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ROTHENBURGER – Frootloops council stars in its own sappy Christmas movie

December 24, 2022 // 3 Comments

FROOTLOOPS COUNCIL gathers around the horseshoe for a secret meeting on Christmas Eve to discuss matters of importance. Mayor Jackhammer is in the chair. MAYOR JACKHAMMER: [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Thin red line leads, eventually, to emergency department

December 17, 2022 // 0 Comments

A THIN RED LINE runs from the front of Royal Inland Hospital all the way to the back. It has nothing to do with Rudyard Kipling or the Sean Penn movie. It’s a literal thin [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Undaunted, the mayor carries on after a very busy week

December 10, 2022 // 1 Comment

IT’S BEEN A BUSY WEEK for Mayor RHJ, and not in a good way. But in the midst of the chaos, he found an hour for coffee with the Armchair Mayor to talk about it. He was [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Back alleys could be people places if we gave them a chance

December 3, 2022 // 1 Comment

THE BACK ALLEYS of Kamloops aren’t anywhere you want to spend a lot of time in. They’re stark, grungy places with busted up concrete, graffiti vandalism everywhere, [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Annual Black Friday frenzy just isn’t what it used to be

November 26, 2022 // 1 Comment

I WENT IN SEARCH of Black Friday yesterday. Couldn’t find it anywhere. There were lots of signs, just no people. Some announced simply, “Black Friday Sale Now On,” [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Security guard lives in limbo long after Victoria Street West incident

November 19, 2022 // 3 Comments

‘IT HAS NOT BEEN an easy year,” says Rick Eldridge as we sit in a downtown coffee shop. He wears a Ronik Security ballcap and jacket; his hair and beard look longer and [Continue]