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ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – Heritage Commission ignored out of existence

October 11, 2019 // 0 Comments

The following column was originally published April 20, 2019. The Kamloops Heritage Commission was a different group than the Kamloops Heritage Society that operates St. [Continue]

ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – Should parents ask their kids to take sides?

September 6, 2019 // 0 Comments

A reminder of what things were like during the B.C. teachers’ strike of 2014. The following editorial by Mel Rothenburger was published on ArmchairMayor.ca on Sept. 2, [Continue]

ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – Traffic plan should return Seymour to two-way

August 16, 2019 // 1 Comment

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger first published May 24, 2018. KAMLOOPS CITY HALL is in the last days of its public-input phase for a new transportation [Continue]

ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – B.C. Day sure seemed like a good idea at the time

August 2, 2019 // 1 Comment

The following column was first posted on Aug. 3, 2014. THIS IS THE B.C. DAY long weekend. It’s B.C. Day on Monday, though nobody knows why. Mostly, it seemed like a good [Continue]

ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – The stuff the school board talks about in secret

March 29, 2019 // 0 Comments

This column was originally published in the Kamloops News on March 1, 1978: THIS WEEK WAS THE FIRST in which local news media received in advance the background [Continue]

ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – The loneliness of the civic-election candidate

October 19, 2018 // 0 Comments

Campaigning is stressful, and there’s no more stressful time than the home stretch. At the same time, there’s a sort of relief that it will soon be over. I wrote [Continue]

ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – Why Good Samaritans are an endangered breed

October 5, 2018 // 0 Comments

This column was originally posed on Oct. 1, 2010. IF YOU SAW SOMEONE in obvious distress, would you stop to help? Or would you pass by? Many people would stop. Most [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]

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]

ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – The fruits and veggies theory of transferable vote

August 24, 2018 // 4 Comments

Originally published May 2, 2009 in The Kamloops Daily News. IN 2005, I VOTED against BC-STV because I didn’t understand it. In 2009, I will vote against BC-STV because I [Continue]

ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – Will Nelson Riis run for federal NDP; can he win?

August 10, 2018 // 0 Comments

A column by Mel Rothenburger in the Kamloops News published on Feb. 11. 1977. FOR SOMETHING THAT’S still many months away, the next federal election is shaping up to be one [Continue]

ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – Time’s up for graffiti mural on Memorial Arena

August 3, 2018 // 0 Comments

Column published in the Kamloops Daily News on Nov. 2, 2010. WHAT WAS ONCE BILLED as the largest graffiti mural in Canada reached its 10th anniversary earlier this year. A [Continue]

ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – These new self-serve gas stations don’t turn my crank

July 27, 2018 // 1 Comment

Back when time began, there was no such thing as a self-serve gas station. And mechanics used to actually fix cars, too. If you don’t believe me, read this column published [Continue]

ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – Here’s just the ticket to cut down on stress

July 20, 2018 // 0 Comments

This column from the archives was first published on July 10, 2013. I WAS 16 when I got my first speeding ticket. Your first ticket is one of those rites of passage you [Continue]