Editorials

EDITORIAL – Numbers don’t add up on Horgan’s $1,000 election bonus

December 15, 2020 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. BRITISH COLUMBIANS can apply for their thousand-dollar election bonus on Friday. That’s the one John Horgan promised us a couple of months [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Success of COVID-19 vaccines comes down to matter of trust

December 14, 2020 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE FIRST DOSES OF VACCINE against COVID-19 arrived in Canada on Sunday night, bringing a ray of hope. [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Best memorial for Katherine McParland is to continue her work

December 10, 2020 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AFTER the death of Katherine McParland became known last weekend, ideas started coming forward about how to memorialize [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Christmas travellers and revellers need to reconsider

December 9, 2020 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE OLD HOLIDAY SONG ‘I’ll Be Home For Christmas’ will have to be re-titled this year to ‘I’ll Stay Home For Christmas’ or, at [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Question Period’s a gong show but hiding it away isn’t an answer

December 7, 2020 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE B.C. LEGISLATURE gets back to work today, and MLAs have a lot of work to do. The one- or two-week session will be scant on legislation [Continue]

EDITORIAL – As parents rebel, extending Christmas break makes sense

December 4, 2020 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. PARENTS KEPT THEIR KIDS HOME from school yesterday. At least some did. The purpose of the exercise was to send a message to health [Continue]