Editorials

EDITORIAL – Quit whining about recycling and just get the job done

January 31, 2023 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. WHY IS IT SO HARD to get the hang of recycling? Kamloops residents — at least a certain percentage of them — simply aren’t stepping up [Continue]

EDITORIAL – 3 years later, refuseniks can thank the science on COVID

January 30, 2023 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IT’S BEEN A YEAR since the Ottawa convoy. Three years ago, we were just beginning our experience with COVID-19. We didn’t even know what [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Speeding fines should be based on how much money we make

January 26, 2023 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. NOW HERE’S AN IDEA that might make at least some people smarten up on our highways — instead of handing out the same fines to everybody [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Sensors will do nothing to resolve the safety issues on Highway 5A

January 25, 2023 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IT’S HARD TO IMAGINE how installing sensors on Highway 5A a few miles north of Merritt to monitor the weight and size of transport trucks [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Let’s call parking fees what they are – a money maker for City Hall

January 24, 2023 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. EVERY TIME City Hall brings up the issue of losing revenue from parking in downtown Kamloops I wonder about the oft-stated rationale for [Continue]

EDITORIAL – What’s the best way to keep Ryan Shtuka’s name in front of us?

January 23, 2023 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. WHEN WE LOSE loved ones, we want to memorialize them. We find many ways to do it: headstones on their gravesites, scholarships in their [Continue]