Editorials

EDITORIAL – It’s time to move federal election day to the weekend

September 20, 2021 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IT’S ELECTION-DAY MONDAY in Canada as we go to the polls to decide who our next federal government will be. Which raises the question — [Continue]

EDITORIAL – What to do about businesses that won’t use the card

September 15, 2021 // 0 Comments

I’VE GOT A COUPLE of ideas on how to move things along with the vaccine card. Three days in, the card appears to be working just fine, though there are lots of rumours and [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Urgency needed to get a new plan for fighting wildfires in 2022

September 13, 2021 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. AS SUMMER WANES, the heat waves and devastation of the 2021 wildfire season are already beginning to fade from top of mind, even though [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Tranquille corridor upgrade a good idea but it won’t solve social issues

September 1, 2021 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. ANOTHER TRANQUILLE ROAD store has been broken into, its front door smashed open. Coincidentally, City council discussed a plan yesterday for [Continue]

EDITORIAL – We in Kamloops should be mad as hell about Afghanistan

August 23, 2021 // 6 Comments

IT’S VERY SELDOM that I write about events happening on the other side of the world but the Afghanistan fiasco hits close to the heart and closer to home than we might [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Horgan needs to see and be seen during wildfire crisis

August 18, 2021 // 3 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. FEELING IGNORED is nothing new for the B.C. Interior but it would be nice if the provincial government would make more of an effort to show [Continue]