Editorials

EDITORIAL – City-TNRD team approach to PAC challenging but worth exploring

February 6, 2024 // 8 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. WITH THE ARTS CENTRE back for discussion, the City, at the prompting of Coun. Dale Bass, wants to talk to the regional district about [Continue]

EDITORIAL – What should Kamloops build as a really ‘iconic structure’?

February 5, 2024 // 7 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. TOURISM KAMLOOPS wants to build an “iconic structure” for Kamloops. It just doesn’t know what it will be yet. Or where it will go. But [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Let’s go back to naming schools after people instead of places

February 1, 2024 // 5 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. KAMLOOPS WILL GET a new school a couple of years from now and School District 73 officials are inviting the public to propose names for it. [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Coroner is wrong; we shouldn’t live with public drug use

January 31, 2024 // 17 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. BC CORONER LISA LAPOINTE effectively though unintentionally articulates pretty much everything that’s wrong with allowing the consumption [Continue]

EDITORIAL – TRU decision to axe visual arts programs fails the community

January 30, 2024 // 3 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE, education and the arts are about money. That truth has been confirmed with the decision yesterday (Monday, Jan. 29, [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Bring the public back into City council’s Code of Conduct process

January 29, 2024 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. A WHOLE LOT of investigating has been going on in City Hall, resulting from City council’s code of conduct regulations. The City says [Continue]