Editorials

EDITORIAL – Trust, communications must be restored at Royal Inland

November 22, 2021 // 4 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THINGS ARE SO BAD at Royal Inland Hospital that staff members — while praising each other for their team work — characterize the work [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Performing arts centre has strong competition for tax dollars

November 18, 2021 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. GET READY TO SPEND some more of those hard-earned tax dollars. For the past 20 years, almost, Kamloops has prided itself in having the best [Continue]

EDITORIAL – The unbearable politeness of hoarding – together again

November 17, 2021 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IN TIMES OF CRISIS, our thoughts turn to toilet paper. And food. If you want to know anything about the flood situation in B.C., go to your [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Should the unvaccinated be ineligible to take up hospital beds?

November 16, 2021 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. WHEN FACTS AREN’T AVAILABLE, we’re pretty good at filling in the blanks ourselves. Thus it is with the multiple outbreaks of COVID-19 at [Continue]

EDITORIAL – More ‘blah, blah, blah’ in the fight to control climate change

November 15, 2021 // 3 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. I’VE HAD THIS VISION in my head all weekend of City councillors Kathy Sinclair and Arjun Singh peddling around town on their e-bikes, [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Two orphaned bear cubs deserve a chance, so cut the red tape

November 10, 2021 // 3 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. POLICY IS OFTEN CITED as a reason for doing things but, like the law, policy can be an ass. There are two orphaned bear cubs in Kamloops [Continue]