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ROTHENBURGER – Life in a small town can get a bit silly at times

June 15, 2019 // 3 Comments

LIFE IN A SMALL TOWN can get kind of silly, sometimes, can’t it? By small town, I mean, of course, small in the best sense of the word, a place where you can walk down the [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – We’re better off not knowing the answers to everything

June 8, 2019 // 1 Comment

AS MUCH AS HUMANS constantly pursue the unknown, I’m convinced there’s a part of us that doesn’t want to find the answers to everything. Certain things are best left as [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER: Busking bylaw was a solution looking for a problem

June 1, 2019 // 1 Comment

It was an attempt to increase the quality of busking, but what about the quality of panhandling? THE ‘STREET PERFORMANCE’ issue appears to finally be put to rest and [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – No sign of a wave coming to help out candidates

May 25, 2019 // 0 Comments

EVERYBODY IN TOWN knows who’s going to win the next federal election. Just ask them. And who will be the next MP for Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo? Just ask them. Here’s a [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – We’ve now crossed the line of incivility into death threats

May 18, 2019 // 1 Comment

IT KEEPS GETTING TOUGHER and tougher to serve your community in politics. This week, a 52-year-old man was arrested for threatening the life of Kelowna mayor Colin Basran. [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – New intersection speed cameras don’t go far enough

May 11, 2019 // 2 Comments

ONCE AGAIN, KAMLOOPS has been left out. Thirty-five B.C. intersections will be monitored with radar cameras to catch drivers who speed through. None will be in Kamloops. The [Continue]