Category Archives: Column
ROTHENBURGER: King Charles is doing better than expected but will it be good enough?
KING CHARLES III has been our monarch for a year, and it's fair to ask the question, "Has he done better or worse than we thought he would?"A recent poll in the U.K. had surprising results. Almost 60 ...
Sep 12, 2023
SOUND OFF: Kamloops sees encouraging increase in responsible driving
THE INSURANCE CORPORATION OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (ICBC) has reported a substantial dip in the number of road accidents in Kamloops. According to their data, there's been a noteworthy 12 per cent reductio...
Sep 11, 2023
ROTHENBURGER: At long last, we’re starting to have conversations about suicide
ONE OF THE CHALLENGES in dealing with the suicide crisis in our province is that people have preferred not to talk about it. That's changing, as demonstrated Sunday.More than 200 people were at World ...
Sep 11, 2023
COLLINS: All that glitters is not gold
I FIRST HEARD A DERIVATIVE of this phrase in one of my favourite country tunes, sung by Dan Seals. But it actually goes back to Shakespeare's time, and is referenced many times, from 1878's HMS Pinafo...
Sep 10, 2023
ROTHENBURGER: What City council doesn’t get about living on the North Thompson River
AS A RIVER DWELLER I've been struck by the dearth of insight of most Kamloops City councillors into the challenges of depending on the North Thompson as a source of water. Just one example of the disc...
Sep 09, 2023
PETERS: Kamloops This Week story on closure rumour raises more concerns than it alleviates
THEY HADN'T MADE THEIR WAY to this part of the world, but apparently there were rumours.Rumours that Kamloops This Week, the city's last remaining physical newspaper, was set to close.At KTW's Dalhous...
Sep 08, 2023
COLLINS: Does justice ever really get served?
THOSE WHO KNOW ME WELL - and there are getting to be fewer and fewer of them - know of my passion for helping others. It's part of my DNA. I am strongly committed to the plight of the homeless, the ad...
Sep 08, 2023
SOUND OFF: NDP must learn from wildfire season and change course
AS ATTENTION TURNS TO BACK TO SCHOOL and the return of usual routines, it's important to remember that for so many people in our province, life will not go back to normal this fall. B.C. faced its wor...
Sep 07, 2023
ROTHENBURGER: When it comes to wildfires, sometimes politicians should shut up
TAKING THE POLITICS out of the wildfires would be welcome about now.Shuswap MLA Greg Kyllo got into an exchange of barbs last week with NDP MLA Ravi Parmar that doesn't look good on either of them.It ...
Sep 07, 2023
SOUND OFF: Investing in our schools for a successful year
THIS WEEK, STUDENTS ARE GOING back to school in communities across B.C. Whether it's the first day of kindergarten or the start of Grade 12, this week always brings anticipation, excitement and friend...
Sep 06, 2023
