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ROTHENBURGER – Does Christianity need more atheist church ministers?

November 17, 2018 // 1 Comment

WHAT’S ORGANIZED RELIGION coming to? When a minister in the United Church not only is an atheist, but is supported in her atheism by her church, you know times they are [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Tongue-twister name for new trail could be a good thing

November 10, 2018 // 2 Comments

HAVE YOU TRIED OUT the new Xget’tem’ Trail? That’s the name of the multi-use paved path from Sahali to the bottom of Peterson Creek Park. It means Deep Valley in [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – When politicians cry, it doesn’t mean they’re crybabies

November 3, 2018 // 0 Comments

POLITICIANS DON’T CRY, do they? Well, yes they do. It was quite the tear fest during the final meeting of the outgoing Kamloops City council this week. I don’t recall [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Maybe Kamloops should leave arts and culture to Vernon

October 27, 2018 // 6 Comments

VERNON HAS SHOWN Kamloops how it’s done. Again. Last Saturday, Vernon residents voted to build themselves a $40-million multi-purpose cultural facility downtown. Of that, [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – There’s no law that says politicians have to listen

October 20, 2018 // 0 Comments

DOES FREEDOM OF SPEECH include the right not to listen? If we refuse to listen to someone, are we violating their right to be heard? And what if we want to speak, but don’t [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Announcing winners of the 2018 ‘Best Civic Election Signs’

October 13, 2018 // 0 Comments

WITH ALL THE ISSUES to talk about in the civic election — parking, businesses taxes, dirty needles, the performing arts centre, housing and so on and so on — we seem to [Continue]