Category Archives: Column
ROTHENBURGER: Please tell us killing the black bear is a last resort
FAR BE IT FROM ME to tell conservation officers how to do their job but I'll do it anyway.There's a broken trust between COs and members of the public when it comes to wildlife encroaching on urban ar...
Jun 11, 2019 Image Credit: Contributed / Ann Hahr
ROTHENBURGER: Federal plastics ban good news for the environment
KAMLOOPS - IF WE TAKE THE POLITICS out of reaction to Justin Trudeau's announcement that he'll ban single-use plastics by 2021 if he's re-elected, there's much to be excited about.Some critics say it ...
Jun 10, 2019 Image Credit: The Canadian Press
GINTA: Yes, we can do without (most) single-use plastics
I CANNOT TELL YOU how many times I wished that Styrofoam food containers would disappear. Call it a pet peeve but it goes beyond that. They leach harmful (albeit slow-acting and invisible) endocrine d...
Jun 10, 2019 Image Credit: Cariboo Regional District
ROTHENBURGER: Spotlight needed on runaway Indigenous teens
KAMLOOPS - ANOTHER TEENAGER WENT MISSING on the weekend. Fifteen years old, 5 ft. 5 inches tall, 110 pounds, brown eyes and hair, Indigenous female.The following day, she was found safe and sound.That...
Jun 09, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
NEUSTAETER: Written By The Most Reluctant Raptors Fan
I can't possibly tell you how much I did not previously care about anything to do with the NBA.Like, -5000% did not care, and never planned to either.I'm not ashamed to say that only a few years ago I...
Jun 09, 2019 Image Credit: Toronto Raptors / Twitter
ROTHENBURGER: We’re better off not knowing the answers to everything
AS MUCH AS HUMANS constantly pursue the unknown, I'm convinced there's a part of us that doesn't want to find the answers to everything. Certain things are best left as mysteries - otherwise, we'd get...
Jun 07, 2019 Image Credit: Frame from 1967 film by Roger Patterson and Bob Gimlin
PETERS: Near-miss video a reminder of how close we come to disaster every day
A CLOSE CALL VIDEO posted to YouTube this week has thousands of people appreciating the value of dashcams. The video shows a car turning left from Highway 97 onto Highway 99, and nearly getting slamme...
Jun 07, 2019 Image Credit: YouTube / Rodney T
CHARBONNEAU: Unlock the potential of boredom
BOREDOM DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A DRAG.Although everyone experiences boredom from time to time, defining it is hard. To complicate things, there are different kinds, says Canadian Philosopher Mark Kingwell...
Jun 06, 2019 Image Credit: Pixattitude / Dreamstime.com
ROTHENBURGER: Surrey report shows city police force not a good idea here
KAMLOOPS - IF THE IDEA OF a Kamloops municipal police force ever rears its head again, a look at what's going on in Surrey would be in order.A report on the costs of switching from the RCMP to a munic...
Jun 05, 2019
ROTHENBURGER: We can redefine the ‘G’ word if we want to
KAMLOOPS - LANGUAGE IS NOT the boss of us. We follow its rules when they suit us. We change language through common use and misuse. The English of today is much different than it was 100 or 200 years ...
Jun 04, 2019 Image Credit: Mel Rothenburger
