Category Archives: Column
PETERS: Little chance a community forum in Kamloops would be constructive
IF MAYOR REID HAMER-JACKSON gets his wish to hold a large community town hall meeting, I will not be volunteering to moderate.Unlike the Armchair Mayor, I don't see any way a meeting like this has a p...
Jun 09, 2023
COLLINS: Old Willy no match for Kamloops Council
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE WROTE some of the best comedies ever performed. A Midsummer Night's Dream, As You Like It, the Merry Wives of Windsor - just a trio of some of the funniest scenarios ever written. ...
Jun 09, 2023
SOUND OFF: Keep yourself and your community safe this summer
THE CURRENT WILDFIRE SEASON in B.C. is already setting records, and with more hot weather on the horizon it could spell disaster. A campfire ban is now being implemented in the Kamloops Fire Centre an...
Jun 08, 2023
ROTHENBURGER: We need another KamTalk, not just another ‘town hall’
WHETHER MAYOR RHJ decides to hold a town hall meeting of his own, or a council committee puts one together, something very important needs to be kept in mind - it's got to lead to something.If it's ju...
Jun 08, 2023
SOUND OFF: Life is a highway — road trip season in British Columbia
IT'S ROAD TRIP SEASON in British Columbia! As visitors and residents get ready to set off for summer travel plans all across beautiful B.C., we want to make sure that people are as safe and prepared a...
Jun 07, 2023
ROTHENBURGER: Support for legal consumption of alcohol in parks is growing
ALCOHOL IN PARKS? The concept continues to gain momentum and it's inevitable there will be a new push for it in the Tournament Capital.Burnaby this week approved a pilot program that will start June 2...
Jun 07, 2023
ROTHENBURGER: The sad fact is the Yellowhead Highway is probably unfixable
'YOU CAN'T FIX STUPID' is a saying that's become popular in the last few years. Whether it originated with Jeff MacNelly, the cartoonist who created the comic strip Shoe, as some claim, or a comedian ...
Jun 06, 2023
COLLINS: Healthcare - so many cries for help, so little being done
If you weren't already afraid of where our healthcare system is heading, you should be now. More and more groups are issuing calls of alarm. We've already heard stories of long waits in emergency room...
Jun 04, 2023
ROTHENBURGER: Frootloops councillors stand united at special meeting
A SPECIAL MEETING of the Frootloops town council has been called to discuss councillors' concerns about the leadership style of Mayor Jackhammer. They sit at the horseshoe awaiting his arrival. He app...
Jun 03, 2023
COLLINS: More bafflegab from the B.C. Government
I HONESTLY DON'T KNOW WHAT to make of the province's new housing project announced this week. Is it a good thing or a bad thing? Is it a typical announcement the NDP is famous for, full of pompous pro...
Jun 02, 2023
