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EDITORIAL – Trudeau comes out ahead when anti-pipeline hecklers throw mud

January 10, 2019 // 4 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. GIVE A HECKLER a microphone, and Justin Trudeau is at his best. The prime minister’s two-day chock-full-of-events visit to Kamloops got [Continue]

BEPPLE – Accessibility should be big consideration with new arts theatre

January 9, 2019 // 10 Comments

WOW. KAMLOOPS could have a new performing arts centre in the heart of the downtown. Tuesday, Jan 8, Ron Fawcett presented Kamloops Council with a vision of what could be [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Ask not how to make PAC plan fail, but how to make it succeed

January 9, 2019 // 3 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IT WOULD BE very easy to poke holes in the new proposal for a performing arts centre unveiled on Tuesday. There are a lot of questions to be [Continue]

GINTA – Climate change challenges will never be solved with cat doors

January 8, 2019 // 0 Comments

IF YOU WANT A CHUCKLE, check out the amusing story of how a $2,000 cat door installed in a West Vancouver home can help fight climate change (embedded in the $3 million home [Continue]

THE ARTS – New $70-million proposal for performing arts centre unveiled

January 8, 2019 // 16 Comments

By MEL ROTHENBURGER ArmchairMayor.ca A somewhat scaled-down — in terms of cost — but ambitious proposal for a $70-million performing arts centre was presented to [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Naming public facilities after sponsors is a tricky business

January 8, 2019 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IT USED TO BE that we named public facilities after geographical locations or people who had done a lot for the community or the country. [Continue]