Armchair Mayor

ROTHENBURGER: Latest council investigation is a strange prelude to bringing in a referee

September 30, 2023 // 0 Comments

ON THE SAME DAY Coun. Margot Middleton made a motion to ask the B.C. Municipal Affairs Ministry to step in and help council get its act together, councillors retreated behind [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER: If both sides want to protect kids, why is common ground so hard to find?

September 23, 2023 // 3 Comments

WHEN TWO SIDES square off, as they did on Columbia Street this week, one wonders about common ground. Sometimes there isn’t any. Sometimes it’s so meagre it does nothing [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – The important legacies of late TNRD chair Ken Gillis

September 16, 2023 // 4 Comments

I WAS IN MY TRUCK listening to the radio news on Thursday when I heard the shocking announcement that former Thompson-Nicola Regional District board chair Ken Gillis had [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – What City council doesn’t get about living on the North Thompson River

September 9, 2023 // 14 Comments

AS A RIVER DWELLER I’ve been struck by the death of insight of most Kamloops City councillors into the challenges of depending on the North Thompson as a source of water. [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER: When it comes to bears, we’re a bag of contradictions

September 2, 2023 // 1 Comment

STEWARDSHIP IS SUCH a positive sounding word. When used in connection with wildlife, it gives the impression of caring and protection. That’s what it means to some people [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER: Community expertise needs to be brought into wildfire fight

August 26, 2023 // 4 Comments

HEROES OR FOOLS? Those who refuse to evacuate and who instead stay behind to defend their homes against wildfires are one or the other depending on your point of view. It [Continue]