EDITORIAL – Have we lost a hero in Buffy Sainte-Marie?
CANADA HAS ALWAYS been intensely proud of Buffy Sainte-Marie. We’ve known her for more than half a century as a Canadian indigenous woman who is both a talented musician [Continue]
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EDITORIAL – If paid parking is forced on Tranquille corridor, it should get the benefit
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. PAID PARKING on the Tranquille corridor retail strip isn’t something that’s going to get anyone in civic politics votes. In [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Why joining an ‘inclusive city’ club is a necessary step
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. SO KAMLOOPS IS NOW an inclusive city. We know this because the mayor signed a proclamation saying so. We’ve joined the Canadian Commission [Continue]
ROTHENBURGER – Why would anybody in their right mind go into journalism?
STOP ME IF YOU’VE heard this one but, in 1968, I was broke, out of a job, and had a young family to support. I’d been fired from a Prince George newspaper after it [Continue]
ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – The night The Daily News published for the last time
This column was first published Jan. 11, 2014: I DON’T THINK I’VE EVER SEEN more strength of character in one room than I did at the wake held by Kamloops Daily [Continue]
EDITORIAL – CBC won’t say so, but what Hamas did in Israel was terrorism
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE FOG OF WAR obscures fact and fiction. A hospital is bombed. Was it deliberate, a mistake, or a self-inflicted tragedy? The very words we [Continue]
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