Armchair Archives

ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – Homelessness arrives in Kamloops but so far so good

January 27, 2023 // 1 Comment

Homelessness is nothing new in Kamloops but, back in the ‘90s, as I wrote in this column published May 7, 1994 in the Kamloops Daily News (under the headline, “On the [Continue]

ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – What’s in a name? Money, when it comes to arenas

January 20, 2023 // 2 Comments

The following is an editorial published under my byline in The Kamloops Daily News on Aug. 8, 1996. History confirms my opinions on the matter did not prevail. [Continue]

ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – Don’t be fooled by the hocus locus of pro rep math

January 13, 2023 // 1 Comment

The following column was originally published Oct. 6, 2018. It’s specific to the B.C. referendum on the electoral system but it outlines the fundamental flaws of [Continue]

ELECTION 2022 – The loneliness (and stress) of the civic election candidate

September 9, 2022 // 0 Comments

This is nomination deadline day for local-government elections in B.C. I wrote the following column in 2014 as the election campaign wrapped up and I was reflecting on my [Continue]

ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – Remembering 2004 tsunami and how our city helped

December 26, 2020 // 0 Comments

The following editorial was first published on Dec, 25, 2014, 10 years less a day since the devastating Boxing Day Tsunami of 2004. Today, Dec. 26, 2020, it’s now 16 [Continue]

ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – Sappy Christmas movies are a threat to world peace

December 20, 2020 // 1 Comment

This column was first published Dec. 11, 2014. Nothing has changed. ONE OF THE CURSES of this holiday season is the annual onslaught of what we, in our house, call “sappy [Continue]

ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – City’s heritage is being turned into brick fireplaces

July 4, 2020 // 1 Comment

The Armchair Mayor is on staycay this week. In place of his usual editorials and columns we present some blasts from the past. The following column was originally published [Continue]

ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – Tales of woe from the land of the shifting soils

July 2, 2020 // 0 Comments

The Armchair Mayor is on staycay this week. In place of his usual daily editorials and column, we offer blasts from the past. The following column was originally published [Continue]

ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – Things to know about ourselves on Canada Day

July 1, 2020 // 1 Comment

The Armchair Mayor is on staycay this week. In place of his usual daily editorials and column, we offer blasts from the past. The following column was originally published [Continue]

ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – Downtown core may have no choice on Sunday opening

June 30, 2020 // 1 Comment

The Armchair Mayor is on staycay this week. In place of his usual daily editorials and column, we offer blasts from the past. The following column was originally published [Continue]

ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – It’s time to say goodbye to the trees at RIH

June 29, 2020 // 0 Comments

The Armchair Mayor is on staycay this week. In place of his usual daily editorials and column, we offer blasts from the past. The following column was originally published [Continue]

ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – There’s a middle ground on publishing killers’ names

June 12, 2020 // 0 Comments

This editorial was originally posted on June 1, 2014. A WEEK AGO, 22-year-old Elliot Rodger killed six people in a town in California, then killed himself. Another mass [Continue]

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]