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August 6, 2020 in Editorials // ROTHENBURGER – B.C. needs to go back to the drawing boards on return-to-school plan
August 5, 2020 in Editorials // EDITORIAL – We need to stop stigmatizing North Shore in crime reports
August 5, 2020 in Featured Comment // FEATURED COMMENT – Note to City council: Brocklehurst Lives Matter
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August 4, 2020 in Other Voices // SUZUKI – Four-day workweek can spur necessary transformation

Editorials

ROTHENBURGER – B.C. needs to go back to the drawing boards on return-to-school plan

August 6, 2020 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, and the B.C. government, have a real problem on their hands with the plan to open schools in the fall. A petition against [Continue]

EDITORIAL – We need to stop stigmatizing North Shore in crime reports

August 5, 2020 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. I WONDER HOW MANY TIMES it has to be said before we stop stigmatizing the North Shore as the crime centre of the city. Case in point. There [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Here’s to the Crosswalk Crusader of Brocklehurst

August 4, 2020 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. HATS OFF TODAY to those among us who follow the rules, but not always. Who see a need and don’t wait for the wheels of bureaucracy to get [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Stay calm and kind with unwanted visitors from the south

July 31, 2020 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. NOTHING RAISES THE HACKLES of the average British Columbian like an out-of-province licence plate. First it was the Albertans, who made [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Let’s not compete with Kelowna for most reckless city

July 30, 2020 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. ARE WE KAMLOOPSIANS now determined to prove we can be more foolhardy than Kelowna when it comes to COVID-19? The Okanagan city that has [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Committee hearings no way to get to the bottom of WE scandal

July 29, 2020 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IF TUESDAY’S FINANCE COMMITTEE meeting is any indication, Canadians aren’t going to be much better informed about the WE Charity scandal [Continue]

EDITORIAL – We need a governor-general, just not this one

July 28, 2020 // 3 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. CANADA’S GOVERNOR-GENERAL pulls in roughly $290,000 a year in salary, plus bennies, allowances, two official residences, a [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Why there will be no resignations and no election call

July 27, 2020 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Roithenburger. SHOULD THE FEDERAL LIBERALS find themselves a new leader? Should Finance Minister Bill Morneau resign? Should the country go to the polls [Continue]

EDITORIAL – B.C. tourism needs more staycays, not more federal handouts

July 23, 2020 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE B.C.TOURISM INDUSTRY wants $680 million of federal money. That’s in addition to already existing recovery plans. There’s no [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Drug addiction requires bold action, not fuzzy language

July 22, 2020 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. EVERYBODY HAS IDEAS about what to do about drug abuse. The Addiction Matters Kamloops group, for example, wants to remove the stigma around [Continue]

EDITORIAL – From weedy trails to skuzzy washrooms, details count

July 21, 2020 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. SOMETIMES IT’S THE DETAILS that make life either so much better or a little bit worse. One of the greatest annoyances expressed by [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Statue vandals are no heroes; deserve stiff penalties

July 20, 2020 // 3 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE STATUE VANDALS were at it again on the weekend, splattering pink paint on likenesses of Sir John A. Macdonald, King Edward VII and [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Picking better names for sports teams isn’t rocket science

July 16, 2020 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. REMEMBER THE KAMLOOPS CHIEFS? They were the local Western Hockey League franchise until 1977, when they left town and, thankfully, changed [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Enviro report shows need for big shift in Kamloops thinking

July 15, 2020 // 3 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IMAGINE A CITY built for the environment, where people walk and cycle and drive around in electric vehicles and live in energy efficient [Continue]