Category Archives: Column
ROTHENBURGER: NDP has an unlikely ally in by-election — the BC Conservatives
KAMLOOPS - ARE THE BC CONSERVATIVES really socialists in free enterprise clothing? Sounds like a ridiculous proposition, but let's look at the provincial by-election coming up in Nanaimo next week and...
Jan 24, 2019
ROTHENBURGER: Doesn’t every Legislature need a wood splitter?
KAMLOOPS - WHAT'S THE BIG DEAL about the wood splitter? Doesn't every Legislature need one? You never know when a tree is going to fall down on the Legislative grounds. And where did you think they wo...
Jan 23, 2019
ROTHENBURGER: ‘No’ can’t be the only answer in pipeline disputes
THE LNG PIPELINE dispute in Wet'suwet'en traditional territory continues to draw protests elsewhere despite a truce at the site. Those who oppose the pipeline talk about how governments and police are...
Jan 22, 2019
GINTA: Food was never meant to be this challenging to deal with
THERE’S BARELY A WEEK going by without another set of recommendations on the best foods to eat, best diets to lose weight, best way to exercise, and best ways to live our lives or raise our kids...
Jan 21, 2019
ROTHENBURGER: Nobody should lose their driver’s licence because of age
KAMLOOPS - WHO'D HAVE THOUGHT the Queen and Prince Philip would get in hot water for bad driving habits? Philip had a nasty crash last week. Fortunately, nobody was seriously injured but questions wer...
Jan 21, 2019
NEUSTAETER: Better late than never — why we need to start listening to each other
I must admit that I have never been a great listener. Almost every report card of my entire life read some version of, "Katie's a great student but she would greatly benefit from listening to others m...
Jan 20, 2019
ROTHENBURGER: Vision — sometimes we get it right, sometimes we don’t
ONE OF THE TOUGHEST QUESTIONS we ask our politicians is, "What is your vision for Kamloops?" More often than not, the response has something to do with a clean, safe city with good amenities and well-...
Jan 19, 2019
PETERS: Thought of BCLC leaving Kamloops has always been pure paranoia — until this week
THE CONCERNS ABOUT BC Lottery Corporation moving from Kamloops to the pseudo-headquarters in Richmond were always more about paranoia than anything resembling a real threat. The effort and expense req...
Jan 18, 2019
CHARBONNEAU: How Russia could determine our next prime minister
DID YOU HEAR ABOUT the Canadian commandos who slipped into the Donetsk People's Republic in eastern Ukraine in 2016? The commandos were targeting the new Republic which, with the help of Russia, was s...
Jan 17, 2019
ROTHENBURGER: Once upon a time there was a plan for a new City Hall
LET ME TELL YOU a story. Fifteen years ago, a committee of City council was formed to identify possible sites for a new City Hall. It was well known that the existing City Hall was becoming inadequate...
Jan 17, 2019
