Editorials

EDITORIAL – Is the weather this winter going to be the new normal?

January 6, 2020 // 6 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. ENOUGH WEATHER for you? Here it is January, always the coldest month of the year, and we’ve been having temperatures either barely below [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Shutting down pipeline through Westsyde raises other issues

December 18, 2019 // 5 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. A REVIEW OF HISTORY is in order on a proposal to shut down the Trans Mountain pipeline through Westsyde. Coun. Denis Walsh submitted a Hail [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Paying ransom to LifeLabs hackers might encourage future attacks

December 18, 2019 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. LIFELABS REVEALED YESTERDAY that information on 15 million customers was hacked in late October, mostly in Ontario and B.C. Given the [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Only the young can save the planet, and it might be too late

December 17, 2019 // 14 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE GENERATION GAP is surely no more obvious than on the issue of climate change. The only ones getting serious about it are young people, [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Wilson-Raybould needs to move on and move out

December 16, 2019 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE PERKS OF PUBLIC OFFICE are tough for politicians to give up when they’re no longer in the job. When once they were somebody, now [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Free parking at TRU for indigenous students a worthy idea

December 12, 2019 // 5 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. PARKING AT THOMPSON RIVERS UNIVERSITY is always controversial but there’s a new twist — a petition is asking that all indigenous [Continue]