Editorials

EDITORIAL – Perpetual Black Friday isn’t as bad as we make it out to be

December 10, 2019 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IS IT OVER YET? A lot of exhausted shoppers must be asking that question after more than two weeks of pre-Christmas sales. There was Black [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Argument against mandatory flu shots for nurses is weak

December 9, 2019 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. SO B.C.’S NURSES no longer have to have a flu shot or wear a mask when they’re working around patients. Nurses have been fighting [Continue]

EDITORIAL – We might not get ride hailing by Christmas and it’s no big loss

December 5, 2019 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IT’S ALMOST CERTAIN B.C. won’t get ride hailing before Christmas and I say, so what? Premier John Horgan is under fire for missing yet [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Time to stop shifting city taxes onto shoulders of homeowners

December 4, 2019 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. NOBODY WOULD DENY the importance of heavy industry to the economy of Kamloops but when it comes to taxes, who comes first — homeowners or [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Cellphone rates are way too high but what about dead zones?

December 3, 2019 // 4 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE AMOUNT WE PAY for the privilege of yakking and texting on our cellphones is downright uncivilized compared to people in other places. [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Andrew Scheer should face the music and step aside

December 2, 2019 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. POLITICS IS A TOUGH, DIRTY BUSINESS, a fact of life Andrew Scheer is finding out these days. Scheer is trying to save his job as [Continue]