REMEMBERING – Pvt. George McLean, a hero of Vimy Ridge
By MEL ROTHENBURGER April 9, 1917, 5:29 a.m., Vimy Ridge, France Twenty thousand Canadian soldiers sat silently in their rat-infested, urine-soaked trenches, stretched out [Continue]
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GINTA – Why the poppy is not a political statement
IT IS SUNDAY AFTERNOON as I write this, and we’re three days away from Remembrance Day on Nov. 11. A long-overdue and overlooked commemoration has also been recently [Continue]
EDITORIAL – COVID-19 outbreak at RIH site good reason not to relax
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE COVID-19 OUTBREAK at Royal Inland Hospital’s patient care tower construction project should have us thinking twice about loosening up [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Milobar must have had sense of déjà vu in election count
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. KAMLOOPS-NORTH THOMPSON MLA-elect Peter Milobar must have had a distinct sense of déjà vu all over again on the weekend. At the end of [Continue]
POLICE – Four in custody after shot fired at house, auto chase through town
Four people are in custody after a report that a Knutsford home was shot at earlier today (Sunday, Nov. 8, 2020). The homeowner got the licence number of a red Kia Sole that [Continue]
ROTHENBURGER – Trump’s blessed defeat, Noble Creek, and poppies in food stores
IT’S A SAFE BET Donald Trump has never heard of Kamloops. If he had, he’d probably mispronounce it, then make fun of it. But we know him. I can’t think of a single way [Continue]
