Rothenburger

ROTHENBURGER – Clearing up a few things about ‘Build Kamloops’ proposals

July 10, 2024 // 3 Comments

LET’S CLEAR UP a couple of very important points about the “Build Kamloops” project. First, it will be put to the public for two separate decisions, not wrapped into [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Book banning on the bumpy road toward reconciliation

July 6, 2024 // 5 Comments

IT’S BEEN THREE YEARS and a bit since the announcement that 215 suspected graves (later re-calculated to 200) had been found on the grounds of the Kamloops Indian [Continue]

EDITORIAL – The biggest issue in town right now: drones or fireworks?

July 3, 2024 // 5 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. BIGGEST ISSUE in town right now seems to be the Canada Day drone show. It was a great Canada Day at Riverside Park as always, and the [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Much to be thankful for on Canada Day, including our name

July 1, 2024 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. ‘I READ IN ONE NEWSPAPER not less than a dozen attempts to derive a new name,” Thomas Darcy McGee, one of the fathers of confederation, [Continue]

EDITORIAL – The presidential debate was a complete disaster for democracy

June 28, 2024 // 8 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. LET’S BE CLEAR, Donald Trump didn’t win last night’s presidential debate. He was his usual self, arrogant, nasty, ill-informed. And he [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Can taxpayers be convinced to foot a $275 million bill for PAC Plus?

June 25, 2024 // 10 Comments

GO BIG OR GO HOME could be the slogan for plans to build more cultural and recreation facilities approved by Kamloops City council today (June 25, 2024). Taxpayers will be [Continue]