Editorials

EDITORIAL – The Americans: ‘I am one Canadian who is damned tired of hearing them kicked around’

January 31, 2017 // 3 Comments

Bill McQuarrie’s “Dear America” column today is reminiscent of one written more than 40 years ago with a very different perspective. In June 1973, the U.S. [Continue]

EDITORIAL – A solution for coffee-shop time hogs: charge them by the minute

January 31, 2017 // 0 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. DESPITE THE omnipresence of the Internet, public libraries continue to be an essential and well-used part of our [Continue]

EDITORIAL – The shooting at the mosque and Donald Trump’s twisted idea of how to build national unity

January 30, 2017 // 8 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. “Now it’s time for America to bind the wounds of division…. To all Republicans and Democrats and independents [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Pornographic or not, there’s lots to argue about with art

January 27, 2017 // 8 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. FOR SOMETHING that’s supposed to enrich our lives, art can sure be a divisive thing. Call something art, and someone will [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Drug crisis forging some interesting political alliances

January 26, 2017 // 5 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. POLITICS AND CRISES make for strange bedfellows. You wouldn’t expect federal Conservatives and B.C. Liberals to be [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Call it art if you like, but this stuff is still pornography

January 25, 2017 // 15 Comments

THE KAMLOOPS ART Gallery has always liked to challenge us on the question of what’s art, and what’s not. Among my favourite exhibits in this vein have been the one that [Continue]