Category Archives: Column
PETERS: Just like Harper, it looks like Trudeau has his own PMO to rein in
DO YOU REMEMBER the last time the Prime Minister’s Office was in the middle of a big scandal? It was Stephen Harper and the Conservatives in government, and the PMO had been accused of wielding ...
Feb 08, 2019
CHARBONNEAU: Immigration is shaping up to be an election issue
IMMIGRATION COULD BE a toxic issue in the upcoming October federal election. Just the talk of anti-immigration by politicians is enough to trigger attacks on some of society's most vulnerable members....
Feb 07, 2019
ROTHENBURGER: Weapons haul indicates a need for a lot more ‘disrupting’
DID YOU SEE THE LIST of weaponry collected by police after the two shootings in Kamloops a couple of weeks ago? If you missed it, here it is: four sets of brass knuckles, two spring-loaded knives, thr...
Feb 07, 2019
ROTHENBURGER: CBC should have left State of the Union to U.S. networks
KAMLOOPS - THAT'S TWO HOURS we'll never get back. Did you watch the State of the Union address last night? If you were tuned in to CBC News Network, you had to. Donald Trump spent most of it bragging ...
Feb 06, 2019
ROTHENBURGER: Proposed lawsuit against oil companies on climate change is absurd
VICTORIA IS FAST BECOMING the whack-job capital of Canada, if it isn't already. There's just too much silly news coming out of there to believe. The Legislature spending scandal has kept the pundits a...
Feb 05, 2019
GINTA: Social media platforms vs. people — a case of suffering ethics
IN THEORY, IT SOUNDS NICE: make a social media platform where friends and family can stay in touch by sharing life bits and photos, organize get-togethers and spread the word about good things happeni...
Feb 04, 2019
ROTHENBURGER: Will Terry Lake run in the next federal election?
KAMLOOPS - THERE'S A WIDESPREAD ASSUMPTION that Terry Lake is going to run for the Liberals in this year's federal election. Let's look at that. What goes into such a decision? There is, of course, th...
Feb 04, 2019
NEUSTAETER: Well, I finally used the Heimlich maneuver
THE FIRST TIME I TOOK A first aid class I was 12 years old. After reading every book in the Babysitter's Club cover to cover twice I had an adequately romanticized picture in my mind of the glories, p...
Feb 03, 2019
ROTHENBURGER: Disc golf, pickleball and other passing sports fads
AS THE CITY ASKS FOR PUBLIC INPUT into upgrades to Tournament Capital facilities, a review of the process leading to this week's decision on the old McArthur Island golf course might be instructive. C...
Feb 02, 2019
PETERS: American two-party system will soon be mirrored north of the border
AMERICAN VOTERS WHO BECOME DISENCHANTED with the political system in the U.S. often lament the dominance of the two-party system in their country. You are either a Democrat or a Republican, or your vo...
Feb 01, 2019
