Editorials

EDITORIAL – Welcome to 2018 – it promises to be a very important year

January 1, 2018 // 3 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. WELCOME to 2018. It’s going well so far. At this time, it’s traditional for journalists — who fancy themselves quite [Continue]

EDITORIAL – A dozen of the most important things that happened in 2017

December 28, 2017 // 3 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger 2017 IS ALMOST over, and quite the year it was. You’ve no doubt got your opinions on the dozen or so most important things [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Any ideas on how to beat the porch pirates?

December 27, 2017 // 3 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THERE’S A NEW kind of crook on the streets. Not violent necessarily, but dangerous nonetheless. It’s the kind who [Continue]

EDITORIAL – We’re killing ourselves with Christmas, and media are to blame

December 21, 2017 // 6 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IF I HAVE to listen to one more Christmas song, or watch one more made-for-TV Christmas movie, it’ll be one too many. I [Continue]

EDITORIAL – The grizzly bear hunt was wrong, the ban is right

December 20, 2017 // 2 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. WELL, THERE’S been quite the uproar from a vocal minority over the B.C. government’s decision to ban the hunting of [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Live, in-the-flesh politicians still beat modern technology

December 19, 2017 // 0 Comments

An AmrchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. MODERN TECHNOLOGY is a wonderful thing but I think sometimes we’re anxious to use it just because it’s there. Coun. [Continue]