Editorials

EDITORIAL – Fast-food workers need our understanding during COVID

May 12, 2021 // 0 Comments

FAST FOOD RESTAURANTS are tough places to work these days. One would think we’d have worked out our angst over mask wearing by now. Yet incidents of confrontation occur [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Bungled messaging on AstraZeneca will hurt vaccine rollout

May 5, 2021 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. CANADIANS CAN BE FORGIVEN for feeling exasperated over the advice they’re getting on COVID-19 vaccines. The story is a familiar one. [Continue]

EDITORIAL – New travel restrictions easy to break, easy to follow

April 28, 2021 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE BARK OF TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS in B.C. is a lot worse than their bite.Take camping, for example. British Columbians must go camping in [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Court of public opinion convicted Derek Chauvin long ago

April 21, 2021 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. DEREK CHAUVIN was found guilty in the court of public opinion long before the judge read the verdicts at the end of his trial yesterday. The [Continue]

EDITORIAL – New public loos will be pricey, and where to put them?

April 14, 2021 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. WHEN IT COMES to real estate and public washrooms, it’s all about location. Kamloops City council spent an hour on Tuesday talking about [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Kudos to those who are giving us a real shot in the arm

April 7, 2021 // 2 Comments

An editorial to Mel Rothenburger. I GOT THE JAB yesterday. Right in the arm. It was very likely the smartest 45 minutes I’ve spent in more than a year. Kudos to the [Continue]