Category Archives: Column
ROTHENBURGER: Tournament Capital investment made 20 years ago has paid off
TWENTY YEARS AGO, the people of Kamloops went to the polls to decide whether or not to spend almost $38 million on a bold new plan to expand sports and recreation facilities in the city.It was a hard-...
Feb 23, 2023
SOUND OFF: The show will go on — supporting our fairs and festivals
THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, there are events we all look forward to. The type of day when everyone in the community is buzzing with excitement. Depending on where you live, and what you're passionate about, ...
Feb 22, 2023
ROTHENBURGER: Sure, we need more colour on our buildings, but how much?
I'VE BEEN TRYING to figure out how I feel about a new development at the corner of First Avenue and Columbia Street that's coming up for a public hearing.The project is called Canary Lofts, two buildi...
Feb 22, 2023
ROTHENBURGER: The fiasco of the Royal B.C. Museum drags on without answers
FIRST, THE ROYAL B.C. MUSEUM in Victoria was going to be torn down in order to "decolonize" it. Then, it needed to be torn down to get rid of asbestos.Then, there were seismic issues, with fears the b...
Feb 21, 2023
COLLINS: Coping with disaster not easy in a war zone
WE ARE CONSTANTLY REMINDED of the horrors of 9/11. Three-thousand people died, and we feel the pain of that event all the time. Fortunately, rescue crews were organized quickly, and recovery efforts w...
Feb 19, 2023
ROTHENBURGER: City council’s strange approach to writing a Code of Conduct
EVERY CITY COUNCIL should have a Code of Conduct but the Kamloops council's approach to it is perplexing.At this week's Committee of the Whole meeting, corporate officer Maria Mazzotta presented a rep...
Feb 18, 2023
PETERS: Now even basic prenatal care is under threat in Kamloops — and that's a big concern
WE'VE BECOME NUMB TO ALL THE BAD NEWS around medical care provided and not provided in Kamloops.We shouldn't be numb to the news from this week, though.The Thompson Region Family Obstetrics clinic, lo...
Feb 17, 2023
COLLINS: Scotties a part of Kamloops' success story
STARTING TODAY, the Scotties Tournament of Hearts gets underway in Kamloops. Most of the best female curlers in Canada, if not the world, begin play at the Sandman Centre. Jennifer Jones is here, Kait...
Feb 17, 2023
SOUND OFF: NDP creates chaos both inside and outside the legislature
PREMIER DAVID EBY, who hasn't managed to contain the chaos in health care, housing, public safety or affordability, is struggling to contain the chaos in his own caucus - as a number of his NDP MLAs h...
Feb 16, 2023
ROTHENBURGER: Attracting more air service to Kamloops is a major challenge
SO A NEW AIR SERVICE is coming to Kamloops and there are big plans to bring even more to the Tournament Capital.Flair Airlines, a budget carrier out of Edmonton and formerly based in Kelowna, will fly...
Feb 16, 2023
