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ROTHENBURGER: Remembering Capt. Jenn Casey one year after Snowbirds tragedy

May 17, 2021 // 0 Comments

NOTE: Today, May 17, 2021 is the one-year anniversary of the Snowbirds’ crash in Kamloops and the tragic death of Capt. Jenn Casey. The following column was originally [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – ‘They really must do something’ about crime but what, and who’s ‘they’?

May 15, 2021 // 1 Comment

THEY REALLY MUST DO SOMETHING. That’s what we usually say when we’re frustrated about the way things are going but have no answers to offer. When we don’t even know who [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Fast-food workers need our understanding during COVID

May 12, 2021 // 0 Comments

FAST FOOD RESTAURANTS are tough places to work these days. One would think we’d have worked out our angst over mask wearing by now. Yet incidents of confrontation occur [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – A few yoga classes won’t ‘commercialize’ Riverside Park

May 8, 2021 // 2 Comments

ALLOWING THE ALMIGHTY DOLLAR into Riverside Park has long been a worry for the denizens of Kamloops. Commercialization of the city’s gem must be avoided at all costs, [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Bungled messaging on AstraZeneca will hurt vaccine rollout

May 5, 2021 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. CANADIANS CAN BE FORGIVEN for feeling exasperated over the advice they’re getting on COVID-19 vaccines. The story is a familiar one. [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER: Conflict rules for City councillors a case of ‘if it ain’t broke’

May 1, 2021 // 0 Comments

CONFLICT OF INTEREST rules are something no politician wants to run afoul of. It can cost them their job. That’s why they tend to be extra-careful, even overly careful, [Continue]