Editorials

EDITORIAL – Proof positive that ‘optional’ masking doesn’t work

April 6, 2022 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. I’VE JUST SPENT a couple of miserable weeks feeling sorry for myself. The kind of sorry that comes with a bad headache, extreme fatigue, [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Here’s what we should all do with our gas-price rebate cheques

April 5, 2022 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. PEOPLE HAVE BEEN LAUGHING at Premier John Horgan’s suggestion that electric-vehicle owners donate their gas-price rebate cheques to [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Please, let’s do away with the ridiculous Summit overpass idea

April 4, 2022 // 11 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. CITY COUNCIL JUST CAN’T STOP talking about a Summit Drive overpass between Thompson Rivers University and College Heights. And they’re [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Maybe we shouldn’t complain so much about gas rebates

March 28, 2022 // 6 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. GIVING DRIVERS NOTHING to lighten the burden of high gas prices would have been politically smarter than the token rebates offered [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Like dog turds in spring, graffiti has made its annual appearance

March 24, 2022 // 3 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. AS SURE AS the melting snow reveals crocuses and dog turds, graffiti is once again sprouting in Kamloops. It’s spring. Unlike the [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Liberal-NDP deal isn’t the scary socialist thing Tories say it is

March 23, 2022 // 4 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. ‘GOD HELP US ALL,’ tweeted interim Conservative leader Candice Bergen after yesterday’s news that the governing federal Liberals and [Continue]