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EDITORIAL: We should vaccinate for one Olympics and boycott the other

February 9, 2021 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. HERE’S A TALE of two Olympics. If all goes well, Tokyo will host the 2020 Summer Games later this year. Not far away, Beijing is preparing [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Who was the best Kamloops Member of Parliament ever?

February 6, 2021 // 0 Comments

NOW THAT CATHY McLEOD has announced she won’t run in the next federal election, the pundits are busy speculating about who might chase after the Conservative nomination. [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Let’s not point fingers at those on the front lines

January 30, 2021 // 0 Comments

LET’S TAKE INVENTORY on COVID-19 in Kamloops. The picture isn’t pretty. The big topic of pandemic conversation right now is Royal Inland Hospital, where upwards of 60 [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER: Keystone XL makes Ajax, TMX reviews look flawless in comparison

January 23, 2021 // 0 Comments

ONE OF THE VERY FIRST THINGS Joe Biden did after being sworn in as president was to kill the Keystone XL pipeline. He and Justin Trudeau had a phone chat about it Friday but [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Arjun Singh’s valiant, short-lived plan to get something done

January 16, 2021 // 6 Comments

THERE ARE ALWAYS GOOD REASONS not to do something. Coun. Arjun Singh heard a lot about that this week. Singh put together a notice of motion asking City staff to look into [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Here’s to journalists who bravely bear witness to mayhem

January 9, 2021 // 1 Comment

THERE WAS A CERTAIN IRONY in finding a copy of The Epoch Times in my mailbox this week on the anniversary of the closing of The Kamloops Daily News. The Epoch Times is a [Continue]