Category Archives: Column
ROTHENBURGER: Council tries its best to make plastic bag issue complicated
KAMLOOPS - KAMLOOPS CITY COUNCIL tried its level best to make banning plastic bags as complicated as possible this week but miraculously ended up making it simple - as it should be. When Coun. Dale Ba...
Apr 04, 2019
ROTHENBURGER: Everybody should be happy with Wilson-Raybould firing
KAMLOOPS - NO MATTER WHAT YOUR POLITICS, you've got to be pleased Justin Trudeau booted Jody Wilson-Raybould out of the Liberal caucus. If you're a Liberal supporter, you're happy the person who has b...
Apr 03, 2019
ROTHENBURGER: Pointless removal of Land Title records needs to be stopped
SOMETIMES GOVERNMENTS do things for strange reasons. Sometimes they do things for no reason at all. Moving records from the Land Titles office in Kamloops to Victoria is one of those things. That offi...
Apr 01, 2019
GINTA: The problem that just doesn't go away
A FEW DAYS A WEEK Peterson Creek Park is infused with tiny visitors. In winter they slide down slopes, waddling like adorable penguins bundled up in bright colours and cute hats. On rainy days they ju...
Apr 01, 2019
ROTHENBURGER: Why are Cavers’ motions still allowed in council agendas?
KAMLOOPS - ANOTHER MEETING of Kamloops City council this week and another notice of motion from former councillor Donovan Cavers. It seems we are doomed to forever live in the World According to Caver...
Apr 01, 2019
NEUSTAETER: The saga of the rings — Slaying stereotypes after my Mexican misadventure
YOU KNOW WHAT TRAVELS FAST? Bad news. You know what's really easy? Stereotyping, labelling, blaming, branding and believing the worst in people. A lot of negative stories seem to be finding their way ...
Mar 31, 2019
ROTHENBURGER: Plastic bags – remember the running-shoe commercial
THERE'S A SLOGAN in a running-shoe commercial that says, "Just do it." Kamloops City councillors should remember it when they talk about banning plastic bags. A notice of motion from Coun. Dale Bass w...
Mar 30, 2019
PETERS: Has a public institution ever been as out of touch as the B.C. Legislature?
WHEN LEGISLATIVE SPEAKER Darryl Plecas outlined in his eponymous report instances of flagrant spending by entitled legislative officers earlier this year, the widespread conclusion was that it was cle...
Mar 29, 2019
CHARBONNEAU: The computer age let me down
AS SOMEONE WHO HAS WORKED IN ELECTRONICS all my life, I had high hopes for the digital age. But it turned out to be yet another disappointment. The first was when flower power went sour. The hippie mo...
Mar 28, 2019
ROTHENBURGER: Please, change the channel and give us the old Justin back
KAMLOOPS - I'M GETTING SO INCREDIBLY BORED with the soap opera in Ottawa. Day after day, the Conservatives do everything they can to keep this spent series on the air. Day after day, Justin Trudeau is...
Mar 28, 2019
