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ROTHENBURGER — ‘No one denies there’s an issue with prolific offenders’

April 9, 2022 // 5 Comments

RARELY IS THERE AGREEMENT between the BC Liberals and NDP, especially during Question Period in the Legislature, but they came close to it this week on the issue of random [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – With Pope’s apology in hand, ‘now the hard work begins’

April 2, 2022 // 3 Comments

INDIGENOUS DELEGATES to the Vatican must be feeling a great sense of satisfaction, happiness, even relief as they wing their way home. Pope Francis has apologized. [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER: Coroner’s report provides a chance to break down a stigma

March 26, 2022 // 1 Comment

WHEN YOUTH HOMELESSNESS advocate Katherine McParland died a year and a half ago, she was eulogized for her work raising awareness and funding for kids aging out of the foster [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – All’s quiet on the TMX front; maybe a little too quiet

March 19, 2022 // 3 Comments

ALL IS QUIET on the Trans Mountain front, at least on the section that runs through the North Thompson Valley including Black Pines. Maybe a little too quiet. A year ago, [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Are we leaving COVID behind, or just ignoring it?

March 12, 2022 // 1 Comment

I’M NOT READY to leave home. Sure, I’m OK sitting in a coffee shop or walking down the street but I’d still feel uncomfortable squeezed cheek by jowl with a crowd at a [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER: The quest for a made-at-home plan to fight social disorder

March 5, 2022 // 1 Comment

IT’S GOOD TO KNOW, sometimes, that we’re not in it alone. Social disorder on the streets is the biggest topic of public discussion in Kamloops, with everyone trying to [Continue]