Editorials

EDITORIAL – Trans Mountain pipeline approval is a ‘cake and eat it too’ plan

June 19, 2019 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING surprising about the federal government’s announcement that the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion is back on [Continue]

EDITORIAL – National swooning over Toronto Raptors is a bit much

June 18, 2019 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. HOW ABOUT THOSE RAPTORS? Monday’s Raptors parade in Toronto, and the wall-to-wall, over-the-top media coverage and national swooning was [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Blue Dot request will test City council’s green commitment

June 17, 2019 // 4 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. WE’LL SEE HOW COMMITTED Kamloops City council is to the environment today (June 18, 2010) when a seemingly routine request for a [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Invisible council has to put up its hand for PAC to have a chance

June 13, 2019 // 4 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. I HOPE THE ‘HANDS OFF’ STRATEGY City Hall seems to be taking on the performing arts centre works but I’m not so sure it will. The idea [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Please tell us killing the black bear is a last resort

June 12, 2019 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. FAR BE IT FROM ME to tell conservation officers how to do their job but I’ll do it anyway. There’s a broken trust between COs and [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER: Federal plastics ban good news for the environment

June 11, 2019 // 3 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IF WE TAKE THE POLITICS out of reaction to Justin Trudeau’s announcement that he’ll ban single-use plastics by 2021 if he’s [Continue]