Category Archives: Column
SOUND OFF: Investing in safe and thriving communities
THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE in British Columbia are our greatest strength. Over the past few years, we've seen our population grow. People want to live and raise their families in our communities. But at the...
Mar 20, 2024
ROTHENBURGER: What this province needs is another left-wing party
WHEN BC CONSERVATIVE candidates Ward Stamer and Dennis Giesbrecht held their introductory news conference last weekend, the first question they were asked was if they felt they would split the free-en...
Mar 20, 2024
COLLINS: It's almost too late to prepare for wildfire season
IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY NOTICED, temperatures are rising. An early spring has started. While most of us are preparing for a return to warmer weather, we pay relatively little attention to the consequen...
Mar 17, 2024
ROTHENBURGER: A low-key start with high hopes of changing the face of local politics
THERE WERE NO BALLOONS, banners, placards or cheering crowds at Friday's official announcement of the BC Conservative candidates for the two Kamloops ridings. Just the candidates themselves, a couple ...
Mar 16, 2024
COLLINS: Government often has the power at election time
DURING THE TIME LEADING UP to an election, the government almost always has the hammer. As promises are made, we have to determine whether they are believable. And when the government makes them, they...
Mar 15, 2024
SOUND OFF: B.C.'s health care system moves closer to collapse
EVERY BRITISH COLUMBIAN deserves access to timely and dignified health care. This week in the B.C. legislature, I shared the heart-wrenching story of an elderly man from my community who was neglected...
Mar 14, 2024
ROTHENBURGER: We should get rid of governors-general and their free-spending ways
GOVERNOR-GENERAL Mary Simon has been awarded a salary boost of $11,200 for 2024, bringing her annual paycheque to $362,800. She doesn't need it and, sorry, she doesn't deserve it.Simon came into offic...
Mar 14, 2024
SOUND OFF: Health care access, reproductive health; a key priority for B.C. government
AN ACCESSIBLE, HIGH-QUALITY and sustainable healthcare system is a top priority for British Columbians, and it is for us, too. British Columbians should have a healthcare system that is there to meet ...
Mar 13, 2024
ROTHENBURGER: It was a good day around the City council table for a change
IT WAS A GOOD DAY at Kamloops City council yesterday. It's hard to know where to begin but let's start with the plan for a cleanup of beaches.It's a great idea, one that will generate some new pride i...
Mar 13, 2024
COLLINS: Southern evangelical Christians make a deal with the devil
ACCORDING TO A COLUMN in USA Today this week, southern evangelical Christians are flocking to Donald Trump in record numbers. Most of my life has been centered around my faith. And I have a great deal...
Mar 10, 2024
