Editorials

EDITORIAL – Flag debate – making the world a more complicated place

June 27, 2018 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IT’S TRUE THE WORLD is more complicated than it used to be but that’s because we make it that way. In the old days, a community group [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Public might have to be more involved in collecting sharps

June 26, 2018 // 8 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. BY ALL ACCOUNTS, things are getting worse instead of better in the fight to clean up dirty needles in Kamloops. While back allies are a [Continue]

EDITORIAL: Who’s in charge at City Hall: council or staff?

June 25, 2018 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IT’S A QUESTION often asked by taxpayers but not nearly often enough by politicians — who’s in charge, the people we elect or the [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Reality of kids’ detention camps doesn’t need exaggeration

June 21, 2018 // 1 Comment

What do we do when something a government does makes us really mad? We compare it to Nazi Germany. A good name for it might be Holocaust hyperbole. An editorial by Mel [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Report on sexual misconduct in schools short on details

June 20, 2018 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE REPORT ON sexual misconduct in district schools says all the right things while at the same time saying very little at all — at least [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Boycotting American groceries isn’t as easy as it might seem

June 19, 2018 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IT’S NO SLAM DUNK boycotting American food products to get back at Trump. I took a look in our refrigerator and pantry and found that most [Continue]