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ROTHENBURGER: Canada’s athletes should refuse to compete against China
I CAUGHT A FEW ENDS of curling on TV last weekend. It was an international competition called the Curling World Cup Grand Final.I thought, "What the hell?" This event was being held in Beijing. There ...
May 13, 2019 Image Credit: The Canadian Press
GINTA: Judgment prevents us from remembering that everyone carries a story
A FEW DAYS AGO, I read an opinion piece about Mother's Day. The author, a teacher by profession, argued that less emphasis on the joy of Mother's Day in the school environment would spare some kids th...
May 13, 2019 Image Credit: Pojoslaw / Dreamstime.com
NEUSTAETER: Motherhood — The Teenage Years
IT ISN'T UNTIL YOU'RE WELL INTO IT that you can look back with perspective and see the ebbs and flows of each stage of motherhood, but it's so important that we try to cherish what is fleeting and sac...
May 12, 2019
CHARBONNEAU: Persuade, don't malign anti-vaxxers
IF WE REALLY WANT TO convince parents to vaccinate their children, name-calling and vilification is not the way to go.Yet, that seems to be a common tactic. You don't have to go far on social media to...
May 09, 2019 Image Credit: Todsaporn Bunmuen / Dreamstime.com
ROTHENBURGER: No need for police to be defensive about investigations
THE KAMLOOPS RCMP DETACHMENT has been having some embarrassing moments.The tragic drowning death of a 23-year-old international student in the North Thompson River last weekend was marked by initial m...
May 08, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kent Simmonds
Remembering Mike Bartram: Youth Soccer pays respects to founding father of football in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - His was a name synonymous with soccer in Kamloops. Player, coach, official, administrator, volunteer - Mike Bartram was everything, and when something needed to be done, he did it. Mike lef...
May 06, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Kamloops will get a taste of summer this week
KAMLOOPS - Some unseasonably warm temperature is heading our way this week.Environment Canada forecaster Doug Lundquist says it's not unusual for the city to get a warm period at the beginning of May....
May 06, 2019 Image Credit: Kent Simmonds
GINTA: Stories from lilac town
OUR FIRST SPRING in Kamloops, back in 2013, came with a big surprise: lilacs! Everywhere you looked and lots of them, from majestic old trees to wee starter shrubs: We had landed in Lilac City! (I gre...
May 06, 2019 Image Credit: Lbulakh | Dreamstime.com
SOUND OFF: Where is the line for censorship?
WE AT THE Book and Periodical Council (BPC) read Mel Rothenburger's opinion about the terrorist atrocity in Christchurch, New Zealand, with interest. "The World Decides Not to Play the Killer's Game" ...
May 04, 2019 Image Credit: Dreamstime
PETERS: Government delays for retail cannabis more than just a hiccup
IMAGINE STARTING YOUR OWN BUSINESS. You want to open up a neighbourhood beer and wine store. It's a highly regulated business, so you go through all the government hoops and get your city business lic...
May 03, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
