Armchair Mayor

EDITORIAL – Finding somewhere for the street folks to go isn’t easy

June 2, 2021 // 0 Comments

YOU MIGHT HAVE NOTICED, as you drive up from Victoria Street West onto Seymour, there’s usually a half dozen street folks hanging out at the honking big utilities box [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Discovery of gravesites highlights the tragedy of Indian residential schools

May 29, 2021 // 0 Comments

THE GRIM DISCOVERY of the apparent gravesites of 215 children will undoubtedly change some thinking about what went on at the Kamloops Indian Residential School in the almost [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – More on the park decision and high-risk takedowns

May 22, 2021 // 0 Comments

SOME FURTHER DETAILS need to be laid out to fully understand how an extremely effective lobby from within the business community quickly worked its way up through the City [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER: Remembering Capt. Jenn Casey one year after Snowbirds tragedy

May 17, 2021 // 0 Comments

NOTE: Today, May 17, 2021 is the one-year anniversary of the Snowbirds’ crash in Kamloops and the tragic death of Capt. Jenn Casey. The following column was originally [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – ‘They really must do something’ about crime but what, and who’s ‘they’?

May 15, 2021 // 1 Comment

THEY REALLY MUST DO SOMETHING. That’s what we usually say when we’re frustrated about the way things are going but have no answers to offer. When we don’t even know who [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – A few yoga classes won’t ‘commercialize’ Riverside Park

May 8, 2021 // 2 Comments

ALLOWING THE ALMIGHTY DOLLAR into Riverside Park has long been a worry for the denizens of Kamloops. Commercialization of the city’s gem must be avoided at all costs, [Continue]