Armchair Mayor

ROTHENBURGER – Why we grieve for our pets as much as for humans

February 25, 2026 // 4 Comments

EVERY TIME I’m in Tanner’s old stall, or anywhere near it, as I was this morning, I feel heavy in my heart. Our beautiful buckskin ate there, rested there and, a year ago [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Is the wrecking ball coming for Stuart Wood school?

February 9, 2026 // 7 Comments

ANOTHER KEY PIECE of Kamloops heritage is in danger of being lost. This is a familiar story because the roll call of city heritage buildings has steadily diminished over the [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Mayor’s latest gambit aims straight at the ballot box

January 30, 2026 // 7 Comments

TWO NOTICES of motion submitted by Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson stand no chance of being approved, and he’ll be lucky to even get a seconder for discussion. One is that [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Speculation underway about the mayoral ballot

January 28, 2026 // 11 Comments

AND SO IT BEGINS. Names are starting to firm up, ever so slightly, as possible contenders for the mayoralty in this fall’s civic election. The only two for-sures at this [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – It’s an election year; silly season is coming

January 14, 2026 // 3 Comments

WELCOME to Silly Season — it’s an election year. The term “silly season” was coined to describe the uneventful media days of late summer when the kids were out of [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – A couple of hours in the life of Kamloops, at Service Canada

January 5, 2026 // 2 Comments

I EXPERIENCED a slice of Kamloops life in a different way today. It wasn’t at the park, a meeting, or a shopping mall. No, it came via a two hour and 45 minute wait at [Continue]