Category Archives: Column
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
NEUSTAETER: Black Friday and Cyber Monday — when consumerism consumes us
Have you experienced buyer's remorse? That sinking feeling when you unpack the shopping bag at home and think, "Did I really need that?", "Was it really worth that?" or "Why did I even buy that?" I'm ...
Nov 25, 2018
PETERS: Save us from the rented sex dolls, Interior Health
YOU WOULDN’T USE a second hand condom, would you? Even if it had been cleaned for hours with top-of-the-line germ-killers and disinfectants? Of course not. That’s disgusting enough to the ...
Nov 24, 2018
ROTHENBURGER: News media don’t need handouts; they need a new business model
THE NEWS MEDIA are about to get help from the taxpayer - it's help they neither deserve nor need. Federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau this week announced $600 million over the next five years in tax...
Nov 24, 2018
PETERS: More than just an irritation, Christmas Creep could be harmful to your health
CHRISTMAS CREEP shows no signs of abating, does it? Costco, of course, has long been the retail standard-bearer for introducing holiday merchandise well ahead of the holidays themselves. This year, ho...
Nov 22, 2018
CHARBONNEAU: When nature gives you tar sands, make carbon fibres
OIL SANDS CRUDE PRICES have hit rock bottom. The future could be in the tar – the bitumen. The original name for the deposits, tar sands, should be restored because that's where their potential ...
Nov 22, 2018
ROTHENBURGER: It’s a lot safer not to name new facilities after people
THERE'S A LESSON to be learned about naming public structures after people - don't, unless you make sure the public is onside. The new 55-unit transitional housing facility on Mission Flats Road was n...
Nov 22, 2018
ROTHENBURGER: What’s the big rush about getting ride hailing in B.C.?
KAMLOOPS - WHAT'S ALL THE FUSS about ride hailing? To listen to the media and some of the politicians, the fact British Columbians can't get a ride with Uber or Lyft is not just an inconvenience, it's...
Nov 21, 2018
ROTHENBURGER: Drug consumption sites for kids not so outrageous
SAFE DRUG-CONSUMPTION sites for kids? Has B.C.'s drug problem gotten so out of hand that we now have to provide children with a place to do drugs? Apparently, yes. A report last weekend from the provi...
Nov 20, 2018
ROTHENBURGER: Thinking outside the (mail)box could cure postal woes
KAMLOOPS - WE'RE APPROACHING the Christmas season and the posties are into rotating strikes as they go after a new agreement with Canada Post. It's the old story of holding the public hostage during t...
Nov 19, 2018
