Category Archives: Column
COLLINS: Sorry — did you say, 'Take your old guns to the post office?'
SOMETIMES, A PLAN SEEMS GOOD on paper, but in reality, absolutely sucks. For a long time, the post office has shipped guns of all kinds all over the country. They were secure, the public never saw the...
Apr 26, 2024
SOUND OFF: Police confirm diversion of government-supplied drugs
DAVID EBY PROMISED REAL ACTION that would save lives in the overdose crisis when he became premier. But a year and a half later, the results couldn't be worse. In 2023 overdose deaths hit an all-time ...
Apr 25, 2024
ROTHENBURGER: A fond farewell to the airwaves from the Armchair Mayor
I'M AN OLD MAN. This is a fact I've been reluctant to acknowledge. I hate it when the media refer to anyone over the age of 60 as "elderly." I hate it even more when the opinions of older people are d...
Apr 25, 2024
SOUND OFF: Short-term rental rules coming into effect in British Columbia
I'VE HEARD FROM PEOPLE who have concerns that they are having trouble finding options for a new home to live in, while thousands of short-term rentals are taking needed long-term homes off the market....
Apr 24, 2024
ROTHENBURGER: Board may as well not have asked public about school’s name
IT WAS NO SURPRISE that the Kamloops school board chose an indigenous name for the new school in Pineview Valley.For one thing, reconciliation is on everyone's mind and an indigenous name for the scho...
Apr 24, 2024
COLLINS: New wildfire training centre has great potential
IT WILL TAKE A WHILE, but when a new wildfire training and education centre opens down the road, it could well provide a focal point for vast improvements in how we understand the behaviour of wildfir...
Apr 21, 2024
ROTHENBURGER: A modest proposal for improving the citizen satisfaction survey
IT WILL SOON BE TIME for the Kamloops citizen satisfaction survey, when taxpayers will have an opportunity to say what they think of their city. The survey will be carried out in the fall and it's an ...
Apr 20, 2024
COLLINS: 'Fairness' is not a word I would use to describe the federal budget
THE DAY AFTER the 'Fairness' budget was presented Tuesday (Apr. 16), Prime Minister Trudeau talked about how his budget was going to give priority to the millennials and Gen-Xers who are up against th...
Apr 19, 2024
SOUND OFF: The NDP's mishandling of drug use in B.C. hospitals
RECENTLY EXPOSED internal communications and firsthand accounts have revealed that drug use in B.C. hospitals is not only tolerated but also facilitated by current NDP policies. This ridiculous approa...
Apr 18, 2024
ROTHENBURGER: Who would survive if we had a recall law for City councils?
I'LL WAGER THAT if B.C. had recall legislation for municipal politicians, eight of the nine current members of Kamloops City council would be under threat of removal from office. The only one who woul...
Apr 18, 2024
