Editorials

EDITORIAL – Weapons haul shows a need for a lot more ‘disrupting’

February 7, 2019 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. DID YOU SEE THE LIST of weaponry collected by police after the two shootings in Kamloops a couple of weeks ago? If you missed it, here it [Continue]

EDITORIAL – CBC should have left State of the Union to the U.S. networks

February 6, 2019 // 5 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THAT’S TWO HOURS we’ll never get back. Did you watch the State of the Union address last night? If you were tuned in to CBC News [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Proposed lawsuit against oil companies on climate is absurd

February 5, 2019 // 6 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. VICTORIA IS FAST BECOMING the whack-job capital of Canada, if it isn’t already. There’s just too much silly news coming out of there to [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Will Terry Lake run in the next federal election? Here’s the answer

February 4, 2019 // 4 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THERE’S A WIDESPREAD ASSUMPTION that Terry Lake is going to run for the Liberals in this year’s federal election. Let’s look at that. [Continue]

EDITORIAL – We’re taxing our students into the poor house with loan debt

January 31, 2019 // 5 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. MORE THAN $163 MILLION in outstanding student-loan payments were written off this week by the federal government. The money is owed by more [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Take the fuzz out of video camera surveillance in businesses

January 30, 2019 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. A QUESTION about all those store robberies — why is the quality of surveillance videos so poor? There have been four robberies at downtown [Continue]