Editorials

EDITORIAL – Eby finally figures out what everyone knew about decriminalization

January 16, 2026 // 7 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger, ‘TOLD YOU SO.’ Feels good to say it, especially in view of the alternative. When the David Eby government brought in a pilot [Continue]

EDITORIAL – New crop of downtown parking kiosks will be big improvement

January 15, 2026 // 4 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. ‘FREE AT LAST’ might be the cry of downtown drivers, shouted from the mountain tops, when the last of the current parking kiosks [Continue]

EDITORIAL – When the City’s news releases become propaganda

January 13, 2026 // 3 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. NEWS RELEASES are supposed to provide information, right? Propaganda, on the other hand, is defined as bias designed to promote a political [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Tournament Capital has a new star in actor Hudson Williams

January 12, 2026 // 3 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE somebody from Kamloops becomes a big star. Our latest is Hudson Williams, a 24-year-old who has shot to fame in a [Continue]

EDITORIAL – The new skating pond: there’s more to life than the basics

January 10, 2026 // 8 Comments

(Video: Mel Rothenburger) An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE NEW SKATING ‘facility’ — it’s not exactly a rink; it’s more than a pond — was very [Continue]

EDITORIAL – To Donald Trump: ‘Have you no sense of decency, sir?’

January 9, 2026 // 3 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THERE’S A FAMOUS QUOTE that occasionally gets resurrected when people start losing hope. It’s attributed to a U.S. lawyer named Joseph [Continue]