Editorials

EDITORIAL – Traffic-ticket texting scam foiled due to an alert public

September 4, 2025 // 3 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. RECEIVED A TEXT yesterday (Sept. 3, 2025) that notified me of a “Traffic Ticket Notice” from ICBC. “Our records show that you have an [Continue]

EDITORIAL – City Hall should butt out of PAC’s ‘independent’ management board

September 2, 2025 // 6 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. A NON-PROFIT SOCIETY managing the soon-to-be-built performing arts centre – dubbed the Kamloops Centre for the arts — is a good idea. [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Time to call in the National Guard to the streets of Kamloops?

August 29, 2025 // 4 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. MAYBE IT’S TIME to call in the National Guard to Kamloops. OK, Canada doesn’t have a national guard but something dramatic is needed to [Continue]

EDITORIAL – A Conservative party on Kamloops City council? No thanks

August 26, 2025 // 5 Comments

Editorial by Mel Rothenburger. CONSERVATIVES could be on the ballot in the next Kamloops civic election. That’s with both a small ‘c’ and a capital ‘C’. A new party [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Has ‘elbows up’ turned out to be just election talk?

August 25, 2025 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. ‘ELBOWS UP’ was a nice turn of phrase that reflected the general view of Canadians during the federal election but Prime [Continue]

EDITORIAL – New parking rate plan feels like a City Hall money grab

August 21, 2025 // 4 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. DOWNTOWN SHOPPERS have had it pretty good for a long time. Aside from City Hall’s insistence that there’s adequate parking in the core [Continue]