Editorials

EDITORIAL – Now is the time for regulation, not expectation on masks

October 28, 2020 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE ‘EXPECTION’ THAT MASKS will be worn in all indoor public places is worth about as much as a pumpkin spice latte if you throw in five [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Columbia Street West is not the place to put social housing

October 27, 2020 // 4 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. WE OFTEN LIKE TO REFER to street people, the addicted and the down-and-out as mothers, fathers, sons, daughters, aunts and uncles. It’s [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Whither goes Kamloops with Opposition reps in Victoria?

October 26, 2020 // 4 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IT’S ALL OVER but the final counting. It will be a couple of weeks until the mail-in ballots are counted but it won’t matter much. [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Deadline rule for mail-in ballots needs to be changed

October 22, 2020 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. WITH TWO DAYS TO GO to election day in B.C., some 700,000 British Columbians have asked for mail-in ballots. Elections BC has been slow [Continue]

EDITORIAL – What if a union endorsed Liberals instead of New Democrats?

October 21, 2020 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. AN INTERESTING little sidebar to the local election campaign played out yesterday over whether a City of Kamloops union should be [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Wilkinson’s leadership hangs in the balance this week

October 20, 2020 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IN THE WANING DAYS of the provincial election, BC Liberal leader Andrew Wilkinson has been distracted from his key policy promises — such [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER: CP Rail needs to be clear on its intentions for Kamloops

October 19, 2020 // 4 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. CP RAIL NEEDS to come clean on its plans for expanded trackage in Kamloops. The railway announced in a news release on its website a week [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Loss of Jack Gregson Trail goes beyond the trail itself

October 15, 2020 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE JACK GREGSON TRAIL will soon be only a memory, with the announcement by CP Rail that it needs the space for track expansion. The trail [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Imagine that – a political debate that was worth watching

October 14, 2020 // 3 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THERE WAS A CLEAR WINNER in Tuesday night’s B.C. leaders’ debate. As usual, all three parties fired off media releases right after it [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Excuse us for being skeptical about cancer clinic promises

October 13, 2020 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IF YOU WERE TO VISIT the cancer clinic at Royal Inland Hospital you’d see several patients sitting in the outer room, perhaps having a [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Why we shouldn’t fear the ‘suicide’ word in obituaries

October 11, 2020 // 3 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. I WAS RECENTLY ASKED for my opinion on whether or not CFJC Today should publish an obituary as it was submitted, acknowledging that a man [Continue]

EDITORIAL – School board discusses way too much behind closed doors

October 10, 2020 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE KAMLOOPS-THOMPSON school board’s view of what should be discussed in secret continues to confound me. To the board’s credit, it [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Car 40 program should be funded across the province

October 6, 2020 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IT WAS PROBABLY INEVITABLE — and it’s certainly appropriate — that Car 40 should come up as a local election issue. What’s missing, [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Two big reasons why we should wish Donald Trump well

October 5, 2020 // 3 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IT’S VERY TEMPTING to let our small selves gloat over the predicament of President Donald Trump. The man who has downplayed — even [Continue]