Editorials

EDITORIAL – Eby’s backtrack on public drug use is a good start but that’s all

April 29, 2024 // 3 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE DECISION to scale back decriminalization and seek a change allowing enforcement against wanton consumption on illicit drugs in public is [Continue]

EDITORIAL – A fond farewell to the airwaves from the Armchair Mayor

April 25, 2024 // 8 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. I’M AN OLD MAN. This is a fact I’ve been reluctant to acknowledge. I hate it when the media refer to anyone over the age of 60 as [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Why was another ‘council’ photo taken without the mayor?

April 24, 2024 // 15 Comments

A short editorial by Mel Rothenburger. ONCE AGAIN, Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson is left out of a photo of ‘Kamloops council.’ The above image showed up on my X/ [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Board may as well not have asked public about school’s name

April 24, 2024 // 12 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IT WAS NO SURPRISE that the Kamloops school board chose an indigenous name for the new school in Pineview Valley. For one thing, [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Councillors, staff seem to think we don’t need a full-time mayor

April 23, 2024 // 10 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. OBVIOUSLY CITY COUNCILLORS don’t think Kamloops deserves a full-time mayor any more than City administrators do. At today’s council [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Canada regains a moment of pride at the good old hockey game

April 22, 2024 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THERE WAS a touching moment just before the game between the Vancouver Canucks and Nashville Predators last night (Sunday, April 22, 2024). [Continue]