Rothenburger

EDITORIAL – CER report that says TMX might not be needed is too late

November 26, 2020 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. ALL ONE HAS TO DO is drive past the airport or up the North Thompson Valley along Westsyde Road to know that the Trans Mountain pipeline [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Is it time for a new face and voice on B.C.’s pandemic response?

November 25, 2020 // 5 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. DARE I SAY IT? Dare I utter the words? Is it time for Dr. Bonnie Henry to turn over the reins of B.C.’s pandemic response to someone else? [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Through all the hype and pressure of Christmas, think local

November 24, 2020 // 0 Comments

A READER E-MAILED ME the other day questioning why a local mall has decided to extend store hours during the Christmas shopping season. Her concern is that longer store hours [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Kamloops might have the answer to BC Liberals’ leadership

November 23, 2020 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE BC LIBERALS need a new leader. Andrew Wilkinson, who initially said he’d stay on until a permanent replacement is found, announced [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Here’s one party host who didn’t play his cards right

November 21, 2020 // 4 Comments

SOME GUY IN PINEVIEW VALLEY is more than three thousand dollars poorer today and I don’t feel at all sorry for him. For those who missed the story yesterday, police were [Continue]

EDITORIAL – More can be done to keep COVID-19 away from our schools

November 19, 2020 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. HERE’S A HUMBLE SUGGESTION for reducing the risk of spreading COVID-19 among school kids: make them wear masks and keep their distance [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Keep patio extensions, lose the Fourth Avenue mall idea

November 18, 2020 // 3 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. WOULD YOU sit outside on a downtown or Tranquille Corridor patio in the middle of December or January sipping a latte or having a sandwich? [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Police need to ramp up transparency in crime reports

November 17, 2020 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. EVERY FEW DAYS, it seems, there’s a report from Kamloops RCMP about a break-in at a business. In many cases, a general location is [Continue]

EDITORIAL – More stores should get tough on COVID-19 before it happens

November 16, 2020 // 3 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THERE ARE TWO KINDS of stores: the kind that diligently sanitizes and takes other preventive measures after one or more COVID-19 cases have [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Two years in, how are council newbies performing?

November 14, 2020 // 1 Comment

TWO NOVEMBERS AGO, a new Kamloops City council was sworn in. They took an oath to “truly, faithfully and impartially” carry out their duties. Four of the nine members of [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Some advice for road rage idiots who think it’s all about them

November 12, 2020 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO I had just pulled up to a red light at the intersection at the bottom of Summit Drive when my truck stalled and [Continue]

REMEMBERING – Pvt. George McLean, a hero of Vimy Ridge

November 11, 2020 // 2 Comments

By MEL ROTHENBURGER April 9, 1917, 5:29 a.m., Vimy Ridge, France Twenty thousand Canadian soldiers sat silently in their rat-infested, urine-soaked trenches, stretched out [Continue]

EDITORIAL – COVID-19 outbreak at RIH site good reason not to relax

November 10, 2020 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE COVID-19 OUTBREAK at Royal Inland Hospital’s patient care tower construction project should have us thinking twice about loosening up [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Milobar must have had sense of déjà vu in election count

November 9, 2020 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. KAMLOOPS-NORTH THOMPSON MLA-elect Peter Milobar must have had a distinct sense of déjà vu all over again on the weekend. At the end of [Continue]