Editorials

EDITORIAL – Mandatory measles vaccinations shouldn’t be ruled out

February 26, 2019 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. NEW CASES OF MEASLES seem to come up every day in B.C. and, while not quite an epidemic yet, it’s raising new concerns about a disease [Continue]

EDITORIAL – The whole truth and nothing but the truth? Probably not

February 25, 2019 // 4 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE TRUTH WILL PREVAIL when former justice minister and attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould testifies before the parliamentary justice [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Slimming down Sister City exchange program is a good move

February 21, 2019 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. FOR CLOSE TO THREE DECADES, Kamloops has enjoyed a Sister City relationship with Uji, a city near Kyoto in Japan. Civic delegations have [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Make life more affordable? How about cutting cellphone rates?

February 20, 2019 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE B.C. BUDGET released yesterday totally failed in some areas, didn’t go far enough in others. Etc., etc. — that’s always the [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Shutdown of Sagebrush Theatre raises the PAC issue again

February 19, 2019 // 4 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. WESTERN CANADA THEATRE is trying to put the best possible face on the shutdown of Sagebrush Theatre for roof repairs, characterizing the [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Lack of change table in men’s washroom a First World problem

February 14, 2019 // 3 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IF YOU HAD ANY DOUBTS that we live in a nanny state, read up on the case of the Kamloops dad who was “shocked” to find the men’s [Continue]