Rothenburger

COFFEE WITH THE MAYOR – ‘Keep budget increase to 2%, and cut councillors’ and managers’ pay’

April 7, 2025 // 4 Comments

A conversation with Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson as Kamloops City council ponders the annual budget and tax rate increase for residents, which is now expected to be just over [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – How TNRD directors set up their pay raise to avoid a ‘cheese grater’

April 5, 2025 // 2 Comments

WHEN REGIONAL DIRECTORS gave themselves a small raise for the coming year, it was done through a motion that received no debate and a quick vote. That was in February. When [Continue]

ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – Remembering the beetle that tried to eat Kamloops

April 4, 2025 // 2 Comments

In this same month, in the year 2007, Kamloops and other B.C. communities were contending with the ravages of a hungry little beetle — the mountain pine beetle to be exact [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Think we’re in the clear with Trump’s tariffs? Think again

April 3, 2025 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. JUST IN CASE you were thinking we’re in the clear, think again. Donald Trump is not our friend. Sure, he’s talking more respectfully of [Continue]

EDITORIAL – The tax is gone; what do we do about the environment now?

April 1, 2025 // 5 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE QUESTION ARISES, now that we’re all enjoying a substantial cut in costs at the pump, what do we do about the environment? The [Continue]

EDITORIAL – The Kamloops councillor who has come in from the cold

March 31, 2025 // 4 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. AS INVESTIGATION CONTINUES into Coun. Bill Sarai’s secret recording of a contentious meeting with Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson, and his [Continue]