Rothenburger

EDITORIAL – If paid parking is forced on Tranquille corridor, it should get the benefit

October 26, 2023 // 4 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. PAID PARKING on the Tranquille corridor retail strip isn’t something that’s going to get anyone in civic politics votes. In [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Why joining an ‘inclusive city’ club is a necessary step

October 23, 2023 // 3 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. SO KAMLOOPS IS NOW an inclusive city. We know this because the mayor signed a proclamation saying so. We’ve joined the Canadian Commission [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Why would anybody in their right mind go into journalism?

October 21, 2023 // 7 Comments

STOP ME IF YOU’VE heard this one but, in 1968, I was broke, out of a job, and had a young family to support. I’d been fired from a Prince George newspaper after it [Continue]

ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – The night The Daily News published for the last time

October 20, 2023 // 1 Comment

This column was first published Jan. 11, 2014: I DON’T THINK I’VE EVER SEEN more strength of character in one room than I did at the wake held by Kamloops Daily [Continue]

EDITORIAL – CBC won’t say so, but what Hamas did in Israel was terrorism

October 19, 2023 // 7 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE FOG OF WAR obscures fact and fiction. A hospital is bombed. Was it deliberate, a mistake, or a self-inflicted tragedy? The very words we [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER: It’s hard to imagine Kamloops without a print newspaper

October 18, 2023 // 3 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. A TOWN WITHOUT A NEWSPAPER is a sad thing to see. We’ll get a first-hand view of it after Kamloops This Week publishes its last edition [Continue]