Category Archives: Column
ROTHENBURGER: Who were the ‘divisive’ ones in TNRD rural tax clash?
THE WORDS 'DIVISIVE' and "irresponsible" were liberally tossed around as local-government reps met this week. There was emotion, talk of the need for "teamwork" vs. "team sports," of feeling "uncomfor...
Feb 17, 2024
PETERS: Milobar and Stone will face their toughest election fights this year
KAMLOOPS WAS ONCE SEEN AS A BELLWETHER riding provincially, meaning the candidates who won here, their party would unfailingly form government.That has not held true for a long time, as Kamloops has s...
Feb 16, 2024
COLLINS: Government cutbacks for foreign students are already an issue
A GOOD PORTION OF THE PROBLEMS in this country - and others - are caused by the lack of proper study. There are so many problems out there being addressed by government at all levels but so few fast f...
Feb 16, 2024
SOUND OFF: Wildfire victims continue to scramble for supports
FOR MANY, A NEW YEAR signals a fresh start that allows them to put the past year behind them. Unfortunately, for many families who have been impacted by wildfires and floods, this year is just another...
Feb 15, 2024
ROTHENBURGER: Concerns about indigenous veto over Crown land need more dialogue
LAND ACT CHANGES will either shut down B.C. businesses or are a natural evolution on the path toward reconciliation, depending which side of the argument you're on.Todd Stone and BC United insist the ...
Feb 15, 2024
SOUND OFF: Enhancing cancer care in Kamloops
ENHANCING ACCESS TO CANCER CARE services for people in British Columbia is a top health care priority of our government. This past week, I was in Kamloops to announce the business plan approval for th...
Feb 14, 2024
ROTHENBURGER: Why finding a solution to the illicit-drug crisis remains so elusive
A MEASURE OF HOW DIVISIVE the issue of illicit drug use is for communities can be found in a sometimes unruly meeting of the Richmond City council that began on Monday and didn't wrap up until late la...
Feb 14, 2024
ROTHENBURGER: Why not revisit the idea of a giant sign on the face of Mount Paul?
THE BIG KAMLOOPS SIGN that was going to be erected in Riverside Park a year ago in time for the Memorial Cup is on the shelf indefinitely.It was going to be five feet high and 20 feet long. The cost? ...
Feb 13, 2024
ROTHENBURGER: Spending $75,000 on cancer clinic lobby a bigger waste than ever
SORRY TO REPEAT myself, but I've got to say again that spending $75,000 to lobby for something that's already been approved is just nuts.Last November, the Thompson Regional Hospital District board ap...
Feb 12, 2024
COLLINS: Changes in warfare tactics mean more deaths
THE FACE OF WAR BECOMES MORE GROTESQUE every day. Fancier and more powerful and accurate guns can hone in on targets many kilometers away and wreak a lot of damage. But their cost helps keep things in...
Feb 11, 2024
