Editorials

EDITORIAL – Council should have remembered Wealthy Barber’s advice

February 21, 2024 // 6 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. FORMER CITY COUNCILLOR Arjun Singh must have been sitting on the edge of his seat Tuesday as the current council considered ways to reduce [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Learning to live without plastic straws and grocery bags

February 20, 2024 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IT’S AMAZING how we’re able to adapt to changes we insisted we’d never be able to adapt to. It took a few decades but we’re weaning [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Concerns about indigenous veto on Crown land need more dialogue

February 15, 2024 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. LAND ACT CHANGES will either shut down B.C. business or are a natural evolution on the path toward reconciliation, depending which side of [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Why finding a solution to the illicit-drug crisis remains so elusive

February 14, 2024 // 11 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. A MEASURE OF HOW DIVISIVE the issue of illicit drug use is for communities can be found in a sometimes unruly meeting of the Richmond City [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Why not revisit the idea of a giant sign on the face of Mount Paul?

February 13, 2024 // 4 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. SO THE BIG KAMLOOPS SIGN that was going to be erected in Riverside Park a year ago in time for the Memorial Cup is on the shelf [Continue]

EDITORIAL – $75,000 cancer clinic lobby is now a bigger waste than ever

February 12, 2024 // 6 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. SORRY TO REPEAT myself, but I’ve got to say again that spending $75,000 to lobby for something that’s already been approved is just [Continue]