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ROTHENBURGER – Shutting down City’s Facebook comments is the wrong move

June 18, 2022 // 1 Comment

HERE WE GO AGAIN with Internet incivility. This time, the City of Kamloops has banned commenters from its Facebook page. I think it’s the wrong move, but let’s look at [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER: As we welcome Ukrainian refugees, the propaganda war rages

June 11, 2022 // 1 Comment

AS KAMLOOPS WELCOMES a growing number of Ukrainian refugees, I’m proud of our community for stepping up. According to media reports there are now more than 50 who have [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER: Rain, rain, go away, come again another day… or not

June 4, 2022 // 1 Comment

Sometimes an April day will suddenly bring showers Rain to grow the flowers for her first bouquet. — Lyrics from hit song by Pat Boone, 1957. STARING OUT THE [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER: Why we need to spend money on museums, theatres and Olympics

May 28, 2022 // 3 Comments

‘ALL WORK AND NO PLAY makes Jack a dull boy.’ Jack Nicholson typed it over and over again in The Shining as his character descended into madness. The proverb has been [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER: Thoughts for a long weekend – museums, Charles and what’s in a name

May 21, 2022 // 0 Comments

SOME SCATTERED THOUGHTS for a long weekend. A couple of kids were walking past the Royal B.C. Museum in Victoria the other day. One girl was about 12, the other about 14. [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER- They don’t make things like they used to, and it’s on purpose

May 14, 2022 // 1 Comment

EVERY TIME I THROW another pair of old socks into the rag bin, I think about my mom. She would have darned those socks and made them good to go for another year. That’s not [Continue]