Editorials

EDITORIAL – Lack of change table in men’s washroom a First World problem

February 14, 2019 // 3 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IF YOU HAD ANY DOUBTS that we live in a nanny state, read up on the case of the Kamloops dad who was “shocked” to find the men’s [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Scandals here and in Ottawa outdo boring Throne Speech

February 13, 2019 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IN NORMAL TIMES, yesterday’s Speech from the Throne in the B.C. Legislature would have dominated the news for a couple of days. But these [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Protecting store clerks from robbers is a two-way street

February 12, 2019 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. BUSINESSMAN DENIS WALSH — as opposed to Coun. Denis Walsh — hasn’t had a good couple of weeks. First, his Movie Mart store was robbed. [Continue]

EDITORIAL – New civic election expense rules penalize newcomers

February 11, 2019 // 3 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. CAMPAIGN FINANCIAL DISCLOSURES released by Elections BC for last fall’s civic election seem to reveal a long-held suspicion — big [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Weapons haul shows a need for a lot more ‘disrupting’

February 7, 2019 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. DID YOU SEE THE LIST of weaponry collected by police after the two shootings in Kamloops a couple of weeks ago? If you missed it, here it [Continue]

EDITORIAL – CBC should have left State of the Union to the U.S. networks

February 6, 2019 // 5 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THAT’S TWO HOURS we’ll never get back. Did you watch the State of the Union address last night? If you were tuned in to CBC News [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Proposed lawsuit against oil companies on climate is absurd

February 5, 2019 // 6 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. VICTORIA IS FAST BECOMING the whack-job capital of Canada, if it isn’t already. There’s just too much silly news coming out of there to [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Will Terry Lake run in the next federal election? Here’s the answer

February 4, 2019 // 4 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THERE’S A WIDESPREAD ASSUMPTION that Terry Lake is going to run for the Liberals in this year’s federal election. Let’s look at that. [Continue]

EDITORIAL – We’re taxing our students into the poor house with loan debt

January 31, 2019 // 5 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. MORE THAN $163 MILLION in outstanding student-loan payments were written off this week by the federal government. The money is owed by more [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Take the fuzz out of video camera surveillance in businesses

January 30, 2019 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. A QUESTION about all those store robberies — why is the quality of surveillance videos so poor? There have been four robberies at downtown [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Legislators could look like ‘a pack of idiots’ on spending issue

January 29, 2019 // 4 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. POLITICIANS ARE so used to acting like politicians they can’t stop doing it no matter what. In the wake of the B.C. Legislature spending [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Why clutter up McArthur Island park with flying frisbees?

January 28, 2019 // 8 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. LOOKS VERY MUCH like McArthur Island will be getting a combined nature park and disc golf course. That’s the strong recommendation going [Continue]

EDITORIAL – NDP has an unlikely ally in by-election – the BC Conservatives

January 24, 2019 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. ARE THE BC CONSERVATIVES really socialists in free enterprise clothing? Sounds like a ridiculous proposition, but let’s look at the [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Doesn’t every Legislature need a wood splitter of its own?

January 23, 2019 // 3 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. WHAT’S THE BIG DEAL about the wood splitter? Doesn’t every Legislature need one? You never know when a tree is going to fall down on the [Continue]