Category Archives: Column
ROTHENBURGER: Food chains have a lot of explaining to do on soaring grocery prices
THE PRICE OF GROCERIES will be the focus of a new phase of a parliamentary probe today, and Canadians will be anxiously awaiting the outcome.CEOs of the nation's three biggest food chains are being ca...
Mar 08, 2023
HUNTER: Embracing equity equates to inclusion
THE THEME FOR INERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY, (March 8, 2023) is #embraceequity.I'm all about alliteration, but what does this theme really mean and why is it important?Women make up just over half of the C...
Mar 07, 2023
ROTHENBURGER: Cost of body-worn cameras for frontline police will be worth it
BODYWORN CAMERAS are expected to become common among frontline RCMP officers later this year or early next, and they will prove a valuable tool in the pursuit of justice in this country.Both police an...
Mar 07, 2023
ROTHENBURGER: What if politicians got their ducks in a row and parked the jargon?
DID YOU KNOW that Kamloops is going to get a new piece in the housing continuum?Yes, indeed, I watched the most recent meeting of Kamloops City council, at which the news came that the Campbell Avenue...
Mar 06, 2023
COLLINS: We don't need the shovels for the snow
LAST SATURDAY, the Vancouver Sun had a headline that caught my eye. It said, "Get out the shovels." I got really excited but as I read the story, I became less so. Turns out it was just a headline to ...
Mar 05, 2023
ROTHENBURGER: Court ruling ends two years of stress for security guard
RICK ELDRIDGE got an early birthday present this week when an assault charge was taken off the books almost two years after an incident that led to it.On Wednesday, he was instead ordered to do 40 hou...
Mar 04, 2023
PETERS: Safety improvements needed on Highway 5 — but more patience, too
IT IS AN INCREDIBLY FRIGHTENING TIME to be living in the North Thompson.People living in Barriere and Clearwater and all of the smaller communities along that corridor need to brave Highway 5 regularl...
Mar 03, 2023
COLLINS: Finally - a positive step in health care
THE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT TRU IS EMBARKING on a training program for nurse practitioners is a great piece of news. But the move is only a first step. The success of the measure will depend on two importan...
Mar 03, 2023
SOUND OFF: NDP's seventh budget — pessimistic and uninspiring
IF YOU WERE EXPECTING BOLD ACTION and a bit of hope for the future in the NDP's seventh budget - David Eby's first as premier - you were likely sorely disappointed by what you heard this week. Budget ...
Mar 02, 2023
ROTHENBURGER: Why trashing the NDP’s budget is the proper thing to do
AS I WATCHED Peter Milobar trash the NDP's budget this week, two things came to mind.One was that the Kamloops-North Thompson MLA and opposition finance critic has mastered the indignant eloquence req...
Mar 02, 2023
