Editorials

EDITORIAL – Putting off vote on new performing arts centre is a smart move

August 10, 2022 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. TIMING IS EVERYTHING. Thus it is with the Kamloops performing arts centre. The PAC, as it’s commonly known, won’t be on the ballot as [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Vandals strike again, this time on the Valleyview bike overpass

August 9, 2022 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. ONE OF THESE DAYS — or so I’d like to think — I’ll stand here and report that Kamloops has become a cleanly scrubbed city respected [Continue]

EDITORIAL – It’s harder and harder to justify keeping Snowbirds in the air

August 8, 2022 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE BIG ANNUAL Abbotsford International Airshow wrapped up yesterday, without its star attraction. The Snowbirds aerobatic team is out of [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Some people define truth as what they want to believe

August 7, 2022 // 6 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. LAST WEEKEND I published a column about Pope Francis’ visit to Canada and what’s known as the Doctrine of Discovery. A lot of folks are [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Audit of urgent and primary care centres isn’t the answer

August 4, 2022 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE BC LIBERALS — including house leader Todd Stone and finance critic Peter Milobar — want an audit of the “worsening dysfunction” [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Here’s to all the sudden heroes who put others first

August 3, 2022 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IT’S GOOD TO KNOW there are still heroes on this Earth. Some of them are leaders on the world stage — we expect them to put themselves [Continue]