Editorials

EDITORIAL – Never mind the rain; get to a polling station and vote tomorrow

October 18, 2024 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. BIG DECISION to make tomorrow (Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024). Those who haven’t already voted in advance polls will trek to gymnasiums and [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Just who am I supposed to vote for on October 19?

October 9, 2024 // 15 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THERE ARE THREE candidates in my Kamloops-North Thompson riding. I know the BC Conservative candidate Ward Stamer. Worked with him on the [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Sometimes, one side is right, the other is indisputably wrong

October 7, 2024 // 6 Comments

NOTE: This editorial was originally posted on Oct. 11, 2023. A year later, on the anniversary of the massacre, not much has changed. An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. ONE [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Point, counterpoint on the proposal to eliminate public inquiries

October 2, 2024 // 9 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. WHEN A STAFF REPORT on “what to do” about the public inquiries feature of meeting agendas lands on the desks of Kamloops City [Continue]

EDITORIAL – MP’s bill could set back the quest for truth and reconciliation

September 29, 2024 // 9 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. WHAT A SHAME it is that, with National Day for Truth and Reconciliation coming up on Monday, an NDP Member of Parliament has introduced a [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Cuts to reporting staff at CHNL are bad news for the community

September 24, 2024 // 7 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. BEHIND-THE-SCENES comments are often different than what people say publicly when a news outlet is closed or suffers serious cutbacks in [Continue]