ROTHENBURGER – Are we too easy, or too tough on our young people?
“At the age of nine I had to do the work of a teenager, working with four horses hitched to a set of harrows walking behind barefooted. Boots couldn’t be worn because [Continue]
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EDITORIAL – The question that shouldn’t be asked at U.S. border
An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE SAD STATE of Canada-U.S. relations is no more obvious than in the marijuana border rule. Let me explain. Recreational [Continue]
ARMCHAIR MAYOR – The day Harry’s parents paid a visit to Kamloops
BIG DAY, royal wedding and all. Today is all about Harry and Meghan. Seems like only yesterday it was all about Charles and Diana. Chuck and Di. Back when Harry was just a [Continue]
ROTHENBURGER – The ‘It’s not who I am’ excuse doesn’t work anymore
THERE’S AN OLD saying in business, “It’s better to ask forgiveness than permission.” Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t. There’s a new saying when [Continue]
EDITORIAL – City at least half right with proposal for McIsland golf property
An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. WELL, IT LOOKS like the City is on the right track with the question of what to do with the McArthur Island mini-golf [Continue]
ROTHENBURGER – City’s newest public art piece should have good wheels
I CAN HARDLY WAIT for the unveiling of our next major piece of public art, a monument to the volunteers of the 2017 wildfires. Public art in Kamloops is always like opening a [Continue]
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