Editorials

EDITORIAL – Council candidates should just say no to “Yes or No” questions

October 15, 2018 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. PITY THE POOR civic election candidates. One of their burdens during campaigns is to respond to a seemingly unending series of [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Give amnesty to those with old pot possession convictions

October 11, 2018 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE FIRST TIME I HEARD about the movement to wipe the record clean for people convicted of old charges of marijuana possession I thought, [Continue]

EDITORIAL – ‘ Our kids are more important than potholes’

October 10, 2018 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IT WAS AN ENCOURAGING turnout at Tuesday night’s school board election forum. That is, if you consider 50 or 60 people out of a population [Continue]

EDITORIAL – It will be a sad day when we have to pay people to vote

October 9, 2018 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. SPECULATION CONTINUES that the turnout for this civic election will be somewhere between lousy and dismal. Kamloops council candidate Gerald [Continue]

EDITORIAL – What about a Kamloops arts and convention centre?

October 4, 2018 // 3 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THOSE WHO IGNORE HISTORY are doomed to repeat it. How many times have we heard that? It came to mind when I heard Tourism Kamloops CEO [Continue]

EDITORIAL – The new international trade agreement – wines and whines

October 3, 2018 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. WE CANADIANS have a lot of excellent traits. Honestly, though, we can be such whiners at times. Led by the media, we’ve been whining away [Continue]