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EDITORIAL – When COVID-19 vaccine is ready, it shouldn’t be mandatory for all

September 23, 2020 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. AS A VACCINE for the COVID-19 virus slowly gets closer and closer, the question arises whether it should be mandatory to be vaccinated. [Continue]

EDITORIAL – So much for taking the politics out of setting election dates

September 22, 2020 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IF YOU LOOK UP ‘HYOCRITE’ in the dictionary, I’m betting you’ll find John Horgan. The B.C. premier made a liar out of me by calling [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – How sidewalk patios can become a political landmine

September 21, 2020 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. ONE OF THE GREATEST SOURCES of anxiety for civic politicians is running afoul of conflict-of-interest rules. A Vancouver City councillor [Continue]

KNOX – Even with all the smoke it’s clear an election is looming

September 20, 2020 // 1 Comment

IT’S SMOKY OUT THERE. Need-headlights-at-4-p.m. smoky. Not as bad as newsrooms in 1982, mind you, but still as gloomy as a travel agent. We can see one thing clearly, [Continue]

FORSETH – NDP government’s PR department is working overtime

September 19, 2020 // 4 Comments

I DON’T KNOW ABOUT YOU, however it sure seems like the provincial government news department is working overtime this week, churning out release after release … [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – John Horgan’s election temptation is in the numbers

September 19, 2020 // 0 Comments

THURSDAY CAME AND WENT and Premier John Horgan didn’t call an election. That was the day he unveiled his “Stronger B.C.” economic recovery plan, which was supposedly [Continue]