Category Archives: Column
SOUND OFF: Your hydro bill, climate action and the culture war
KUDOS TO THE CITY OF KAMLOOPS for putting on its second round of community council engagement this past Thursday at The Dunes. It was a good show and well put together. The staff should be commended. ...
Nov 28, 2023
ROTHENBURGER: N. Thompson landowners can’t fight river threat by themselves
I WENT FOR A LOOK at some North Thompson River properties with the mayor and some members of the media yesterday and what we saw was shocking.One property off Dairy Road has lost a massive amount of l...
Nov 28, 2023
ROTHENBURGER: TNRD board gives itself a nice fat pay raise for Christmas
IT MUST BE CHRISTMAS. The Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD) board, elected a year ago, has decided to follow tradition and give itself a handsome pay raise - 15 percent for electoral area direc...
Nov 27, 2023
COLLINS: 60 years later, details of JFK assassination remain a mystery
WHEN PEOPLE ASK ME, "Where were you when...?" if I think hard, I will remember a few things. But three things immediately stand out. I remember working in the newsroom the morning of 9/11. The drama a...
Nov 26, 2023
ROTHENBURGER: Eby’s housing strategy is pushing us back into little boxes
THE MARCH TO TICKY TACKY continues apace.David Eby's NDP government is determined to run roughshod over the rights of cities to plan how they'll grow. Maybe Pete Seeger's famous "Little Boxes" anthem ...
Nov 25, 2023
PETERS: We're stuck with the bill for previous councils' short-sighted water rate decisions
IT'S EASY TO UNDERSTAND why residents struggling in the midst of an affordability crisis might be more than a little miffed at the City of Kamloops right now.Any explanation as to why the water rate m...
Nov 24, 2023
COLLINS: Today is a special day!
DO YOU KNOW WHAT DAY IT IS? Yes, it's Friday, November 24. What else? It's the Opening Night for Western Canada Theatre's production of Shrek the Musical at the Sagebrush Theatre. That is also true. I...
Nov 24, 2023
SOUND OFF: NDP's CleanBC plan fails economy and environment
MOST BRITISH COLUMBIANS AGREE they want a province with a thriving, growing economy, and a government with a plan to address climate change and its impacts. In Kamloops, we've seen firsthand the devas...
Nov 23, 2023
ROTHENBURGER: Plan to raise the smoking age year by year is brilliant
WHAT IF we could ban all sales of tobacco? Think what it would do for the health of our country.Impossible, you say? Well, the UK is moving in exactly that direction. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak reveal...
Nov 23, 2023
SOUND OFF: Bringing more people together through transit hubs
RELIABLE TRANSIT CLOSE TO WHERE PEOPLE LIVE benefits everyone. As British Columbia continues to grow, building housing and infrastructure close to transit options like Skytrains and buses will help us...
Nov 22, 2023
