Editorials

EDITORIAL – Finally, an enlightened strategy on drug over-dose deaths

December 13, 2016 // 0 Comments

An ArmchairMayor editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE LAST BARRIERS to drug harm-reduction sites are falling, thanks to a drug-overdose crisis and some enlightened action by [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Is it too much to ask for a single parking-payment system?

December 12, 2016 // 5 Comments

An ArmchairMayor editorial by Mel Rothenburger. PARKING IN KAMLOOPS is a lot like that drawer full of tangled-up electronics wires we all fight with every time we want to [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Chemotherapy issue isn’t about choosing dogs over humans

December 10, 2016 // 1 Comment

An ArmchairMayor editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IT WAS TO BE expected that when the issue of chemotherapy for canine cancer patients came up, some would say we should not [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Does Instagram fuss come down to length of a femur?

December 8, 2016 // 1 Comment

An ArmchairMayor editorial by Mel Rothenburger. WHO WOULD have thought a national debate over a prominent politician’s Instagram indiscretion would come down to the length [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Reverse the bureaucratic decision to cut off canine cancer patients from chemo drugs

December 7, 2016 // 1 Comment

THIS IS JESSE, a much-loved member of our family. Almost a year ago he was diagnosed with lymphoid cancer that would have killed him within a few weeks. We decided to fight [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Chief Gottfriedson’s name added to list of politicians who self-destruct on social media

December 6, 2016 // 0 Comments

WHY IS IT that politicians are so determined to employ social media to self-destruct? The shreds of once-promising careers litter the political landscape thanks to Twitter, [Continue]