Category Archives: Column
ROTHENBURGER: It’s time to stop shifting city taxes onto shoulders of homeowners
KAMLOOPS - NOBODY WOULD DENY the importance of heavy industry to the economy of Kamloops but when it comes to taxes, who comes first - homeowners or industry?The Kamloops Voters Society is questioning...
Dec 04, 2019 Image Credit: Mel Rothenburger
ROTHENBURGER – Cellphone service rates are way too high, but what about dead zones?
KAMLOOPS - THE AMOUNT WE PAY for the privilege of yakking and texting on our cellphones is downright uncivilized compared to people in other places.Premier John Horgan wants to make cell service cheap...
Dec 03, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
GINTA: Let’s make the holidays about people not sales
I HAVE THIS SIMPLE blade coffee grinder that I use for grinding flax seeds. It lost a knob during one of our many moves, but it still works. No points for looking pretty though. We also have another b...
Dec 02, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
ROTHENBURGER: Andrew Scheer should face the music and step aside
POLITICS IS A TOUGH, DIRTY BUSINESS, a fact of life Andrew Scheer is finding out these days.Scheer is trying to save his job as Conservative leader as others in his party are determined to take it awa...
Dec 02, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
ROTHENBURGER: What we need in this country is a special racism court
ANOTHER PERSONALITY LOST his job Friday over racist remarks.The latest offender is Calgary Flames head coach Bill Peters, who resigned after revelations he used racist slurs against a player a decade ...
Nov 30, 2019 (Image Credit: Dreamstime.com)
PETERS: The design of the Tesla Cybertruck is not the most questionable part
HERE'S A CONTROVERSIAL OPINION - I don't hate the Tesla truck. At least, not to look at. People are losing their heads over the radical design presented by CEO Elon Musk last week, but radically-desig...
Nov 29, 2019 Image Credit: Tesla
CHARBONNEAU: Big Pharma threatens patients over biosimilars
PATIENTS WHO ARE PRESCRIBED the drug Remicade have received letters from the manufacturer warning them about the switch to a cheaper version.British Columbia has already decided to switch to a cheaper...
Nov 28, 2019 Image Credit: Remicade
ROTHENBURGER: Delaying decision on Saturday parkade fees makes sense
KAMLOOPS - KAMLOOPS CITY COUNCIL has been taking a beating lately, including from the Armchair Mayor, so it's only fair to mention when it makes a proper decision all on its own.A recommendation came ...
Nov 28, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
ROTHENBURGER: City’s action in pointing finger at heritage society is shameful
KAMLOOPS - THE ST. ANDREW'S ON THE SQUARE mess reached a new low point Tuesday with a lengthy news release from the City attempting to point the finger at the Kamloops Heritage Society.The City's stat...
Nov 27, 2019 Image Credit: Mel Rothenburger
ROTHENBURGER: Mayor’s new committee system needs to be scrapped
KAMLOOPS - WHAT WAS MAYOR KEN CHRISTIAN THINKING?That's a reasonable question with respect to his reorganization of City council's committee structure in January.The mayor decided to get rid of the ol...
Nov 26, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
