Category Archives: Column
SOUND OFF: Strengthening our wildfire training
LAST SUMMER, B.C. saw its most devastating wildfire season on record. Tens of thousands of people were forced to evacuate from their homes, disrupting lives and communities. As the impacts of climate ...
Apr 17, 2024
ROTHENBURGER: City caught flat-footed with sale of The Loop drop-in property
CHEERS OF APPROVAL have already begun over the impending closure of The Loop after the announced sale of its current leased building. The Loop is a volunteer-run drop-in centre that provides meals and...
Apr 17, 2024
COLLINS: The changing face of business
WE ARE SPENDING A LOT OF TIME these days dealing with change. Trying to determine the best way to tackle the homeless crisis, the rent and ownership crisis, the health crisis - and the list goes on. H...
Apr 14, 2024
ROTHENBURGER: In days of old, before Kamloops City Hall became a fortress…
CONTRARY TO PREVAILING public opinion, City Hall has not always been a place of discontent between councils and administrators.While there have been times when administration has bullied council, and ...
Apr 13, 2024
COLLINS: When do we say, 'enough already?'
AT SOME POINT, there has to be a line drawn in the sand to distinguish between the needs of an individual over the needs of society as a whole. I have always had empathy for those who are marginalized...
Apr 12, 2024
SOUND OFF: NDP flip flop on carbon tax kickback investigation
LAST WEEK, OUR BC UNITED CAUCUS raised concerns about allegations suggesting that the accounting firm MNP engaged in practices that present conflicts of interest in administering two CleanBC carbon ta...
Apr 11, 2024
ROTHENBURGER: Pointing the finger for allowing drugs and guns in hospitals
IF YOU'VE BEEN WONDERING who to blame for allowing illicit drug consumption and weapons in B.C. hospitals, and leakage from the "safe" drug supply, here's the answer: whoever's in government, anywhere...
Apr 11, 2024
SOUND OFF: Protecting renters and landlords
MOST LANDLORDS AND TENANTS have a good, healthy relationship and play by the rules. But we all know there are some bad actors out there that take advantage of the system. That's why last week our gove...
Apr 10, 2024
ROTHENBURGER – What did the CSO arbitration cost Kamloops taxpayers?
IT WAS GOOD NEWS when the City announced that all the problems have been ironed out with the Canadian Union of Public Employees over the switch from Bylaws to Community Service Officers. "We can confi...
Apr 10, 2024
COLLINS: How safe do we feel?
IF WE PUT ASIDE ALL OF THE HYPE at city council over the McCorkell saga and the mayor's diatribe about the need for "change," let's look at the real issue here - how safe do we really feel we are vers...
Apr 07, 2024
