Editorials

EDITORIAL – City’s tree-protection bylaw needs to start protecting trees

June 8, 2022 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. ONE CAN’T BLAME developers for sticking to the rules. Question is, of course, whether those rules are always good enough. City [Continue]

EDITORIAL – ArriveCAN travel app needs to be either fixed or scrapped

June 7, 2022 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. DESPITE ALL THE WHINING of those who don’t like COVID-19 mandates, for the most part they have been necessary and effective. We need to [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Welcome aboard the Imperial-metric bandwagon, Boris

June 6, 2022 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. WHAT DO THE QUEEN’S JUBILEE and FireSmart have in common? I’ll explain. I was at a community FireSmart meeting the other night in which [Continue]

EDITORIAL – New federal bill has a good shot at reducing handgun crime

June 2, 2022 // 5 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. ONE OF THE BEST THINGS about the federal government’s handgun bill is that it abandons the ridiculous notion of offloading the problem [Continue]

EDITORIAL – New drug plan is no panacea but it beats doing nothing

June 1, 2022 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. ‘HELPING TO REDUCE STIGMA through decriminalization’ was the headline on a B.C. government news release yesterday. It’s about the [Continue]

EDITORIAL – City’s decision to take fireworks out of Canada Day is hasty

May 31, 2022 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. I’M NOT BUYING the City’s reasons for cancelling the fireworks display at this year’s Canada Day celebrations. Certainly, it’s great [Continue]