Category Archives: Column
ROTHENBURGER: Densification, parking issues are realities in downtown core
KAMLOOPS - IN THIS INCREASINGLY NOISY WORLD, it's getting harder to listen. We're so busy, and so ready to be skeptical, that we often don't digest things before we react. In my weekend Armchair Mayor...
Dec 03, 2018
NEUSTAETER: The elusive work-life balance — what don't you do?
WE HEAR ABOUT IT ALL THE TIME; the ever-elusive "work-life balance". Perhaps because there are so many more dual-earning households today than there were in the past, or maybe just because we're final...
Dec 02, 2018
ROTHENBURGER: Charge for overnight parking downtown? What’s next?
THERE ARE HOPEFUL SIGNS from City council chambers. Rookies are sometimes afflicted by a bad case of cat's got their tongue. After campaigning on the basis of knowing all the answers, they discover th...
Dec 01, 2018
PETERS: New chain-up rules won't stop rule-breakers
STRICT NEW RULES meant to make high mountain highways in BC safer may have missed the point. Much smaller vehicles will now be required to use chains in lieu of winter-rated tires, and larger vehicles...
Nov 30, 2018
CHARBONNEAU: Big Food versus Canada's Food Guide
THE INTERESTS OF THE FOOD INDUSTRY don't always coincide with healthy eating. What's at stake is Canada's new food guide. It's a big deal. Canada's Food Guide is widely respected. 75 years after its f...
Nov 29, 2018
ROTHENBURGER: Tragic death of youngster in Christmas parade a wakeup call on safety
A FUNERAL IS BEING HELD TODAY for a four-year-old girl who died in a terrible Christmas parade accident last weekend and it should be a wakeup call for parents and parade organizers everywhere. The gi...
Nov 29, 2018
ROTHENBURGER: “Inadmissible patrons policy” raises plenty of questions
KAMLOOPS - KAMLOOPS WILL GET a new policing program at the end of the week aimed at making bars, restaurants and other businesses safer places to be. Called the Inadmissible Patrons Policy, it can res...
Nov 28, 2018
ROTHENBURGER: Legislating against inconveniences is no way to bargain
WHEN IT GETS right down to it, unions have only one big stick to get what they want for their members. The strike isn't just the ultimate weapon, it's the only one. All the tough words at the bargaini...
Nov 27, 2018
GINTA: Let's never give up on making people's lives better
It's 4:00 am on Saturday. I wake up thirsty and amble my way into the kitchen, fill a glass with water and drink it to the last drop. I return to bed and snuggle back under the covers. Warm and comfor...
Nov 26, 2018
ROTHENBURGER: Start communicating on the B.C. Legislature suspensions
KAMLOOPS - ALMOST A WEEK after the dramatic events at the B.C. Legislature the public still hasn't been let in on the secret of what's going on at the seat of government. We don't know why sergeant-at...
Nov 26, 2018
