Editorials

EDITORIAL – Sorry, but whining travellers don’t deserve much sympathy

December 20, 2021 // 3 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IT’S HARD TO SYMPATHIZE with all the complaining travellers who seem to think the pandemic is the government’s fault. Every day, it [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Councillors’ arguments against treatment centre were flimsy

December 17, 2021 // 5 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. ONLY ONE VOTE separated the “concentration camp” proposal for the homeless from success this week when it came in front of Kamloops City [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Lesson still not learned on poor-quality video surveillance

December 16, 2021 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER ROBBERY in Kamloops. A woman entered a shop, brandished a knife, and made off with the cash till. Fortunately, police [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Let’s hope 2022 will tell us more about the missing children

December 15, 2021 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IT’S NOT AT ALL A SURPRISE that residential school gravesite discoveries are the biggest news story of 2021. Editors of Canadian Press [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Airlines handing out lumps of coal to loyal fliers this Christmas

December 13, 2021 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. EVERYONE WHO’S EVER travelled by air knows the early bird gets the best seats at the cheapest rates. Last-minute fliers are used to paying [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Sentence in First Avenue crash somehow doesn’t feel like justice

December 9, 2021 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IT’S NOT ENOUGH. Kamloops man Reid McKnight has been sentenced to three years in prison for causing the deaths of three former Thompson [Continue]