Editorials

EDITORIAL – Clark’s Site C ‘deadline’ passes; game of chicken still on

June 12, 2017 // 2 Comments

An Armchair Mayor editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE FOUR-DAY deadline on Site C came and went on the weekend and the sun still rises in the morning. Last week, Premier [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Appointing new cabinet a waste of moving expenses

June 9, 2017 // 3 Comments

An Armchair Mayor editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE GOVERNMENT will return to business in a couple of weeks and it’s not a day too soon as far as the NDP and Greens are [Continue]

EDITORIAL – ‘Fringe’ candidates have a role to play in civic elections

June 8, 2017 // 3 Comments

An Armchair Mayor editorial by Mel Rothenburger. The presence of so-called “fringe” candidates in municipal elections, as I’ve often said, is a re-affirmation of [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Instead of a ward system, why not assign council ‘liaisons’?

June 7, 2017 // 1 Comment

THE KAMLOOPS by-election isn’t even official yet and already it has at least one issue — besides Ajax, that is. Mayoral candidate Dr. Cynthia Ross Friedman wants [Continue]

EDITORIAL – There’s no more time to delay Ajax decision

June 6, 2017 // 7 Comments

KAMLOOPS CITY council candidate Kevin Krueger wants to know why council is in a rush to make a decision on whether it supports the proposed Ajax mine. The Ajax question has [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Removal of statue of Judge Matthew Baillie Begbie misguided

June 5, 2017 // 5 Comments

An Armchair Mayor editorial by Mel Rothenburger. HOW FAR should we go in erasing recognition of those who played a role in wrongs and perceived wrongs of the past? At what [Continue]