Editorials

EDITORIAL – Should 51st State feel insulted at being ignored in speech?

March 5, 2025 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. ADRIAN BRODY’s speech at the Oscars couldn’t match Donald Trump’s annual address to Congress last night (Tuesday, March 4, 2025) for [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Pettiness continues around the City council horseshoe

March 4, 2025 // 9 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE PETTINESS around the Kamloops City council horseshoe knows, it seems, no bounds. When the council meets today (March 4, 2025) for its [Continue]

EDITORIAL – AAP was legal but that doesn’t mean it was best

February 25, 2025 // 8 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE ALTERNATIVE APPROVAL process that was used to get approval for $275 million worth of civic projects, including a new performing arts [Continue]

EDITORIAL – TNRD board demonstrates restraint with its annual pay increase

February 24, 2025 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE FOLKS WHO SIT AROUND the Thompson-Nicola Regional District board table have done an unusual thing. They voted to give themselves only a [Continue]

EDITORIAL – B.C. Throne Speech was a declaration of independence from U.S.

February 18, 2025 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IF ANY DOUBT was left that our lives in the foreseeable future will be heavily influenced by the man in orange, it was removed in [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Why we should be very proud of the Maple Leaf on flag day

February 15, 2025 // 3 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. WITH MUCH PRIDE, I put our flag up last night, so it would greet National Flag of Canada Day bright and early. I love that flag; I install [Continue]