Armchair Mayor

ROTHENBURGER – City Gardens housing project presents a Hobson’s Choice

September 26, 2020 // 0 Comments

TWENTY HERITAGE HOMES will be bulldozed if a major new downtown development goes ahead, which it probably will. The Kelson Group unveiled plans this week for a $140-million, [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – John Horgan’s election temptation is in the numbers

September 19, 2020 // 0 Comments

THURSDAY CAME AND WENT and Premier John Horgan didn’t call an election. That was the day he unveiled his “Stronger B.C.” economic recovery plan, which was supposedly [Continue]

KNOX – Tiny rural schools look good during the pandemic

September 13, 2020 // 0 Comments

SAANICH POLICE caught a drunk driver doing more than twice the speed limit outside Campus View elementary on the first day of school. For real, they picked off the truck [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Wouldn’t it be nice if politicians knew what they were doing?

September 12, 2020 // 2 Comments

The notion that politicians should be experts only sounds good until we consider the concept more thoroughly POLITICIANS HAVE BEEN GETTING NEW JOBS from their bosses lately. [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Time to stop being complacent about the threat of Ajax

September 5, 2020 // 5 Comments

JUST LIKE THAT, Ajax is back in the news. Abacus Mining and Exploration Corp. announced this week that KGHM, its senior partner in Ajax, has hired a new superintendent [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER: Paycheques tell the tale of who gets what at City Hall

August 22, 2020 // 0 Comments

ARE CITY EMPLOYEES and City council worth their paycheques? That’s a subjective question if there ever was one but first you have to know how much they’re getting paid. [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – ‘Beautiful hills, a beautiful view, asphalt and a downtown that’s dying’

August 15, 2020 // 1 Comment

‘IN KAMLOOPS, YOU GET IN YOUR CAR, you go to Chapters, there’s four acres of asphalt, then you get in your car and you drive to Overwaitea, because that’s two blocks [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER: 10 big Kamloops ideas that never made it off the drawing boards

August 8, 2020 // 1 Comment

IT TAKES IMAGINATION to build a great city, and that means coming up with a lot of ideas, big ideas. Some of them succeed and endure, like the Tournament Capital of Canada, [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – 50 years in Kamloops – time flies when you’re having fun

August 1, 2020 // 1 Comment

THE SUMMER OF 1970 was a busy time, especially on Monday, Aug. 3. There wasn’t yet a B.C. Day stat holiday; it was the beginning of a new work week. The sky was clear, the [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – I’m an old man, and you’re going to kill me with COVID-19

July 25, 2020 // 3 Comments

I’M 76 YEARS OLD and I want to know why you’re trying to kill me. You know who you are. You’re the one who doesn’t wear a mask because you feel embarrassed, believe [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – How the pandemic has changed the way we do medicine

July 18, 2020 // 0 Comments

I HAD AN APPOINTMENT with my doctor this week. He was in his office in Vancouver; I was in my house. We met on Facetime. Actually, I have several doctors. My nurse [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Answering the challenge to see into North Shore’s future

July 11, 2020 // 4 Comments

IS THE NORTH SHORE a neighbourhood or a community? I say the latter — in fact it’s a whole bunch of neighbourhoods put together — but whichever it is, it’s up for [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – For one day, Canada Day, can’t we all just have fun?

June 27, 2020 // 0 Comments

CANADA DAY WILL BE very different this year, but that’s stating the obvious. No art in the park, no multi-cultural food fair, no beer garden, no speeches or oath of [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Where should City put its money getting us from A to B?

June 20, 2020 // 2 Comments

LET’S TALK, as the City of Kamloops likes to say. Specifically, let’s talk about transportation priorities, and then you can tell me if you think City council is being [Continue]