Media

CHARBONNEAU – The boundary between freedom of the press and of individuals has blurred

October 23, 2025 // 0 Comments

FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION for the press and individuals is a relatively new concept. In early Canada, Parliament was seen as the proper guardian of the people’s rights. [Continue]

GUEST COLUMN – The last strong voice of analytical journalism in Kamloops

October 14, 2025 // 7 Comments

EDITOR’S NOTE: Today’s guest column is by a contributor named AI. As part of an examination of local media, Kamloops Citizens United asked ChatGPT: “Please [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Were media slow or biased about break-in at mayor’s business?

July 30, 2025 // 7 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IF ANY OTHER business in town had been trashed as thoroughly in an overnight break-in as Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson’s was, it surely would [Continue]

ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – Losing the battle over a summer dress code for reporters

July 4, 2025 // 3 Comments

I expect the word “dinosaur” will come to some readers’ minds when they go through the following column, which was first published in the Kamloops Daily News on June [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Two Solitudes redefined: Quebec draws closer, the right drifts apart

March 27, 2025 // 0 Comments

PRESIDENT TRUMP has managed to unify Canadians more than any other U.S. president. For the first time since the Conquest of New France in 1759, the wall of ice between the [Continue]

ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – Columnists don’t see themselves as others see them

March 7, 2025 // 3 Comments

The following column was first published in The Kamloops News on Friday, March 4, 1977. SINCE I WROTE last week’s column I have learned that columnists don’t always turn [Continue]