Coronavirus

WALSH – ‘City doing a poor job on bringing forward vaccination policy’

November 1, 2021 // 2 Comments

Following is the full text of a statement issued late Sunday night (Oct. 31, 2021) by Coun. Denis Walsh: Councillor Denis Walsh says the City of Kamloops is doing a poor job [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – The other side of the Coun. Denis Walsh vaccination story

October 30, 2021 // 3 Comments

‘We shouldn’t fire people with natural immunity, we should hire them.’ — Bill Maher, Friday, Oct. 29, 2021. I WAS SITTING in The Vic this week with a friend — the [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Civic leaders have a duty to lead when it comes to the COVID jab

October 27, 2021 // 8 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. WHAT ARE WE TO THINK when civic politicians won’t take the jab? Civic governments are trying to decide whether to join the mandatory [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Are all those ‘Help wanted’ signs good news or bad news?

October 25, 2021 // 3 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. EVERYWHERE WE GO, there are “Now hiring” or “Help wanted” signs on local businesses. StatsCan reports the country has regained 100 [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Vaccine cards and the sudden switch to ‘fast food’ service

October 16, 2021 // 3 Comments

NECESSITY IS THE MOTHER of invention, and some Kamloops restaurants have been getting creative in order to legally skirt B.C.’s vaccine card law. Whether their methodology [Continue]

PETERS – Vaccine debate: Irresistible force versus the immovable object

October 16, 2021 // 0 Comments

MY FAVOURITE STORY OF THE WEEK was the one about Sadie, the sales-Husky. If you didn’t see it, the online story was about a wonderful, weird-looking dog who photobombs her [Continue]