Armchair Mayor

ARMCHAIR MAYOR – It’s time for introverts to throw off our shackles

September 29, 2018 // 0 Comments

ACCORDING TO A NEW STUDY, there are only four types of personalities. This flies in the face of previous wisdom that there are eight, or even 16. I can narrow it down even [Continue]

ARMCHAIR MAYOR – Running twice, running in place and not running at all

September 22, 2018 // 0 Comments

SOME CIVIC ELECTION odds and ends to catch up on this week. I’ve recently written about a couple of quirks of our civic election system. One is that people are allowed to [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Why it’s okay, and even necessary, to grieve for our dogs

September 1, 2018 // 3 Comments

(Video: Courtesy Kent Simmonds, CFJC-TV) His dog up and died He up and died After twenty years he still grieves — Lyrics, Mr. Bojangles. I’VE ALWAYS MARVELLED at the ease [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – A nostalgia tour up Goose Lake Road, post-Ajax mine

August 25, 2018 // 1 Comment

TOOK A NOSTALGIA TOUR this week, driving up Goose Lake Road. It’s different now than when KGHM was busy with pre-development on the Ajax project, but there are relics all [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Warning to candidates: prepare for crap and abuse

August 18, 2018 // 2 Comments

IT’S COMMON SPECULATION that at least 30 people will put their names forward for councillor positions plus several for mayor in the upcoming Kamloops civic election. [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – How about we tell drop-in politicians to stay home?

August 11, 2018 // 4 Comments

AS LONG AS WE’RE TALKING about electoral reform, how about we do something about drop-in politicians? Federal NDP leader Jagmeet Singh has announced he’ll run in a [Continue]