Category Archives: Column
ROTHENBURGER – Coun. Sarai’s astonishing plan to silence criticism from non-profits
IF COUN. BILL SARAI gets his wish, non-profits with hopes of getting grants from City council will have to zip it if they're ever tempted to criticize council decisions.It might not be the worst idea ...
Feb 03, 2024
SOUND OFF: Shawn Buckley, hometown hero
WHEN YOU THINK OF FAMOUS Kamloops citizens, who comes to mind first? For me, hockey names like Don Hay, Mark Recchi, Scott Niedermayer tend to dominate, but I also remember Brett Tippie and Matt Hunte...
Feb 02, 2024
PETERS: Smith's healthcare change poses real danger for Alberta trans kids
IT HAS TO BE MORE THAN A LITTLE DISTURBING for the LGBTQ2S+ community in Alberta that the person who was just days ago glad-handing with Tucker Carlson and Jordan Peterson is now radically reshaping h...
Feb 02, 2024
COLLINS: Do only the people who suck up to council get help?
AND THE PHILOSOPHICAL DEBATES CONTINUE as Kamloops council's Living and Sustainability Committee discussed the question of giving money to groups who are critical of city decisions. According to the s...
Feb 02, 2024
ROTHENBURGER: Let’s go back to naming schools after people instead of places
KAMLOOPS WILL GET a new school a couple of years from now and School District 73 officials are inviting the public to propose names for it.The $65-million school will be built in Pineview Valley, so P...
Feb 01, 2024
SOUND OFF: Why a humanitarian crisis is everyone's business
TWICE IN AS MANY WEEKS, Kamloops city council has heard pleas to support our community members and their families subject to brutal losses and immense risk in Gaza, and to condemn rising antisemitism ...
Jan 31, 2024
SOUND OFF: Detecting lung cancer earlier
NEARLY EVERYONE has been touched by cancer in some way. It's a word that can bring fear, uncertainty, and sadness, but with interventions like early detection, there can be hope after a cancer diagnos...
Jan 31, 2024
ROTHENBURGER: Coroner is wrong; we shouldn’t live with public drug consumption
BC CORONER LISA LAPOINTE effectively though unintentionally articulates pretty much everything that's wrong with allowing the consumption of illicit drugs in public.According to the retiring coroner, ...
Jan 31, 2024
ROTHENBURGER: TRU decision to axe visual arts programs fails the community
LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE, education and the arts are about money.That truth has been confirmed with the decision yesterday by the Thompson Rivers University board of governors to kill four visual arts pro...
Jan 30, 2024
ROTHENBURGER: After parties agree on cellphone ban, maybe Yellowhead is next
BEING A MEMBER of the Opposition must be frustrating these days. Just when you come up with a good idea, the NDP government takes it from you.There was, for example, BC United's push for legislation e...
Jan 29, 2024
