Category Archives: Column
ROTHENBURGER: ‘Big Moves’ in Downtown Centre Plan a mixed bag
KAMLOOPS - THE ALMOST FINISHED DOWNTOWN CENTRE PLAN goes in front of City council today for a look and it includes plenty to think about.If you don't have the fortitude to absorb all 143 pages plus ap...
Oct 29, 2019 Image Credit: City of Kamloops
GINTA: Helping youth succeed makes for a better society
I JUST READ AN UPLIFTING NEWS STORY. It was about the tuition waiver program for former youth in care. About 1,119 young people got a fresh start in life due to the program. I can only imagine how emp...
Oct 28, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
ROTHENBURGER: Local election result reflects disaffection with Ottawa
KAMLOOPS - WE'VE HAD A WEEK to digest the results of the federal election and the more I think about it, the more the outcome in Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo reflects what happened across the country.Tha...
Oct 28, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
ROTHENBURGER - From death metal to hip hop – how Daz Tha Punk turned his life around
IT'S BEEN FOUR YEARS since the last time I had coffee with Daz Tha Punk.Back then he was going by the performance name Bloodlust Abominator of Ritual War Incantations - Bloodlust Abominator for short ...
Oct 26, 2019 Cover photo from Daz Tha Punk EP (courtesy: Daz Tha Punk.)
PETERS: Western separatism is bunk, but western alienation is very real
LET US BE QUITE CLEAR about one thing: the talk about western separatism is bunk. It's hooey. It's bluster. It's all sizzle and no steak.In its heart, Alberta knows it can't reach its goal of laying p...
Oct 25, 2019 Image Credit: The Canadian Press
CHARBONNEAU: How to influence people though social media and win elections
NO ONE IN SILICON VALLEY believed Christopher Wylie when he told them of how social media was manipulating people. The tech big shots didn't take the pink-haired, nose-ringed, 26 year-old seriously. T...
Oct 24, 2019 Steve Bannon (Image Credit: The Canadian Press)
ROTHENBURGER: Here’s one City council that won’t stay silent on Bill 21
KAMLOOPS - KELOWNA CITY COUNCIL made a gutsy decision this week to which other City councils - not to mention federal politicians - should pay attention.The council unanimously passed a motion condemn...
Oct 24, 2019 Image Credit: The Canadian Press
ROTHENBURGER: New PAC plan looks good, but parking problem has to be solved
KAMLOOPS - PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE 2.0 was unveiled anew Tuesday, this time with a business plan.The Kamloops Centre for the Arts Society presented the plan to City council, which referred it to admini...
Oct 23, 2019
ROTHENBURGER: The election is over, now it’s time to get back to reality
KAMLOOPS - WELL, ONCE AGAIN B.C. got left out. Despite what the pundits said, the election was pretty well over by the time our polls closed.And, as the pollsters predicted, Canada chose to give the s...
Oct 22, 2019 Image Credit: Mel Rothenburger-Screenshot- CBC
GINTA: Let’s keep the political conversations going — and include our kids
BY THE TIME YOU ARE READING THIS, the voting is in full swing. Did you vote? Please do; voting is a defining democratic right that no one should take for granted. The campaign has been wild enough and...
Oct 21, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kent Simmonds
