Editorials

EDITORIAL – Kamloops is anything but ‘uncaring and indifferent’

August 28, 2018 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. BEFORE POINTING FINGERS in public, sometimes it’s better to take a more positive approach and ask questions first. Take the health issues [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Sunday was a Pride day, and a proud day for Kamloops

August 27, 2018 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. I WAS PROUD of Kamloops on Sunday. Hundreds of people walked in the second annual Downtown Pride Parade, many of them representing social [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Let’s keep election campaign signs but put limits on them

August 23, 2018 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. YOU KNOW I LIKE ELECTION SIGNS but sometimes I feel I’m the only one who does. I view them as part of election-campaign excitement; others [Continue]

EDITORIAL – There’s a lesson to be learned from impaired parking case

August 22, 2018 // 1 Comment

I THINK IT’S IMPORTANT that we not allow the incident in the parking lot of the Kamloops RCMP detachment to pass unremarked upon. In case you missed the news report [Continue]

EDITORIAL – New stat for Day of Reconciliation could be a good thing

August 21, 2018 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. A NEW NATIONAL HOLIDAY around the issue of reconciliation is a good idea if it’s done right. If it’s just going to be about the sad [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Sorry, pessimists, but this is not the ‘new normal’

August 20, 2018 // 9 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. OVERLANDERS DAY was supposed to draw thousands to McDonald Park on Sunday but it was cancelled at the last moment due to wildfire smoke. [Continue]