Editorials

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]

EDITORIAL – The drip, drip, drip erosion of accountability in government

March 22, 2022 // 6 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. ACCOUNTABILITY IS a precious cornerstone of our democracy yet it can be slowly eroded if we aren’t careful. Here are a few examples. The [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Putin’s ban on Kamloops MP is truly a ‘badge of honour’

March 21, 2022 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IT PROBABLY NEVER CROSSED Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo MP Frank Caputo’s mind that he’d one day be the target of unfriendly action by the [Continue]