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ARMCHAIR MAYOR – Running twice, running in place and not running at all

September 22, 2018 // 0 Comments

SOME CIVIC ELECTION odds and ends to catch up on this week. I’ve recently written about a couple of quirks of our civic election system. One is that people are allowed to [Continue]

ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – History shows Kamloops voters don’t like big changes

September 21, 2018 // 0 Comments

The following excerpt is from a column published Nov. 15, 2008 in The Kamloops Daily News. Ten years later, the situation now isn’t an exact comparison to what it was [Continue]

EDITORIAL – The civic election in Kamloops doesn’t have to be boring

September 20, 2018 // 3 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger MAYBE YOU’VE NEVER heard of William Turnbull. I certainly didn’t until he decided to run for mayor of Kamloops — then I had to look him [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Let’s stop fighting about pitbulls and look for solutions

September 19, 2018 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. ANOTHER FATAL pitbull attack, this time in Calgary, and once again the question of whether to ban the breed comes up. It’s a little like [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Holding two political jobs at once is one too many

September 19, 2018 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. HOW MANY public offices should one person hold? Is one enough? Two? Three? Kamloops Coun. Donovan Cavers wants two. He’s filed nomination [Continue]

COLUMN – Disappointing result on City resolution but that’s democracy

September 15, 2018 // 2 Comments

By MEL ROTHENBURGER Director, Electoral Area P, TNRD ONE OF THE MANY lessons learned during the sometimes bitter and always divisive six-year experience with the Ajax mine [Continue]

ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – 10 years ago, the Coquihalla cash cow was put to pasture

September 7, 2018 // 1 Comment

Hard to believe it’s been 10 years since tolls were taken off the Coquihalla. Here’s what I wrote about it on Saturday, Sept. 27, 2008 in the Kamloops Daily News [Continue]

TNRD – A modest suggestion for cutting the size of regional district boards

September 6, 2018 // 0 Comments

By MEL ROTHENBURGER Director, Electoral Area P, TNRD WHEN ONTARIO Premier Doug Ford announced his intention to unilaterally cut the number of Toronto City councillors from 47 [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Why it’s okay, and even necessary, to grieve for our dogs

September 1, 2018 // 3 Comments

(Video: Courtesy Kent Simmonds, CFJC-TV) His dog up and died He up and died After twenty years he still grieves — Lyrics, Mr. Bojangles. I’VE ALWAYS MARVELLED at the ease [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Westsyde Road safety issues not limited to Westmount

August 30, 2018 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. I’M GLAD TO SEE that the improvements to the Westmount elementary traffic situation will be ready for the first day of school next week. [Continue]

EDITORIAL – If 4th Avenue is in, what about the performing arts centre?

August 29, 2018 // 6 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THERE ARE TIMES when I have hope for City of Kamloops planners. A report on Phase 2 of the Downtown Plan process was released on Tuesday and [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Kamloops is anything but ‘uncaring and indifferent’

August 28, 2018 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. BEFORE POINTING FINGERS in public, sometimes it’s better to take a more positive approach and ask questions first. Take the health issues [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Sunday was a Pride day, and a proud day for Kamloops

August 27, 2018 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. I WAS PROUD of Kamloops on Sunday. Hundreds of people walked in the second annual Downtown Pride Parade, many of them representing social [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – A nostalgia tour up Goose Lake Road, post-Ajax mine

August 25, 2018 // 1 Comment

TOOK A NOSTALGIA TOUR this week, driving up Goose Lake Road. It’s different now than when KGHM was busy with pre-development on the Ajax project, but there are relics all [Continue]