Editorials

EDITORIAL – Time to give control of Royal Inland back to the community

May 30, 2022 // 5 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. ALMOST AS FRUSTRATING as the staffing crisis at Royal Inland Hospital is the way in which the issue has been politicized. Everybody from [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Voters’ society survey on street crime won’t solve anything but…

May 26, 2022 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. DO WE REALLY NEED a survey about what needs fixing on the streets of Kamloops? The Kamloops Voters Society thinks so. Its online survey on [Continue]

EDITORIAL – After latest U.S. mass shooting, we should be thankful for our gun laws

May 25, 2022 // 3 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER MASS SHOOTING in the U.S., this time in Texas. An 18-year-old walked into an elementary school Tuesday with a [Continue]

EDITORIAL – ‘Answers are still needed’ on Canada’s residential schools

May 24, 2022 // 3 Comments

(Video: Mel Rothenburger) An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. ‘ANSWERS ARE STILL NEEDED,’ Kúkpi7 Rosanne Casimir told those gathered yesterday at the Pow Wow Arbour to [Continue]

EDITORIAL: The storm over Atco’s Lytton video – timing is everything

May 19, 2022 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. ‘TOO SOON?’ That’ a question sometimes asked when somebody starts a discussion about a negative event while emotions are still raw. It [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Tearing down, rebuilding the B.C. Museum is a really bad idea

May 18, 2022 // 4 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. WHEN KAMLOOPS CITY COUNCIL approved funds for detailed design plans for an addition to the RCMP detachment building on Battle Street, I [Continue]