Editorials

EDITORIAL – As the winter muck recedes, rainbow crosswalk emerges

February 19, 2020 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. AN INTERESTING SIGHT is emerging from the winter snow between the Kamloops Museum and St. Andrew’s on the Square. It still has a coat of [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Forcibly end blockades if necessary, but saving face is better

February 18, 2020 // 5 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. PRIME MINISTER JUSTIN TRUDEAU today tried to calm the waters in the Coastal GasLink dispute, while Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer tried [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Will budget be as uninspiring as the Throne Speech?

February 18, 2020 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. LET’S HOPE THE B.C. budget Finance Minister Carole James unveils Tuesday has more substance than last week’s Throne Speech. [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Scrap the new trail and build more sidewalks instead

February 13, 2020 // 7 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. SIDEWALKS ARE NOTHING MORE than long strips of concrete but they play a tremendously important role in the health of a city. I thought about [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Illegal anti-pipeline protests run risk of stirring up racism

February 12, 2020 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE THRONE SPEECH yesterday was more than a nothing burger — to borrow from a trend in meat-like products these days, it was a [Continue]

EDITORIAL – We’re living in a skip-the-restaurants kind of world

February 11, 2020 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE RESTAURANT BUSINESS has got to be one of the toughest lines of work to get into, and it doesn’t look like it’s getting any easier. [Continue]