Rothenburger

EDITORIAL – With referendum date set, will Kamloopsians share the vision?

November 20, 2019 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE VISION FOR A PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE is about to be put to the test again. Kamloops voters will go to the polls on Saturday, April 4. The [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER: Cry babies who want to bust up the country should shut up

November 19, 2019 // 3 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. I’M SICK OF HEARING from the cry babies on the other side of the Rockies who want to bust up our country. At a rally in Calgary last [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER- Something’s got to be done about vehicle-pedestrian fatalities

November 18, 2019 // 3 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. ONE WONDERS WHETHER people will ever learn about safety in crosswalks. A 54-year-old woman was hit and killed by a truck at the intersection [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – A city’s history of failure in dealing with parking problem

November 16, 2019 // 4 Comments

FOR A CITY SO CODEPENDENT on automobiles, Kamloops has a strange aversion to figuring out where to park them. When my grandfather bought one of Kamloops’ first motorized [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Downtown mural program needs to hit the reset button

November 14, 2019 // 7 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. HAVE YOU SEEN THE NEWEST MURAL in downtown Kamloops? I got a look at it and I’m not impressed. In the past, I’ve been critical of a lot [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Cellphone addiction in schools needs to be broken

November 13, 2019 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. A BAN ON CELLPHONES IN SCHOOLS has gone into effect in Ontario. Good for Ontario. Many educators defend allowing students the use of [Continue]