Editorials

EDITORIAL – Return of the gun registry won’t happen any time soon

August 16, 2018 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. WOULD POLICE OFFICERS Robb Costello and Sara Burns be alive today if Canada still had a long-gun registry? They’re the two officers who [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Note to Interior Health – the needle situation is unacceptable

August 15, 2018 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. LISTENING TO INTERIOR HEALTH representatives at Tuesday’s City council meeting, I waited for signs that when it comes to the growing [Continue]

EDITORIAL – What we learned from the 4th Avenue pedestrian mall experiment

August 14, 2018 // 5 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. NOW THAT THE EXPERIMENT with the 4th Avenue “pedestrian plaza” is finished, what did you think? Did you go there? Did you sit at a [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Sir John A. is our imperfect Canadian hero; stop beating up on him

August 13, 2018 // 8 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. I’M NOT A RELIGIOUS person but there’s some pretty good advice in the Bible. For example, “Let he or she who is without sin cast the [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Why can’t people use traffic roundabouts properly?

August 9, 2018 // 6 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. I TOOK THE ICBC DRIVER refresher test. Flunked it. “Looks like your driving knowledge is a little rusty,” the computer told me. But [Continue]

EDITORIAL – City needs to ramp up its zipper merge campaign

August 8, 2018 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. TUESDAY’S ANNOUNCEMENT that red-light cameras at intersections — including one in Kamloops — will now operate 24 hours a day is a good [Continue]