Editorials

EDITORIAL – BCTF needs to chill out about Dr. Bonnie Henry’s TV blurb

September 1, 2020 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE B.C. TEACHERS FEDERATION needs to get a life. Its members — at least some of them, including president Teri Mooring — are unhappy [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Where are the police as vandals destroy our monuments?

August 31, 2020 // 8 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE MARCH TO REVISE HISTORY continues, with a mob tearing down a statue of Prime Minister John A. Macdonald in Montreal on Saturday. The [Continue]

EDITORIAL – There’s a dash of irony in the choice of Lake for new seniors job

August 27, 2020 // 5 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE NEW CEO OF THE B.C. Care Providers Association is going to be a busy boy. He is none other than Kamloops’ own Terry Lake, whose [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Getting to zero will test City council’s mettle on budget

August 26, 2020 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. WHAT’S THIS, TAX CUTS at City Hall? You heard it right. Kamloops City council voted Tuesday to keep next year’s budget increase as close [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Are Canadians ready for Erin O’Toole’s social conservatism?

August 25, 2020 // 4 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. MP CATHY McLEOD is happy these days, and well she should be — her guy is the new leader of the Conservative Party of Canada. The [Continue]

EDITORIAL – New fines for party hosts are great but they should go further

August 24, 2020 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IT TOOK NO TIME AT ALL for the promised crackdown on ne’er do wells who knowingly ignore attendance rules for gatherings during the [Continue]