Rothenburger

ROTHENBURGER – Does Christianity need more atheist church ministers?

November 17, 2018 // 1 Comment

WHAT’S ORGANIZED RELIGION coming to? When a minister in the United Church not only is an atheist, but is supported in her atheism by her church, you know times they are [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Winter Olympics are no longer an affordable party

November 15, 2018 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. NEXT DOOR IN ALBERTA, an important plebiscite was held Tuesday. Calgarians were deciding whether or not to support a bid to host the 2026 [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Seriously, is this any way to decide a referendum?

November 14, 2018 // 3 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE REFERENDUM on proportion representation is in a shambles. Cheer leaders for prop rep accuse First Past the Post defenders of fear [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Are our governors-general really worth the bother, and the cost?

November 13, 2018 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. OUR GOVERNORS-GENERAL are getting to be a bit of a handful. Either they’re travelling the world, spending too much money, or they aren’t [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Let’s keep one special day every year free of blowout sales

November 12, 2018 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. ONE OF THE HALLMARKS of the free enterprise economy is our great enthusiasm for using just about any occasion on the calendar to go on a [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Tongue-twister name for new trail could be a good thing

November 10, 2018 // 2 Comments

HAVE YOU TRIED OUT the new Xget’tem’ Trail? That’s the name of the multi-use paved path from Sahali to the bottom of Peterson Creek Park. It means Deep Valley in [Continue]

TNRD – New regional district board sworn in during inaugural meeting

November 8, 2018 // 0 Comments

A board of newbies and veterans was sworn into office Thursday night (Nov. 8, 2018) to guide the Thompson-Nicola Regional District for the next four years. Of the 26 board [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Purple poppy honors animals who ‘also served’ in war

November 8, 2018 // 3 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. I’M GUESSING YOU HAVEN’T noticed, but I like to wear a different lapel pin every day on the Armchair Mayor. I have so many of them I [Continue]

EDITORIAL – What to expect from Horgan and Wilkinson in the debate

November 7, 2018 // 3 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE DEBATE NOBODY EXPECTED to happen is set for Thursday night at 7 p.m. on Global and CBC TV and radio and it should be a corker. I’m [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Time to think about term limits for civic politicians again

November 6, 2018 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE INAUGURAL MEETINGS of Kamloops City council and the Kamloops-Thompson School Board were held last night, with the Thompson-Nicola [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Let’s stop worrying and learn to love the time change

November 5, 2018 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. FEELS LIKE MONDAY was a little slower to arrive than usual, doesn’t it? Might be because Daylight Saving Time came to an end for another [Continue]

TNRD – Regional district directors can disagree with each other, with respect

November 5, 2018 // 1 Comment

By MEL ROTHENBURGER Director, Electoral Area P, TNRD CAN POLITICIANS get along? At the federal and provincial levels, it would seem not. Even civic politics can be uncivil at [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – When politicians cry, it doesn’t mean they’re crybabies

November 3, 2018 // 0 Comments

POLITICIANS DON’T CRY, do they? Well, yes they do. It was quite the tear fest during the final meeting of the outgoing Kamloops City council this week. I don’t recall [Continue]

EDITORIAL – We could stop the annual deer slaughter if we wanted to

November 1, 2018 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE ANNUAL DEER SLAUGHTER is underway. I don’t mean the guns of autumn. I’m talking about the carnage on our rural roads. This is a [Continue]