Armchair Archives

ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – How CBC radio is ruining the English language

June 22, 2018 // 7 Comments

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

June 15, 2018 // 0 Comments

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]

ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – City should be proud of being a hick cowtown

June 8, 2018 // 2 Comments

What was Kamloops thinking about in February of 1988? Running bulls down Victoria Street and celebrating our Western heritage. This “Editor’s Notes” column was [Continue]

ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – The day the waterfront centre was rejected

June 1, 2018 // 3 Comments

Today, we revisit the 1987 referendum on the proposed $50-million Waterfront Centre that would have included a convention centre, sports coliseum, museum and performing arts [Continue]

ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – Roadside Spandex blooms like dandelions

May 25, 2018 // 0 Comments

For this week’s blast from the past, I offer the following Armchair Mayor column, which was first published in the Kamloops Daily News on May 29, 2012. Next week is [Continue]

ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – Happy Birthday, Karl Marx from ‘Comrade Rothenburger’

May 18, 2018 // 0 Comments

This month marks the 200thanniversary of the birth of Karl Marx. The following column was published in The Kamloops News on March 30, 1977, very likely the last time I [Continue]