Editorials

EDITORIAL – We in Kamloops should be mad as hell about Afghanistan

August 23, 2021 // 6 Comments

IT’S VERY SELDOM that I write about events happening on the other side of the world but the Afghanistan fiasco hits close to the heart and closer to home than we might [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Horgan needs to see and be seen during wildfire crisis

August 18, 2021 // 3 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. FEELING IGNORED is nothing new for the B.C. Interior but it would be nice if the provincial government would make more of an effort to show [Continue]

EDITORIAL: Let’s put an end to opportunistic snap elections

August 16, 2021 // 5 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. FOR A COUNTRY so committed to democracy, we aren’t real crazy about federal elections. It’s not that we don’t like voting — though [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Now we know – climate change is real, and it’s our fault

August 11, 2021 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IF YOU WANT TO IMPRESS friends and acquaintances at your next social gathering, casually ask them if they’ve read Climate Change 2021 – [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Hot Nite was a welcome break but this pandemic isn’t over

August 9, 2021 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IT WAS SURREAL to walk downtown on Saturday through the throngs attending Hot Nite in the City. It actually wasn’t hot, with temperatures [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Celebrities not the only ones suffering from mental illness

August 4, 2021 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. MENTAL HEALTH is suddenly popular, at least in the sense that everybody’s talking about it. Yesterday, American superstar gymnast Simone [Continue]