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ROTHENBURGER: Deaths of students in car wreck a loss to entire community
KAMLOOPS - IT'S TRAGIC WHEN ANYONE DIES in an accident but it's especially sad when a visitor from another country is killed here.I'm talking, of course, about the two TRU international students kille...
Nov 07, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
ROTHENBURGER: Council must lift dome of silence and explain itself on St. Andrew’s
KAMLOOPS - TIME FOR KAMLOOPS CITY COUNCIL to lift the dome of silence from the St. Andrew's on the Square mess.It's been a month since it was revealed right here that the City was about to yank the ru...
Nov 06, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
GINTA: Why we ought to see more of the world around us
KAMLOOPS - This column was to be about fish. Herring to start with. A few reputable conservation groups, including Pacific Wild, Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, Conservancy Hornby Island and the As...
Nov 05, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
ROTHENBURGER: When auto insurance is higher than house taxes, something’s wrong
KAMLOOPS - I'M NOW PAYING MORE for auto insurance than for property taxes.I went in to renew the insurance on my vehicle and found the premium has gone up by $300 over the previous year. Nothing has c...
Nov 05, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
ROTHENBURGER: Referendum is the best way to decide PAC, but not too soon
KAMLOOPS - THE NEXT DECISION to be made in reconsideration of the Performing Arts Centre is how to go about borrowing the money.Of the $70-million estimated cost for the centre, up to $45 million will...
Nov 04, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
ROTHENBURGER: Would you jump in to stop someone’s racist tirade?
HAVE YOU EVER been in a convenience store or a restaurant and heard people speaking in a foreign language?Did it bother you? It bothers the hell out of some people, who believe that when someone is in...
Nov 02, 2019 (Image Credit: Facebook)
PETERS: Let's talk about the future of the CP Rail corridor in downtown Kamloops
THE DRAFT DOWNTOWN PLAN was given the green light by Kamloops council this week.It doesn't have too many more hurdles to clear before it officially becomes the high-level idea document the entire city...
Nov 01, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
CHARBONNEAU: Not your father's minority government
PRIME MINISTER JUSTIN TRUDEAU'S minority government is not like his father's. When Pierre Trudeau won a minority government in 1972, he didn't have the support of opposition parties. The government on...
Oct 31, 2019 Image Credit: The Canadian Press / CFJC Today
ROTHENBURGER: Why there are so many petitions to change Hallowe’en
KAMLOOPS - HALLOWE'EN IS A ROYAL PAIN in the Poltergeist, isn't it?Nobody likes having to grab boxes of leftover miniature candy bars from the super market at the last minute but we do it so the trick...
Oct 31, 2019 Image Credit: The Canadian Press
ROTHENBURGER: Westsyde school zone speeding shouldn’t be a surprise
KAMLOOPS - TOO MANY DRIVERS are ignoring the school zone at Westsyde elementary school - so say police and they're absolutely right.Since school opened in September, hundreds of vehicles have been clo...
Oct 30, 2019 Image Credit: Mel Rothenburger
