Editorials

EDITORIAL – Riverside Park entrance not the place for new development

December 4, 2018 // 10 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. WHAT IS IT about the word “park” that developers don’t get? The plan to put a year-round market on the Heritage House parking lot in [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Densification, parking issues are realities in downtown core

December 3, 2018 // 3 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IN THIS INCREASINGLY NOISY WORLD, it’s getting harder to listen. We’re so busy, and so ready to be skeptical, that we often don’t [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Tragic death of youngster in Christmas parade a wakeup call

November 29, 2018 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. A FUNERAL IS BEING HELD TODAY for a four-year-old girl who died in a terrible Christmas parade accident last weekend and it should be a [Continue]

EDITORIAL – ‘Inadmissible patrons policy’ raises plenty of questions

November 28, 2018 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. KAMLOOPS WILL GET a new policing program at the end of the week aimed at making bars, restaurants and other businesses safer places to be. [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Legislating against inconveniences is no way to bargain

November 27, 2018 // 3 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. WHEN IT GETS right down to it, unions have only one big stick to get what they want for their members. The strike isn’t just the ultimate [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Start communicating on B.C. Legislature suspensions

November 26, 2018 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. ALMOST A WEEK after the dramatic events at the B.C. Legislature the public still hasn’t been let in on the secret of what’s going on at [Continue]