Editorials

EDITORIAL – N. Thompson landowners can’t fight river threat by themselves

November 28, 2023 // 5 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. I WENT FOR A LOOK at some North Thompson River properties with the mayor and some members of the media yesterday and what we saw was [Continue]

EDITORIAL – TNRD board gives itself a nice fat pay raise for Christmas

November 27, 2023 // 4 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IT MUST BE CHRISTMAS. The Thompson-Nicola Regional District board, elected a year ago, has decided to follow tradition and give itself a [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Plan to raise the smoking age year by year is brilliant

November 23, 2023 // 4 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. WHAT IF we could ban all sales of tobacco? Think what it would do for the health of our country. Impossible, you say? Well, the UK is moving [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Councillors keep trying to legislate each other’s behaviour

November 22, 2023 // 6 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE TALE OF THE TAPE came to its conclusion yesterday as Kamloops City council approved a new policy prohibiting its members from recording [Continue]

EDITORIAL – The time has come to plan for a new Kamloops city hall building

November 21, 2023 // 4 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. SOMETHING THAT HASN’T received nearly enough attention is the need for a new Kamloops city hall. Maybe that’s changing. A report to a [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Do Kamloops council and staff have a failure to communicate?

November 20, 2023 // 6 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. AT ITS TUESDAY MEETING, Kamloops council will have three options in front of it for an increase to water rates. One is the 25 per cent hike [Continue]