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ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – Columnists don’t see themselves as others see them

March 7, 2025 // 3 Comments

The following column was first published in The Kamloops News on Friday, March 4, 1977. SINCE I WROTE last week’s column I have learned that columnists don’t always turn [Continue]

ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – It was a dark and stormy night at the video mart

February 28, 2025 // 2 Comments

In the days before live-streaming TV, people fought over the best movies at the video rental store, or subscribed to “cable,” or bought huge satellite TV dishes that [Continue]

ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – Somewhere, there must be some good news today

February 22, 2025 // 2 Comments

Every once in a while, somebody comes up with the idea that the media should stop reporting on so much bad news and focus more on the good stuff. This column from the [Continue]

ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – Aw shucks, America, no need to keep thanking us

February 14, 2025 // 1 Comment

The following column was first published Feb. 27, 1980 in the Kamloops News. JUST MAYBE, now that Pierre Trudeau is back in power, we can normalize relations with the States. [Continue]

ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – Kamloops should be proud of being a cow town

February 7, 2025 // 1 Comment

NOTE: The column that follows was first published Feb. 17, 1988 in the Kamloops Daily News. Although Skalbania’s idea of running bulls down Victoria Street never came to [Continue]

ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – What all of Kamloops was talking about in 1975

January 31, 2025 // 0 Comments

Ever wonder what Kamloopsians were talking about in 1975? The following Mel Rothenburger column was published in The Kamloops News on Jan. 30, 1976. Some of those mentioned [Continue]