Category Archives: Column
ROTHENBURGER: BC United faces loss of Opposition status as its popularity drops
WHAT'S WRONG with the BC United party?A new Abacus Data poll shows the party would attract only 17 percent of the votes if an election was held now. The governing NDP would be far ahead with 44 percen...
Dec 05, 2023
ROTHENBURGER: Here’s an easy way to pay for the Lansdowne Street pathway
THE PROPOSED LANSDOWNE STREET multi-use pathway has been stirring up some opposition from those who figure it will be a waste of money.It's the case with any project that those who won't personally ma...
Dec 04, 2023
COLLINS: Where has all the money gone?
TO PARAPHRASE AN OLD FOLK SONG, a sad song to be true, we have not heeded the prophetic words, "When Will They Ever Learn?"And the answer is, never. We are spending so much money trying to fix things ...
Dec 03, 2023
ROTHENBURGER: Three headstones by the river, and a rediscovery of ancestors
RELATIVES SHOW UP in the darndest places at the darndest times. Three of mine did it this week. Their headstones are side by side in a hayfield off Dairy Road. Massive bank erosion there has brought t...
Dec 02, 2023
PETERS: Safety needs to be at the forefront as McGill Road gets busier
BEFORE WE SAY TOO MUCH about the crash on McGill Road Wednesday, it's important to note few of the details have been confirmed.We know a Dodge Ram pickup truck seemingly careened out of control, hitti...
Dec 01, 2023
COLLINS: Rural medicine needs a makeover
THE RURAL PICTURE OF MEDICINE we see in the Hallmark movies is not the reality. Not by a longshot. And it's not getting any better. Attracting doctors and nurses to rural practice is difficult. It tak...
Dec 01, 2023
SOUND OFF: NDP cancer care crisis deepens
CANCER IS A DISEASE that cannot wait.I spoke these words in the Legislature on November 9, when I told the heart-wrenching story of a constituent who was told she would have to wait 17 weeks for criti...
Nov 30, 2023
ROTHENBURGER: TNRD board members forget they’re in it for public service
I'VE SELDOM HEARD such nonsense from a politician as what's been coming from Thompson-Nicola Regional District board chair Barbara Roden this week.Roden's defence of the handsome pay increases for bot...
Nov 30, 2023
SOUND OFF: Growing B.C. farms with new technology
ALL OF US IN B.C. count on a strong, local food system. We want to buy food that is grown and produced in our province, so we must ensure our farmers can keep their operations competitive and profitab...
Nov 29, 2023
ROTHENBURGER: Shhh, you may not talk at committee-of-the-whole meetings
THE TAX INCREASE was on the agenda for discussion at a City council committee-of-the-whole meeting yesterday.But if you'd been hoping to attend the three-hour meeting and ask questions about it, you'd...
Nov 29, 2023
