Category Archives: Column
ROTHENBURGER: Canadians should stand together, not divided on dispute with India
THERE'S NO WAY Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was going to win in the diplomatic dispute with India. Had he not gone public with the knowledge of "credible" intelligence that the Indian government was ...
Sep 26, 2023
ROTHENBURGER: Mayor’s motion on meal expenses promises to stir the pot
THE MAYOR OF KAMLOOPS jumps from the frying pan into the fire tomorrow as he tries another motion. This one has even less chance than his previous ones.Reid Hamer-Jackson will try to persuade councill...
Sep 25, 2023
COLLINS: There is no case for public consumption of drugs
I DO NOT PROFESS IN ANY WAY, shape or form to be an expert on the drug culture - at least in terms of knowing what it is like to take any drugs except prescribed by a doctor after surgery. I mention t...
Sep 24, 2023
ROTHENBURGER: If both sides want to protect kids, why is common ground so hard to find?
WHEN TWO SIDES square off, as they did on Columbia Street this week, one wonders about common ground.Sometimes there isn't any. Sometimes it's so meagre it does nothing to bring the two sides closer t...
Sep 23, 2023
PETERS: Kamloops stepped up with an important show of support for trans kids
JUST WHEN YOU THINK you might lose faith in Kamloops, the city turns around and does something amazing.On Wednesday, a small group of folks gathered at the Kamloops courthouse to protest the province'...
Sep 22, 2023
COLLINS: Surely the time has come to get serious about flooding
IT'S BEEN CERTAINLY EVIDENT THIS WEEK at the Union of B.C. Municipalities Convention - and in several stories in major newspapers - that major renovations are due regarding flood control policy in our...
Sep 22, 2023
SOUND OFF: New approach to B.C. wildfire management long overdue
BRITISH COLUMBIANS ARE TIRED of breaking new records every wildfire season. It feels like with each year that passes, the fires get bigger, more communities are evacuated, and more people face the des...
Sep 21, 2023
ROTHENBURGER: Suddenly, the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion is in more trouble
ALTHOUGH ACTIVITY on the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion is a lot less visible in our region than it was a couple of years ago, there's a critical piece of its route in our backyard causing big prob...
Sep 21, 2023
SOUND OFF: Delivering more homes, fast
EVERYONE IN OUR PROVINCE DESERVES A HOME that they can afford to rent or buy. But I know that this is not the reality for many people in B.C. today. A chronic shortage of housing combined with lengthy...
Sep 20, 2023
ROTHENBURGER: Schmoozing isn’t the only thing that goes on at UBCM convention
THERE'S AN ASSUMPTION that wildfires, homelessness and the housing crunch are going to be the heavy topics in the back rooms and on the convention floor of the Union of B.C. Municipalities (UBCM) conv...
Sep 20, 2023
