Editorials

EDITORIAL – Omar Khadr’s settlement a case of defending human rights

July 7, 2017 // 7 Comments

An Armchair Mayor editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THOSE EXPRESSING outrage at the $10.5-million settlement between the federal government and Omar Khadr should look more [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Confrontation raises questions about freedom of speech

July 6, 2017 // 3 Comments

An Armchair Mayor editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IN WEDNESDAY’S editorial, I referred to the interruption of a Canada Day protest in Halifax by five men identifying [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Proud Boys’ interruption of protest was a dumbass move

July 5, 2017 // 2 Comments

An Armchair Mayor editorial by Mel Rothenburger. HERE WE go again with another controversy over statues. On Canada Day, five off-duty members of the armed forces walked up to [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Rushing to build something on KDN property would be a mistake

July 4, 2017 // 6 Comments

An Armchair Mayor editorial by Mel Rothenburger. NOW THAT all hope of saving the Kamloops Daily News building is lost — the contract has been awarded to demolish it and put [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Is Horgan the cure for what’s ailing British Columbia?

June 29, 2017 // 1 Comment

An Armchair Mayor editorial by Mel Rothenburger. A NEW MALADY has swept through British Columbia — it’s called Post-Election Stress Disorder. Those afflicted with it, [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Why is killing an enemy soldier something to celebrate?

June 29, 2017 // 6 Comments

An Armchair Mayor editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IT’S A STRANGE world when a Canadian prime minister celebrates the killing of an enemy soldier. But that’s what [Continue]