Category Archives: Column
ROTHENBURGER: Council members try to legislate each other’s behaviour again
THE TALE OF THE TAPE came to its conclusion yesterday as Kamloops City council approved a new policy prohibiting its members from recording conversations with staff unless they have permission .It eve...
Nov 22, 2023
ROTHENBURGER: The time has come to plan for a new city hall building
SOMETHING THAT HASN'T received nearly enough attention recently is the need for a new Kamloops city hall. Maybe that's changing.A report to a council committee on renovating and expanding the RCMP bui...
Nov 21, 2023
ROTHENBURGER: Do council and staff have a failure to communicate?
AT ITS TUESDAY MEETING, Kamloops council will have three options in front of it for an increase to water rates.One is the 25 per cent hike council first approved, then rescinded - in the face of stiff...
Nov 20, 2023
COLLINS: Hospitals and schools have so much in common
What do hospitals and schools have in common? They're in very short supply, workers are rapidly burning out because there aren't enough of them, the government tends to throw money at them with no rea...
Nov 19, 2023
SOUND OFF: Grassroots efforts to respond to climate change are taking off in Kamloops
IN A WORLD WHERE THERE ARE so many demands on our time, the challenge of putting aside energy to devote to community projects is real. Multiply that exponentially for causes where progress is incremen...
Nov 18, 2023
ROTHENBURGER: We don’t have a moral obligation to give drug users free rein
CHALLENGES TO NEW restrictions on public consumption of illicit drugs show just how far things have gotten out of whack in our society. Increasingly, it seems, those who indulge in antisocial behaviou...
Nov 18, 2023
PETERS: Youthful stupidity no excuse for swastika graffiti
I HOPE THE PERSON who painted swastikas on the side of a North Shore business this week is more naive than hateful.The Nazi symbols showed up painted in red on the side of Total Pet on Tranquille Road...
Nov 17, 2023
COLLINS: RIH medical director puts on a brave face
DR. ELIZABETH PARFITT IS MY KIND OF DOCTOR. She is hugely talented, with a strong vision of what has to be done. As Royal Inland's medical director, she speaks her mind. She treats infectious diseases...
Nov 17, 2023
SOUND OFF: Relief urgently needed for B.C. farmers
TIME AND TIME AGAIN, our BC United Caucus has voiced our concerns for British Columbians grappling with the challenges of the ongoing affordability crisis. Under the NDP, middle-class families continu...
Nov 16, 2023
ROTHENBURGER: Surrounding bus exchanges with high-density housing won’t fly
ONE OF THE MORE PUZZLING pieces to David Eby's dictatorial housing plan is the one aimed at constructing more high-density housing around transit hubs.This is the same concept being pushed by federal ...
Nov 16, 2023
