Coronavirus

EDITORIAL – New fines for party hosts are great but they should go further

August 24, 2020 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IT TOOK NO TIME AT ALL for the promised crackdown on ne’er do wells who knowingly ignore attendance rules for gatherings during the [Continue]

STONE – NDP’s ever changing back-to-school plan has become frustrating

August 23, 2020 // 0 Comments

By TODD STONE MLA, Kamloops-South Thompson AS HAS BEEN THE CASE for thousands of parents across British Columbia, I have spent a great deal of time thinking about the NDP [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – The rocky relationship between CERB, EI and getting back to work

August 22, 2020 // 0 Comments

WHILE PARENTS WORRY about sending their kids back to school in September, millions will be without work and without government assistance. The Canada Emergency Response [Continue]

EDITORIAL – What the world really needs now is a better mask

August 18, 2020 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT that, mask-wise, what the world really needs is a better mouse trap? Since the beginning of the pandemic, a lot of [Continue]

GINTA – Make time for time away – you’ll be better for it

August 18, 2020 // 0 Comments

WE LEFT KAMLOOPS LAST SATURDAY and returned a week later. Our camping destination was just that: away from the craziness of life, away from breaking news and that obsessive [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Pandemic has taught us that sports are actually important

August 13, 2020 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. WHEN IT COMES to professional sports, I confess that, for the most part, I can take them or leave them. I’m the guy who only tunes in to [Continue]