
I'D RATHER NOT DRIVE on a day when the weather predictions call for heavy snowstorm. But we had already bought the tickets and it would have taken a lot to make us miss this unique performance. We lef...
Jan 06, 2020 Image Credit: Caravan Farm Theatre
ROTHENBURGER: Is the weather this winter going to be the new normal?
ENOUGH WEATHER for you?Here it is January, always the coldest month of the year, and we've been having temperatures either barely below zero or a few degrees above.That might seem like good news for e...
Jan 06, 2020 Image Credit: Mel Rothenburger
ROTHENBURGER: Let’s stand up and say what we mean, not just sort of
THE FOLLOWING QUOTE, not a word of a lie, is verbatim from an on-air media interview in which a guest is being asked about a political issue:"So, you know, can sort of propagating a fact using an elec...
Jan 04, 2020 (Image Credit: © Juan Jose Sanchez Melendez | Dreamstime.com )
CHARBONNEAU: Who is responsible for the CO2 produced by streaming?
TWO DECADES OF EYE VIEWThis column marks twenty years of writing Eye View. Thanks to former editors of the Kamloops Daily News Susan Duncan and Mel Rothenburger for encouraging me to write, to CFJC To...
Jan 02, 2020 Image Credit: Kaspars Grinvalds / Dreamstime.com
GINTA: Wishes for the new year
WITH EVERY STEP, the snow crunches under our feet. The dog runs ahead and occasionally saunters in yet another futile attempt to catch a vole or a mouse. She then plunges into the snow and rolls with ...
Dec 30, 2019 Image Credit: Evgenyatamanenko / Dreamstime.com
ROTHENBURGER: Five important things Kamloops must get done in 2020
NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS have never been much of a thing with me. I tend to make them as easy as possible in order to avoid failure.In 2020, for example, I will vow to pay more attention to myself. I ge...
Dec 28, 2019 File photo courtesy: Mel Rothenburger
CHARBONNEAU: Albertans to receive the highest carbon gift
THE CARBON GIFT is not a lump of coal. Albertans will receive the highest carbon tax rebate of any of the four provinces who have opted out of the federal plan. A family of four will receive an averag...
Dec 27, 2019 Image Credit: Canadian Press
GINTA: A bit of gratitude makes everything a lot better
MOST DAYS THE BOYS COME HOME from school saying the day was okay. Every now and then something more than ordinary happens and the usual non-descriptive "okay" is replaced by stories, good and bad. A c...
Dec 23, 2019 Image Credit: Aline Antunes / Dreamstime.com
