Editorials

EDITORIAL – What did the CSO arbitration cost Kamloops taxpayers?

April 10, 2024 // 5 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger IT WAS GOOD NEWS when the City announced that all the problems have been ironed out with the Canadian Union of Public Employees over the [Continue]

EDITOR – Tax exemptions for developers won’t solve housing crunch

April 4, 2024 // 4 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. DEVELOPMENT COST CHARGES don’t make for exciting reading. In fact, a lot of people probably don’t even know what they are, but they go [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Please, let’s let the Byron McCorkell episode go away now

April 3, 2024 // 5 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE BYRON McCORKELL affair is over. Let it stay that way. Acting CAO McCorkell was suspended from his job, then he was re-instated. Let it [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER: Outcome of suspension should have been easy to predict

March 28, 2024 // 5 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE LATEST BIT of turmoil at City Hall was always bound to end badly. When Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson suspended acting CAO Byron McCorkell on [Continue]

EDITORIAL – TRU’s claims about transparency aren’t convincing

March 27, 2024 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. A LITTLE MORE than a year ago, TRU was in the midst of a major controversy over allegations made against two of its senior [Continue]

EDITORIAL – TRU president on wrong track in restricting meeting agendas

March 26, 2024 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THOMPSON RIVERS UNIVERSITY is in the news this week, on the one hand for releasing new information and, on the other, for restricting it. [Continue]