ROTHENBURGER – No sign of a wave coming to help out candidates
EVERYBODY IN TOWN knows who’s going to win the next federal election. Just ask them. And who will be the next MP for Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo? Just ask them. Here’s a [Continue]
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EDITORIAL – Canada’s media shouldn’t decide their own bailouts
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. FEDERAL TAX SUBSIDIES to the media no doubt began with the best of intentions but they promise to end badly. Eight news organizations have [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Abortion debate unlikely to be rekindled in Canada
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. WILL THE ANTI-ABORTION DEBATE return to a neighbourhood near us? A lot of people seem to be asking that question as the issue suddenly [Continue]
ROTHENBURGER: Things are very different for Trudeau during this visit
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. PRIME MINISTER JUSTIN TRUDEAU is scheduled to be in town tonight and it promises to be a very different set of circumstances than the last [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Once again, we vow never to let tragedy happen again
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. SO OFTEN WE HEAR of tragedies after which we all vow to make sure they never happen again. “We have to make sure no one else ever has to [Continue]
ROTHENBURGER – We’ve now crossed the line of incivility into death threats
IT KEEPS GETTING TOUGHER and tougher to serve your community in politics. This week, a 52-year-old man was arrested for threatening the life of Kelowna mayor Colin Basran. [Continue]
ROTHENBURGER – Forget the bikinis, just serve some really good food
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. I REALLY THOUGHT the days were mostly over of restaurants requiring their female servers to wear skimpy attire. I say “mostly,” because [Continue]
ROTHENBURGER: City council needs wisdom of Solomon on tax ratios
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE ANNUAL DANCE between Domtar and the City is underway. For the past eight or nine years, the pulp mill has been demanding a better deal [Continue]
ROTHENBURGER – Canada’s athletes should refuse to compete against China
An Armchair Mayor editorial by Mel Rothenburger. I CAUGHT A FEW ENDS of curling on TV last weekend. It was an international competition called the Curling World Cup Grand [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Afternoon council meetings win the day over evenings
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE IDEA OF HOLDING regular Kamloops City council meetings in the evening instead of afternoon was worth looking at but a staff report on [Continue]
ROTHENBURGER – New intersection speed cameras don’t go far enough
ONCE AGAIN, KAMLOOPS has been left out. Thirty-five B.C. intersections will be monitored with radar cameras to catch drivers who speed through. None will be in Kamloops. The [Continue]
EDITORIAL – No need for police to be defensive about investigations
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE KAMLOOPS RCMP DETACHMENT has been having some embarrassing moments. The tragic drowning death of a 23-year-old international student in [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Character assassination of famous B.C. judge must stop
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE CAMPAIGN TO DEMONIZE the most prominent jurist in British Columbia’s history continues. Monday night, New Westminster City council [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Let’s wish the newest royal baby the best of luck — he’ll need it
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE FIRST QUESTION asked after every royal birth is, what will the baby be named? And the second is, do you care? A lot, apparently, [Continue]
