Category Archives: Column
SOUND OFF: B.C.'s future is looking bright
WHETHER YOU ARE LOOKING FOR YOUR VERY FIRST JOB, thinking about a career change, or just starting to plan your post-secondary education or training, there is a world of opportunity for British Columbi...
Feb 15, 2023
ROTHENBURGER: Is this the year for a marquee Kamloops sign and other budget goodies?
WHAT DO YOU THINK of a big marquee style sign in Riverside Park somewhere near Sandman Centre?Or how about better benches and planters in the North Shore shopping area?No? How about speeding up work o...
Feb 15, 2023
HUNTER: Council valentines can come in the form of conduct and community budget
ON THIS VALENTINE'S DAY, Kamloops city council will be discussing two very different, but important items - budget and conduct.Both of these items are in the best interest of all of us taxpayers to ge...
Feb 14, 2023
ROTHENBURGER: Comprehensive plan needed to stop the carnage on the Yellowhead
THERE ARE MANY IDEAS on how to fix the Yellowhead Highway. A couple of recent tragedies in the area south of Barriere have renewed the debate.Lower speed limits, cracking down on bad drivers, more tra...
Feb 14, 2023
ROTHENBURGER: Remembering the legacies of community icons Cliff Branchflower and Pat Wallace
VERY FEW PEOPLE in civic politics or community service can be considered icons, but Kamloops lost two of them on the weekend. Former mayor Cliff Branchflower and former long-time City councillor Pat W...
Feb 13, 2023
COLLINS: My brain can't keep up with tech changes
THE NEWEST TECHNOLOGICAL GAME-CHANGER is called ChatGPT. According to experts, it may soon threaten Google as a search engine. The website Interesting Engineering explains that it's the latest move on...
Feb 12, 2023
ROTHENBURGER: Without fries and gravy, can the new version of Zellers bring back the feeling?
HOW CAN ANYONE FORGET sitting in The Skillet enjoying a Z-Burger, milkshake and Golden Fries with gravy? Anyone of a certain age, that is?Ever since the recent announcement that Zellers will be brough...
Feb 11, 2023
PETERS: Forget Valentine's Day — it's time to embrace Palentine's Day
IF SEINFELD BROUGHT US A FESTIVUS FOR THE REST OF US - a holiday that rebelled against the cultural norm - then next week deserves another one: Palentine's Day.Instead of Valentine's Day, Palentine's ...
Feb 10, 2023
COLLINS: CFIB study on health care is telling
AFTER ALL THE POLITICKING IS OVER, what did we accomplish this week on the health care front? Honestly, it's a mixed bag. The B.C. NDP throne speech was long on rhetoric, short on detail. The governme...
Feb 10, 2023
SOUND OFF: NDP's CBAs are a barrier to economic reconciliation
I'VE BEEN PAYING CLOSE ATTENTION to a situation developing on Vancouver Island where local Indigenous contractors are being barred from working on the Cowichan Hospital replacement project on their la...
Feb 09, 2023
