Category Archives: Column
CHARBONNEAU: Cannabis at your holiday work party? Here are some tips
NOW THAT CANNABIS IS IN ITS SECOND YEAR of legalization, some employers may consider serving cannabis at the holiday party.First, gauge the corporate culture of your company. Some stigmatization of ca...
Dec 13, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
ROTHENBURGER: Free parking at TRU for indigenous students a worthy idea
KAMLOOPS - PARKING AT THOMPSON RIVERS UNIVERSITY is a horror show on a good day but there's a new twist - a petition is asking that all indigenous students park there for free.The online petition init...
Dec 12, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
ROTHENBURGER: At last, something done about speeders in Westwold, Falkland
KAMLOOPS - IT'S ALWAYS NICE to see authorities actually doing something when a situation arises in need of action.Kamloops RCMP, bylaws officers, Kamloops Fire Rescue and others held a public awarenes...
Dec 11, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
ROTHENBURGER: Perpetual Black Friday isn’t as bad as we make it out to be
KAMLOOPS - IS IT OVER YET?A lot of exhausted shoppers must be asking that question after more than two weeks of pre-Christmas sales. There was Black Friday, but before Black Friday there was pre-Black...
Dec 10, 2019 Image Credit: Mel Rothenburger
GINTA: Let’s put an end to youth homelessness
ONE OF THE THINGS I took for granted as a child (and teenager) was the thoughtfulness of adults around me. I had a good home with involved and loving parents, but there was this circle of people - ext...
Dec 09, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
ROTHENBURGER: Arguments against mandatory flu shots for nurses are weak
KAMLOOPS - SO B.C.'S NURSES no longer have to have a flu shot or wear a mask when they're working around patients.Nurses have been fighting mandatory flu vaccinations for the past seven years. Under a...
Dec 09, 2019 Image Credit: The Canadian Press
ROTHENBURGER: Door still open a crack to friendly resolution on St. Andrew’s
HOPE SPRINGS ETERNAL in the St. Andrew's on the Square case. Just when you think the ship had sailed (to use Coun. Dieter Dudy's description), new possibilities emerge. One such possibility came up Fr...
Dec 07, 2019 (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
PETERS: When it comes to the Performing Arts Centre, are there any undecided voters?
APRIL 4 IS THE DAY we all get to have our say on the latest Performing Arts Centre proposal, and the prospect of funding it through borrowing a large sum and paying it back over a number of years. Bef...
Dec 06, 2019 Image Credit: City of Kamloops
CHARBONNEAU: Kenney should be careful what he wishes for
ALBERTA PREMIER JASON KENNEY wants Canada's equalization formula adjusted to be fairer to Albertans.When it comes to equalization payments to provinces, Albertans think that there must be a mistake. T...
Dec 06, 2019 Image Credit: Canadian Press
ROTHENBURGER: We might not get ride hailing by Christmas and it’s no big loss
KAMLOOPS - IT'S ALMOST CERTAIN B.C. won't get ride hailing before Christmas and I say, so what?Premier John Horgan is under fire for missing yet another self-imposed deadline to get ride hailing on th...
Dec 05, 2019 Image Credit: The Canadian Press
