ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – The loneliness of the civic-election candidate
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
ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – Why Good Samaritans are an endangered breed
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
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
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
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?
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
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
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
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]
ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – Move summary to top and throw away the report
A column by Kamloops News editor Mel Rothenburger published May 21, 1985. I WAS ACCUSED in a letter to the editor the other day of writing an editorial based on ignorance. A [Continue]
ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – Running the Summit Drive gauntlet
An Armchair Mayor column by Mel Rothenburger published in The Kamloops Daily News on Sept. 8, 2012. EACH WEEKDAY MORNING, university students exit the apartment buildings [Continue]
ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – The time has come to be proud of all things Canadian
As mayor I wrote a column called City Hallways. Here’s the one published in 2004 on the occasion of Canada Day. IT WAS ANOTHER great Canada Day in Kamloops. With your [Continue]
ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – How CBC radio is ruining the English language
I love the CBC. This column, published in The Kamloops Daily News on Saturday, Feb. 7, 2009, was intended in the most constructive way. Honest. REFLECTING UPON the death of [Continue]
ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – Rowdy behaviour and grad go together
Some thoughts on grads ceremonies back in 1982, written by Mel Rothenburger, Chair, Kamloops School Board, published April 26, 1982. THE COMMENCEMENT ceremony season is fast [Continue]
