Rothenburger

TNRD – ‘If you close that landfill you’re asking for a lot more illegal dumping’

January 17, 2018 // 3 Comments

Area residents have their say at public meeting on regional district’s proposed solid-waste plan By MEL ROTHENBURGER Director, Electoral Area P Closure of the [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Days of the family doctor may be coming to an end, but it’s okay

January 17, 2018 // 2 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. ACCORDING TO A REPORT from the Canadian Medical Association last month, 15 per cent of British Columbians still don’t [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Restaurants and bars, please stop using those plastic straws

January 16, 2018 // 2 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. KUDOS TO the Noble Pig for getting rid of plastic straws. It is, you might say, a noble thing to do. The popular local [Continue]

Future of garbage disposal, recycling to be discussed at meeting on Wednesday

January 15, 2018 // 2 Comments

The future of garbage will be the subject of a meeting this week co-hosted by the TNRD and the City of Kamloops. The meeting, on Wednesday, Jan. 17 at 6 p.m. in the Valley [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Sears died because we’ve become too lazy to go shopping

January 15, 2018 // 4 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE CLOSING of Canada’s last Sears stores on Sunday can’t be allowed to pass unlamented, so let’s pause for a moment [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Political hopefuls could learn a lot from Pat Wallace

January 13, 2018 // 3 Comments

PAT WALLACE hasn’t been on Kamloops City council forever. It just seems like it, in a good way. When I arrived in Kamloops in 1970, it was the time of Mayor Peter Wing and [Continue]