Editorials

EDITORIAL – The time has come for the mandatory licensing of cats

December 13, 2018 // 9 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. SOMETIMES THE MOST seemingly uncontroversial things can become contentious. The City of Kamloops announced this week a new online process [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Best response to protesters: let them yell in a vacuum

December 12, 2018 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. EVERYBODY’S TIPTOEING around this week’s anti-pipeline protest at Thompson Rivers University. The police, the university, federal [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Why do we need to wear dead animals for fashion?

December 11, 2018 // 3 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. A RECENT LAWSUIT resulting from the death of a dog in an animal trap has raised the issue of mandatory warning signs where the traps are [Continue]

EDITORIAL – The gutless revisionism of Christmas traditions

December 10, 2018 // 9 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. OK, WE CAN ALL STOP being cute and clever about Christmas carols. No more tongue-in-cheek demanding that Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer be [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Social issues call for tiered approach to policing

December 6, 2018 // 4 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. AS DEMANDS ON POLICING become more and more onerous, it’s obvious some new ways of doing things are needed. Under a pilot program in [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Polls, turnout tell us final days could decide referendum

December 5, 2018 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THOUGH I’M NOT A MEMBER of any political party, I quite often receive emails from one of them urging me to take action. “Mel,” the [Continue]