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ROTHENBURGER – Frootloops council looks ahead to a brand new decade

December 21, 2019 // 2 Comments

FROOTLOOPS COUNCIL gathers for its last meeting of the decade. His Wordship Mayor Ken Kringle bangs his gavel. MAYOR KRINGLE: I call the meeting to order. May I first [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Shutting down pipeline through Westsyde raises other issues

December 18, 2019 // 5 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. A REVIEW OF HISTORY is in order on a proposal to shut down the Trans Mountain pipeline through Westsyde. Coun. Denis Walsh submitted a Hail [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Paying ransom to LifeLabs hackers might encourage future attacks

December 18, 2019 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. LIFELABS REVEALED YESTERDAY that information on 15 million customers was hacked in late October, mostly in Ontario and B.C. Given the [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Only the young can save the planet, and it might be too late

December 17, 2019 // 14 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE GENERATION GAP is surely no more obvious than on the issue of climate change. The only ones getting serious about it are young people, [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Wilson-Raybould needs to move on and move out

December 16, 2019 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE PERKS OF PUBLIC OFFICE are tough for politicians to give up when they’re no longer in the job. When once they were somebody, now [Continue]

TNRD – Upcoming RV policy changes remove the ban on use as dwellings

December 14, 2019 // 1 Comment

By MEL ROTHENBURGER Director, Electoral Area P (Rivers and the Peaks) THE TNRD BOARD’S DECISION on RVs Thursday (Dec. 12, 2019) is not exactly being embraced by the Rural [Continue]