Editorials

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]

EDITORIAL – Some questions for BC Housing on the Rosethorn facility

December 8, 2021 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IS ROSETHORN HOUSE a success, a failure or something in between? The Victoria Street West supportive housing facility has been controversial [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Heritage groups have failed us on downtown highrises

December 7, 2021 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. WHERE HAVE ALL the heritage advocates gone? I can’t get excited about the fact an old house on Nicola Street is being moved up to McLure [Continue]