Category Archives: Column
ROTHENBURGER: We’re all doomed and that’s the sad, absolute truth
IT SEEMS AN APPROPRIATE TIME to remind ourselves that we're all doomed.July has been the hottest month in the history of the world. The past three weeks have been the hottest since we started keeping ...
Jul 29, 2023
COLLINS: Ready for another trip to the polls?
NOTHING SAYS "ELECTION" more than a cabinet shuffle - unless it is a major cabinet shuffle. And that's what happened this week on Parliament Hill. Prime Minister Trudeau reshuffled almost his entire c...
Jul 28, 2023
SOUND OFF: Small businesses left waiting for crime relief
OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, we have all heard horrific stories about B.C. small businesses impacted by crime and vandalism. Whether in downtown Vancouver, or right here in Kamloops, small businesses acro...
Jul 27, 2023
ROTHENBURGER: Kamloops will have to up its game to get new air service
'I TOLD YOU SO' isn't something I take pleasure in saying, but earlier this year I wrote two editorials about not inflating our expectations over the announcement by Flair Airlines that it would fly b...
Jul 27, 2023
SOUND OFF: Supporting survivors of gender-based violence
SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT deserve compassion, appropriate care and justice, no matter where they live in B.C. Speaking up about sexual assault can be difficult, and accessing the care you need to he...
Jul 26, 2023
ROTHENBURGER: Mayor gets shot down again, but more politely than usual
'SURPRISE, SURPRISE." With those words from Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson, yet another one of his motions succumbed to The Team by a vote of 8-1 at yesterday's City council meeting.The mayor wanted to set ...
Jul 26, 2023
ROTHENBURGER: Wildfires are spectacular to see but they’re no place for looky-loos
WILDFIRE WATCHING is, let's face it, something we all do. Whenever a fire is close, we get concerned. And there's also the curiosity factor.I've been keeping an eye on the BC Wildfire Service Facebook...
Jul 25, 2023
ROTHENBURGER: A Kamloops Police Service is becoming more of a possibility
KAMLOOPS POLICE SERVICE. Has a nice ring to it. But is it what we really want? With the decision finally being made in Surrey to switch from RCMP to a municipal police force, and talk at the federal l...
Jul 22, 2023
PETERS: Observations on drug use from fire chief, top cop are illuminating but not gospel
IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE TAKE SERIOUSLY the comments from our fire chief and our police superintendent this week about drug use. It's also important we add some context to what they were saying. At the ...
Jul 21, 2023
COLLINS: Tragic death of child in foster care raises so many red flags
YOU DON'T HAVE TO LOOK VERY FAR to see how badly the social services system is broken. The tragic death of an 11-year old boy in the Fraser Valley and the abuse suffered by his younger sister is so ab...
Jul 21, 2023
