Category Archives: Column
SOUND OFF: Where did the Four Pillars go?
OUR COMMUNITIES ARE BEING RIPPED APART from the inside out. Across the province, the impacts of the toxic drug supply are demonstrated all too frequently. Human despair and misery are visible in parks...
Apr 27, 2023
SOUND OFF: NDP not doing enough to keep the public safe
KAMLOOPS IS JUST ONE of a number of B.C. communities trying to bring in some crucial safeguards after Premier David Eby's decriminalization experiment was launched without the proper guardrails to kee...
Apr 27, 2023
ROTHENBURGER: Design for new building beside historic train station is out of place
SOMETIMES I THINK there isn't an architect in Kamloops with imagination, not a single developer with any historical sense of the city, not a civic politician who would be unhappy if every building in ...
Apr 27, 2023
SOUND OFF: Celebrating Creative Industries Week in British Columbia
BRITISH COLUMBIA'S CREATIVE SECTORS of film, television, animation, visual effects, video games, digital media, music, and book and magazine publishing are full of incredible talent. Not only do creat...
Apr 26, 2023
ROTHENBURGER: Decision to cut TRU’s Fine Arts program is a blow to city’s ambitions
ALL WORK AND NO PLAY makes for a pretty dull life. That's a modern interpretation of the "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy" proverb that's been around since the 1600s.It means, basically, if...
Apr 26, 2023
HUNTER: The North American Indigenous Games — the true spirit of reconciliation in action
THIS WEEKEND, Tk'emlups te Secwepemc (TteS), the City of Kamloops and the provincial government hosted the North American Indigenous Games (NAIG) delegates to tour our world class facilities and ameni...
Apr 25, 2023
ROTHENBURGER: Where Dr. Carol Fenton and the healthcare system are all wrong
DR. CAROL FENTON has been taking a verbal beating lately over the drugs-in-parks bylaw issue.Not only is strong pushback coming from within municipal government, but the Internet trolls have been dish...
Apr 25, 2023
ROTHENBURGER: The real story behind the volunteers who make Kamloops tick
LET'S BEGIN THE WEEK with something positive and see where it goes from here.Some very important people were honoured in Kamloops these past few days. I'm talking about volunteers.There was the annual...
Apr 24, 2023
COLLINS: Fox News settlement a blow to media trust
THIS WEEK, A LAST-MINUTE SETTLEMENT was reached between Fox News and Dominion Voting Systems. Dominion had sued for defamation over statements made by the news network buying into claims that the voti...
Apr 23, 2023
ROTHENBURGER: What’s the next big edifice for the Tournament Capital?
-BRICKS AND MORTAR, I've always maintained, are important because buildings are where we gather, where we heal, and where we work and play.So what's the next big bricks and mortar project Kamloops sho...
Apr 22, 2023
