Rothenburger

ROTHENBURGER: Salmon airlift a justified response to Mother Nature

July 22, 2019 // 4 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. I HAD A RIDE in a helicopter once, or maybe twice. A few thousand or million salmon will get the same opportunity now that officials have [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – More on how we try, and mostly fail, to control panhandling

July 20, 2019 // 4 Comments

SUPPOSE YOU’RE AT THE BANK MACHINE and there’s a panhandler sitting or standing there and he asks you for some spare change. Would you feel comfortable sliding your bank [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Trump’s latest racist tweets are absurd, disgusting

July 18, 2019 // 3 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS Canada is better at than the U.S. Our air is cleaner, our money is prettier, our comedians are funnier, our health [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Don’t expect too much from the gas-price inquiry

July 17, 2019 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. I’M NOT GETTING MY HOPES UP for the hearings that get underway today on gasoline prices in B.C. I’ll be surprised if the inquiry [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER: Maybe fines for panhandling actually work

July 16, 2019 // 3 Comments

An Armchair Mayor editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE LATEST ATTEMPT to do something about panhandling comes in Salmon Arm, where the City council has approved a $50 fine. [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER: Chuckwagon races should be abolished

July 15, 2019 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE CALGARY STAMPEDE wrapped up Sunday night and three more horses died in the chuckwagon races. That makes a total of six at this year’s [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Plastic bag fiasco proves need for recall for city councils

July 13, 2019 // 2 Comments

DO YOU EVER WISH there was a way to throw the rascals out without waiting for the next election? There is at the provincial level, but not municipal. Maybe it’s time for an [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Looters deserve to be hammered hard by the courts

July 11, 2019 // 4 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. OKANAGAN-SIMILKAMEEN-NICOLA MP DAN ALBAS is shopping around for support of a private member’s bill he hopes will deter anyone [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Guardians of beige continue to hold sway at City Hall

July 10, 2019 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. TIME TO BEAT THE DRUM AGAIN for colour in our buildings. I do it about once every five years in hopes someone will listen. What brings it up [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Why the old system of snap elections was better

July 9, 2019 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. ARE YOU GETTING TIRED of the election campaign yet? I know, the campaign isn’t officially underway yet, and it’s still more than three [Continue]

EDITORIAL – What about those produce bags and doggie-poop bags?

July 8, 2019 // 5 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE UPHILL BATTLE against plastic is amply demonstrated by the draft bylaw going in front of Kamloops City council this week. Council [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – City council’s toughest choice – green or growth

July 6, 2019 // 5 Comments

SELDOM HAS AN ISSUE been so starkly defined within the walls of Kamloops City Hall as during council’s climate change debate. And never before have we heard Coun. Arjun [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Who knew a crosswalk could cost $10,000?

July 4, 2019 // 10 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IF A BUSINESS WAS RUN like government, it would go broke for lack of customers, who would soon give up waiting to be served. Not that [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Scheer proves he can bring out a crowd during Kamloops stop

July 3, 2019 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE KAMLOOPS SUNSHINE smiled on Andrew Scheer and the Conservatives yesterday. Three hundred and fifty people exchanged donations for [Continue]