Category Archives: Column
ROTHENBURGER: The story of a bear named Little John and his long journey to safety
-THE HEAVY METAL CRATE, about the size of an average dog kennel, was dark inside but squeezed against the back of it was a precious cargo.The special-express package was on a 16-hour, 1,300-km journey...
Apr 15, 2023
PETERS: Kamloops council motion on drug use a worthwhile message to send
IT'S A SHAME ALL OF THE PEOPLE who want to see the situation improve on Kamloops streets can't have a nuanced conversation, instead staking out stark, polarized positions and demonizing their perceive...
Apr 14, 2023
COLLINS: Safety survey a waste of time and money
DID WE SERIOUSLY have to pay for a survey to tell us that we feel less safe than we did before the pandemic? Really? I don't know many people who feel comfortable out and about on the streets at night...
Apr 14, 2023
SOUND OFF: More than words needed to solve housing crisis
WORDS CANNOT PUT A ROOF OVER SOMEONE'S HEAD. They cannot build a home for someone in need. And while I appreciate that the current NDP government is acknowledging B.C.'s serious housing crisis, all th...
Apr 13, 2023
ROTHENBURGER: The perfect way to waste money – Summit pedestrian overpass
IF THE BRAIN TRUST at City Hall sat down to think of the perfect way to waste several million dollars, it couldn't come up with anything better than the Summit Drive pedestrian and bicycle overpass.An...
Apr 13, 2023
SOUND OFF: Homes for people
BRITISH COLUMBIANS HAVE MADE IT CLEAR that housing is a top priority. We live in a beautiful and vibrant province, so it's no wonder why people would want to live here. In fact, over 250,000 people ha...
Apr 12, 2023
ROTHENBURGER: BC Housing continues with its ‘done deal’ approach on shelters
BC HOUSING works in mysterious ways. I mean that both in the sense of being hard to understand, and of operating in an atmosphere of secrecy.Residents in the Stuart Wood area have received letters tel...
Apr 12, 2023
ROTHENBURGER: There’s good cause for concern this time about minimum wage hike
THE MINIMUM WAGE will go up again June 1 - the usual anniversary for such increases - and businesses are already crying the blues. But this time they have something to cry about.In the past, complaint...
Apr 11, 2023
ROTHENBURGER: NDP government’s housing mandate threatens civic autonomy
THERE'S SOMETHING TROUBLING about the NDP government's latest plan to increase housing in the province. Actually, there's a lot that's troubling about it.Legislation later this year will give the prov...
Apr 10, 2023
COLLINS: Are new nurse-to-patient ratios another NDP pipe dream?
THIS WEEK, THE NDP GOVERNMENT announced a new deal for the more than 50,000 nurses in the province. Along with the usual concessions, this deal had some really nice sounding bonuses - particularly in ...
Apr 09, 2023
