Category Archives: Column
ROTHENBURGER: Want to retire? Make sure you have $1.7 million in the bank
HOW MUCH do you think you'll need to retire?Maybe the real question should be, how long do you think it will take you to store away $1.7 million in retirement income?That's what Canadians think they'l...
Feb 09, 2023
SOUND OFF: Addressing the issues that matter
THESE DAYS, PEOPLE IN B.C. are facing some big challenges - from global inflation to healthcare and finding an affordable place to live. Many people feel like they're working harder than ever, but jus...
Feb 08, 2023
ROTHENBURGER: Premiers got a good offer from Trudeau on health care; they should take it
PROVINCIAL PREMIERS should jump at the healthcare deal offered up yesterday by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.He put an extra $46.2 billion on the table, bringing federal health transfers to a total of...
Feb 08, 2023
HUNTER: Accessible transportation — a vehicle for equality
LAST WEEK, THE PROVINCE OF B.C. announced the launch of the Passenger Transportation Accessibility Program. The goal of the program is to help offset extra costs taxi owner-operators face when providi...
Feb 07, 2023
ROTHENBURGER: Drinkers need to behave themselves at the hockey rink
IS IT REALLY NECESSARY to suck back booze in order to enjoy a hockey game?On the other hand, there's nothing wrong, is there, in having a brewsky or two while cheering on the Blazers?Well, the problem...
Feb 07, 2023
ROTHENBURGER: Conflict of interest rulings should be removed from the courts
IT'S HIGH TIME to revamp the rules of conflict of interest for civic governments in B.C.While definitions of conflict of interest have been tweaked here and there over the years, the process has remai...
Feb 06, 2023
COLLINS: Next step in the mayor's saga comes tomorrow
TOMORROW NIGHT (Feb. 6), the Board of Education for School District 73 jumps into the best-seller, The Saga of RHJ. The mayor, who has already jumped into the mud with councillors and administration, ...
Feb 05, 2023
ROTHENBURGER: Things are seriously out of order around the council horseshoe
'YOU'RE OUT OF ORDER! You're out of order! The whole trial is out of order! They're out of order!" That's from one of my favourite Al Pacino movie speeches. I have many favourite Al Pacino movie speec...
Feb 04, 2023
SOUND OFF: More prevention, recovery and treatment programs needed now
THIS WEEK, THE BC CORONERS SERVICE released year-end numbers that showed 2,272 lives were lost to a toxic drug overdose in 2022. That's six people every single day. This is enormously tragic, and rein...
Feb 03, 2023
PETERS: Decriminalization is a big paradigm shift — but a much more subtle change in practice
THE DECISION TO DECRIMINALIZE POSSESSION of small amounts of hard drugs shouldn't be seen as either the end of the world, nor the magic bullet that will finally bring the toxic drug crisis under contr...
Feb 03, 2023
