Rothenburger

EDITORIAL – Fast-food workers need our understanding during COVID

May 12, 2021 // 0 Comments

FAST FOOD RESTAURANTS are tough places to work these days. One would think we’d have worked out our angst over mask wearing by now. Yet incidents of confrontation occur [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – A few yoga classes won’t ‘commercialize’ Riverside Park

May 8, 2021 // 2 Comments

ALLOWING THE ALMIGHTY DOLLAR into Riverside Park has long been a worry for the denizens of Kamloops. Commercialization of the city’s gem must be avoided at all costs, [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Bungled messaging on AstraZeneca will hurt vaccine rollout

May 5, 2021 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. CANADIANS CAN BE FORGIVEN for feeling exasperated over the advice they’re getting on COVID-19 vaccines. The story is a familiar one. [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER: Conflict rules for City councillors a case of ‘if it ain’t broke’

May 1, 2021 // 0 Comments

CONFLICT OF INTEREST rules are something no politician wants to run afoul of. It can cost them their job. That’s why they tend to be extra-careful, even overly careful, [Continue]

EDITORIAL – New travel restrictions easy to break, easy to follow

April 28, 2021 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE BARK OF TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS in B.C. is a lot worse than their bite.Take camping, for example. British Columbians must go camping in [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER: Science finally has an answer to those annual dog-poo blues

April 24, 2021 // 2 Comments

SPRING HAS SPRUNG and it’s time to pause for that annual tradition — complaining about other people’s dogs. I know, we’ve heard it all before but there’s a fresh [Continue]