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ROTHENBURGER – Imagine how different it would be if we’d taken care of our seniors

May 30, 2020 // 0 Comments

THE FIRST LONG-TERM CARE home I ever visited left an indelible impression. I was a kid, and my grandmother Justina Hohm had been placed there when Alzheimer’s made it [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Community groups must stand up for Canada against China

May 28, 2020 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. I REMAIN CONVINCED that our best shot at getting ourselves out of the hole we’ve dug in our relationship with China is at the grassroots [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Taking restaurant patios to the curb could have benefits

May 27, 2020 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. AT FIRST GLANCE, the plan to allow restaurants to extend their patio areas all the way to the curb sounds a bit Rube Goldberg but it could [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Time to wind down the prime minister’s daily TV pep talks

May 26, 2020 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. PRIME MINISTER JUSTIN TRUDEAU has been working very hard since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Time for him to take a break. Almost [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Talk of permanently grounding the Snowbirds should be dismissed

May 25, 2020 // 1 Comment

IT WAS INEVITABLE questions would be raised about the safety of the CT-114 Tutor jets flown by the Snowbirds. But any suggestion the Snowbirds be disbanded should be [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Some things you might not have known about Capt. Jenn Casey

May 23, 2020 // 0 Comments

BEFORE LAST WEEKEND’S TRAGEDY, maybe a dozen or so Kamloops residents knew Capt. Jenn Casey by name. We’ve learned a lot about her since then as our community has [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Conservatives looking like the gang that couldn’t shoot straight

May 21, 2020 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE CONSERVATIVE LEADERSHIP race has entered a new phase with the cutoff for acquiring new party members having just passed. As polls show [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Public shaming might be the only way to stop the speeders

May 20, 2020 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. HEARING LOSS AMONG B.C. DRIVERS has apparently become a major safety issue. On Friday, police urged drivers to take it easy during the long [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Renaming Airport Road after Capt. Casey a fitting gesture

May 19, 2020 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. SOMETIMES LIFE is simply unfair. There’s not always an explanation for why bad things happen; there’s not always a lesson to be learned [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Why is it that so many trades people don’t return calls?

May 16, 2020 // 1 Comment

UPDATE: The Kamloops Home Depot store has re-opened today (May 16, 2020). THE SUDDEN TEMPORARY CLOSURE of the Home Depot store on Hillside Drive this week was a blow to all [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Wildlife Federation is sounding like just another gun lobby

May 14, 2020 // 3 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE GUN LOBBY AND HUNTING have, in my mind at least, always been two different things. Although it’s been many, many years since I stopped [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Seniors shouldn’t complain about a few hundred dollars

May 13, 2020 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. NO MATTER HOW MUCH money is handed out during this COVID-19 pandemic, it will never be enough. Businesses want more, students want more, [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Who cares about the arts when we’re fighting a pandemic?

May 12, 2020 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. ALONG WITH EVERYBODY ELSE, the arts could use a handout during this COVID-19 pandemic. With no ticket sales and limits on the size of [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Free parking was a good reminder why we have paid parking

May 11, 2020 // 5 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IT WAS NICE WHILE IT LASTED but free parking downtown is coming to an end because, quite simply, it didn’t work. City council will approve [Continue]