Category Archives: Column
ROTHENBURGER: Battle for new Kamloops Centre riding bound to be contentious
THE MAN WHO THINKS non-profit agencies that criticize City council should be barred from receiving grant funding wants to be the next MLA for Kamloops Centre.Bill Sarai announced his intention this we...
Mar 09, 2024
PETERS: Ageism alive and well in the U.S. presidential race
I'M NOT SURE WHAT President Joe Biden ingested before this week's State of the Union address - and perhaps I don't want to know.Sleepy Joe has been one of the more effective barbs thrown the president...
Mar 08, 2024
COLLINS: Provincial election fever gaining momentum
ARE YOU READY FOR THE ONSLAUGHT? I hope so.For the next seven months we will hear all of the promises you could want to hear about who will do what for you and why they are the ones you should vote fo...
Mar 08, 2024
SOUND OFF: NDP's public safety crisis failing British Columbians
ONE OF THE CORE FUNCTIONS of our provincial government is the responsibility to look after British Columbians, ensuring people have access to health care, education and safe communities. But right now...
Mar 07, 2024
ROTHENBURGER: Sending KFR medical response issue to committee is no answer
ASSUMING COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE recommendations are confirmed when Kamloops City council sits in regular session, taxpayers will be on the hook for a slightly lower increase than originally predicted....
Mar 07, 2024
SOUND OFF: Taking action to ease everyday costs
A FEW WEEKS AGO, our government announced Budget 2024, outlining actions we're taking to address the cost of living for British Columbians. Despite rising global inflation, we are committed to support...
Mar 06, 2024
ROTHENBURGER: Caputo’s melodramatic video aside, prison system needs review
MP FRANK CAPUTO'S video on killer Paul Bernardo's living conditions is dramatic, even theatrical, but it turns out it might not be totally accurate.With thumping background music, file footage and a d...
Mar 06, 2024
ROTHENBURGER: Wokeism reigns with banning of classics from school library shelves
SHADES OF FAHRENHEIT 451. That's the Ray Bradbury novel from 1953, later made into a couple of movies, about a future in which books have been outlawed and firemen (i.e. firefighters) burn them.It's a...
Mar 05, 2024
ROTHENBURGER: Oregon recriminalizes while B.C. doubles down on public drug use
THE B.C. COURT OF APPEAL has rejected a bid by the provincial government to let its Restricting Public Consumption of Illegal Substances Act go into force. So an injunction against enforcing the Act r...
Mar 04, 2024
COLLINS: Supplemental budget items need another look
KAMLOOPS COUNCIL IS TRYING HARD to lighten the load on taxpayers by discussing whether or not they should cut back on some of the budget items that will lead us to an approximately 11 per cent tax hik...
Mar 03, 2024
