Editorials

EDITORIAL – A letter to all those anonymous keyboard commenters

March 8, 2024 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. HELLO, MY NAME is Mel Rothenburger. Pretty much every day, I express opinions on what’s going on in the world. You always know that it’s [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Sending KFR medical response issue to committee no answer

March 7, 2024 // 5 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. ASSUMING COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE recommendations are confirmed when Kamloops City council sits in regular session, taxpayers will be on the [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Caputo’s melodramatic video aside, prison system needs review

March 6, 2024 // 7 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. MP FRANK CAPUTO’S video on killer Paul Bernardo’s living conditions is dramatic, even theatrical, but it turns out it might not be [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Wokeism reigns with banning of classics from school libraries

March 5, 2024 // 7 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. SHADES OF FAHRENHEIT 451. That’s the Ray Bradbury novel from 1953, later made into a couple of movies, about a future in which books have [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Oregon recriminalizes, B.C. doubles down on public drug use

March 4, 2024 // 6 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE B.C. COURT OF APPEAL has rejected a bid by the provincial government to let its Restricting Public Consumption of Illegal Substances Act [Continue]

EDITORIAL – We’re right where we should be on a new cancer centre

February 29, 2024 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. NOW WE’RE GETTING SOMEWHERE with the cancer centre. Doesn’t seem like it, but we’re right where we should be. Last week’s provincial [Continue]