Category Archives: Column
SOUND OFF: How we're preparing workers for the future
OUR GOVERNMENT KNOWS that when you invest in people, you build a stronger economy for everyone. Over the next ten years, British Columbia is expecting one million job openings across our province and ...
May 10, 2023
ROTHENBURGER: How is it that the heroes of the pandemic are suddenly bums?
HOW QUICKLY we forget.It wasn't long ago when we considered Dr. Bonnie Henry - the architect of lockdowns - a saint. Each afternoon, we waited for her and Health Minister Adrian Dix to give us the lat...
May 10, 2023
HUNTER: Nursing our appreciation back to health
NATIONAL NURSING WEEK takes place from Monday, May 8 to Sunday, May 12 - Florence Nightingale's birthday.This year's theme is 'Our Nurses. Our Future.' According to the Canadian Nurses Association web...
May 09, 2023
ROTHENBURGER: Where is the Magical Mystery Bus bringing homeless here?
WHERE IS IT?I'm looking for the Magical Mystery Bus that pulls into town on a regular basis and drops off a bunch of homeless people to take up residence on the streets and in the parks of Kamloops.Th...
May 09, 2023
ROTHENBURGER: ‘Unprecedented’ is no longer the right word for floods and fires
THE WORD 'UNPRECEDENTED' is much used these days, especially when it comes to wildfires and floods.In Alberta, Premier Daniella Smith calls the wildfire situation unprecedented. In B.C., we also hear ...
May 08, 2023
COLLINS: I admit it — I'm a royalist
GIVEN MY KNOWLEDGE OF BRITISH HISTORY and my beliefs about the harm the monarchy has caused over centuries, I shouldn't want the monarchy to continue. But I watched the coronation ceremony yesterday, ...
May 07, 2023
ROTHENBURGER: Fifty years ago, a brand new City of Kamloops was forged
- FIFTY YEARS AGO, Greater Kamloops was in trouble, unable to get its act together. If you think it has problems now, you should have been around back then.The only answer was to start over. This mont...
May 06, 2023
PETERS: B.C. carbon tax revenue should go toward preventing climate-related disasters like Cache Creek
A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE B.C. INTERIOR get really upset at Justin Trudeau for the carbon tax - even though he had nothing to do with the one we pay.Our carbon tax was first introduced in 2008 by the B.C...
May 05, 2023
COLLINS: We could take a lesson from Ontario on mental health
THIS WEEK, the Province of Ontario introduced a proactive plan to implement teaching of mental health in the classroom. Much of the planning around mental health to date has dealt with reaction, not p...
May 05, 2023
SOUND OFF: Province must follow federal lead on vaccine mandates
LAST SUMMER, the federal government suspended vaccine mandates for various demographics including domestic travellers, transportation workers and federal employees. It is high time for the B.C. govern...
May 04, 2023
