Editorials

EDITORIAL – Sentence in First Avenue crash somehow doesn’t feel like justice

December 9, 2021 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IT’S NOT ENOUGH. Kamloops man Reid McKnight has been sentenced to three years in prison for causing the deaths of three former Thompson [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Some questions for BC Housing on the Rosethorn facility

December 8, 2021 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IS ROSETHORN HOUSE a success, a failure or something in between? The Victoria Street West supportive housing facility has been controversial [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Heritage groups have failed us on downtown highrises

December 7, 2021 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. WHERE HAVE ALL the heritage advocates gone? I can’t get excited about the fact an old house on Nicola Street is being moved up to McLure [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Surely we can disagree on social housing without violence

December 6, 2021 // 6 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE WONDERFUL THING about the society we live in is our freedom to say what we want within certain limits. We can’t engage in hate speech [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Employers, not gov’t, should pay for new sick-days rule

December 2, 2021 // 3 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. WHO AMONG US has ever gone to work when we’ve been feeling like crap? And, who among us has been on the job when a co-worker shows up [Continue]

EDITORIAL – It’d be easier not to panic over Omicron if message was clear

December 1, 2021 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE OMICRON VARIANT is either a major new threat or nothing to worry about, depending on which expert you listen to. Only a few days after [Continue]