Armchair Mayor

EDITORIAL – City’s loss of a million dollars in funding is a head scratcher

September 28, 2021 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. A MILLION DOLLARS is not chump change, especially to taxpayers. City council has been scratching its head over how Kamloops lost out on a [Continue]

EDITORIAL – A ‘new normal’ with China begins right here in our home town

September 27, 2021 // 5 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. WHAT TO DO about China? That seems to be the big question now that Meng Wanzhou has gone home and the two Michaels are back on Canadian [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER: Pro rep shows up again like an uninvited house guest

September 25, 2021 // 4 Comments

LIKE AN UNWANTED house guest, proportional representation keeps showing up and wanting to move in. It’s happening again. It was inevitable, perhaps, that the losers in the [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Will we vote with our heads or our hearts in this election?

September 18, 2021 // 0 Comments

MONDAY’S ELECTION seems more about who not to vote for than who to vote for. In attack ads and daily media statements, party leaders focus on instilling fear in voters [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Tennis, the need for more debates, and remembering 9-11

September 11, 2021 // 0 Comments

THE FACT THAT so many Canadians spent Thursday night flipping channels between the leaders’ debate and the match featuring tennis phenom Leyla Annie Fernandez at the U.S. [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Getting the vaccination card is easy; the hard part comes later

September 9, 2021 // 0 Comments

THERE WILL BE NO SHORTAGE of people signing up for their B.C. COVID-19 vaccination cards, working their way through the application process. After a soft launch of online [Continue]