Page One

EDITORIAL – ‘Ban the deed, not the breed’ approach isn’t good enough

July 9, 2020 // 4 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. I WASN’T GOING TO jump into the pitbull debate because, well, I’ve written about these dogs for quite a few years now and attacks keep [Continue]

BEPPLE – Why there’s hope for rapid changes to ingrained racism

July 8, 2020 // 0 Comments

IT WILL TAKE DECADES to change the ingrained racism embedded in our society. That’s what a well-informed, well-connected senior statesman of the community told me the [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Assault on 71-year-old security guard deserves extra punishment

July 8, 2020 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. MEDIA HAVE A BAD HABIT of stereotyping older folks as helpless; others have an equally bad habit of stereotyping them as irrelevant. Anybody [Continue]

POLICE – RCMP looking for witness to assault involving man walking dog

July 7, 2020 // 0 Comments

Kamloops RCMP are looking for a woman who witnessed an assault on Tranquille Road. They say that on June 28, 2020 at 5 p.m., a man was walking on Tranquille Road with a [Continue]

GINTA – No matter the breed, dog attacks are inexcusable

July 7, 2020 // 0 Comments

THE DEADLY DOG ATTACK that happened in Brocklehurst last week was by far the most commented-on news story in a long time. A witness said the victim had a seizure, which [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Airlines return to cattle-pen bookings as pandemic rages

July 7, 2020 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THERE’S A BRILLIANT pre-pandemic WestJet TV commercial that involves cattle trying to get on their flight to the lyrics of the rock song [Continue]