Editorials

EDITORIAL – Here we go again – paid parking at hospitals makes a return

January 24, 2022 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. GET READY TO START struggling with pay parking machines at Royal Inland Hospital again. Free parking at all B.C. hospitals will end on March [Continue]

EDITORIAL – As Coq re-opens, truckers and the rest of us must get along

January 20, 2022 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE COQUIHALLA HIGHWAY is open for non-commercial traffic again. While officials caution that the drive between Merritt and Hope will take [Continue]

EDITORIAL – A failure to communicate as Henry throws in the towel on gyms

January 19, 2022 // 4 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. CONFUSION REIGNS SUPREME in B.C.’s COVID-fighting strategy. Dr. Bonnie Henry threw in the towel yesterday on trying to get gyms and [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Putting arts centre to vote this year could doom it to failure

January 18, 2022 // 7 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE has been on the books for 20 years and we might have to wait another 20. That is, if a referendum is held this [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER: Tennis saga shows rich and powerful don’t always win

January 17, 2022 // 5 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. FOR SHEER VICARIOUS ENTERTAINMENT it would be hard to beat the drama of Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic that came to a dramatic finale on [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Egos shouldn’t get in the way of fixing the shelter ‘emergency’

January 13, 2022 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE SHELTER EMERGENCY continues and doesn’t seem likely to be resolved before the end of winter. Two of the three shelters proposed as [Continue]