ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – Gordon Chow, the man who ran for mayor
The following column was first published on March 15, 2014 in the Kamloops Daily News. SOMETHING WILL BE MISSING from this year’s civic election — the name of Gordon [Continue]
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ROTHENBURGER – BC Conservatives and a misunderstanding of ‘denialism’
CAN WE PLEASE get the definition of “denialism” straight? Denialism does not mean simply disagreeing with the viewpoints or claims of fact of another. Yet that’s the [Continue]
ROTHENBURGER – Why Sugarcane didn’t win a Best Documentary Oscar
KAMLOOPS HAD A PART in Sunday night’s (March 2, 2025) Academy Awards. A small one, but we were there in a film called Sugarcane that was nominated under the Best [Continue]
EDITORIAL – It’s Zelensky, not Donald Trump, who should be thanked
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE OVAL OFFICE shouting match today (Feb. 28, 2025) must surely go down in history as the most embarrassing failure in U.S. diplomacy ever. [Continue]
ROTHENBURGER – Hockey is Canada’s national sport; sorry, lacrosse isn’t
HOCKEY IS OURS. Our game. It, not lacrosse, is our true national sport. For generations, lacrosse fans have insisted that history entitles their favorite game to the [Continue]
ROTHENBURGER – Fretting over stray ‘secret’ report doesn’t address real issue
THERE’S SOMETHING about the mayor’s current legal issue with the Ministry of the Attorney-General that doesn’t sit right. Let’s do a quick review. After months of [Continue]
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