Rothenburger

ROTHENBURGER – School dress codes are needed but they’re hard to get right

February 27, 2021 // 4 Comments

NOTHING LIKE A DRESS CODE to make for a good controversy, especially if it’s got to do with schools. As the Kamloops-Thompson School District mulls over changes to its [Continue]

EDITORIAL – The ‘self-care Bingo card’ isn’t worth getting angry about

February 25, 2021 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS to get frustrated over when it comes to how our governments have been communicating on the COVID-19 pandemic, but [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Action, not just words, needed on social housing and crime

February 24, 2021 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. KUDOS TO SEVERAL CITY COUNCILLORS who are determined to wrestle the issue of social housing and associated street crime to the ground. Coun. [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Wells Gray killer David Ennis must never be set free

February 23, 2021 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. MASS MURDERER DAVID ENNIS, formerly David William Shearing, is up for parole in July, and thousands of people are fighting to make sure he [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Dog owners deserve little sympathy on late-payment penalty

February 22, 2021 // 3 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. KAMLOOPS DOG OWNERS complaining about new late fees for tardy payment of annual dog licences don’t deserve much sympathy. Non-payment of [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER: Nothing like a night in ER to make us appreciate health care

February 20, 2021 // 0 Comments

IF YOU HAPPENED to spend the night on a gurney in the Emergency Department hallway recently, you would have gotten a pretty good idea of the challenges faced by our [Continue]

EDITORIAL – What the City’s survey on parking management doesn’t say

February 18, 2021 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. PUBLIC FEEDBACK ON PARKING is underway after a delay caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Residents, whether they live in Kamloops or outside of [Continue]

EDITORIAL – New gun control bill a dismal mish mash of half measures

February 17, 2021 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. AS MUCH AS WE NEED better gun control laws in this country, the latest measures unveiled yesterday by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau have me [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Case for rapid testing at care homes more and more compelling

February 16, 2021 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. JUST AS SIGNS OF HOPE appear in COVID-19 outbreaks at long-term care homes, the numbers suddenly vibrate again. There have been new [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Solution to disappearing shopping carts remains elusive

February 13, 2021 // 2 Comments

GOING ON FOUR YEARS after shopping carts became a high-profile issue, there’s still no solution. In 2017, RCMP embarked on a crackdown on shopping-cart theft, seizing carts [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Skip the Dishes’ ‘B.C. fee’ more of an annoyance than deterrence

February 11, 2021 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. I LIKE THOSE SKIP THE DISHES television commercials in which Jon Hamm of Mad Men fame plays a slightly over-the-hill actor discovering the [Continue]

EDITORIAL – There’s a bright spot in City council’s latest budget increase

February 10, 2021 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE .93 PERCENT TAX INCREASE in this year’s City of Kamloops budget is being hailed as the lowest in at least 10 years. That’s actually [Continue]

EDITORIAL: We should vaccinate for one Olympics and boycott the other

February 9, 2021 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. HERE’S A TALE of two Olympics. If all goes well, Tokyo will host the 2020 Summer Games later this year. Not far away, Beijing is preparing [Continue]

EDITORIAL – City council’s budget wish list looks like a multiple choice test

February 8, 2021 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THERE’S AN OLD STRATEGY for getting the right answer from your boss. Whenever he or she wants you to craft a plan for how to do something [Continue]