EDITORIAL – Please spare us from an Oprah-Donald contest in 2020
An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IT’S COINCIDENTAL that Saturday marks the one-year anniversary of Donald Trump’s inauguration, and that the [Continue]
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ROTHENBURGER – Political hopefuls could learn a lot from Pat Wallace
PAT WALLACE hasn’t been on Kamloops City council forever. It just seems like it, in a good way. When I arrived in Kamloops in 1970, it was the time of Mayor Peter Wing and [Continue]
ROTHENBURGER – To Donald Trump, from all those shithole countries
U.S. President Donald Trump complained about immigration from “shithole countries” Thursday. The Washington Post, based on sources who were present at the time, [Continue]
ROTHENBURGER – Urban winter wussies need to count their blessings
I WAS STANDING at the kitchen window Friday morning, enjoying my first jolt of caffeine, gazing out at the frozen river. It’s always frozen this time of year. In the [Continue]
ROTHENBURGER – We live in an age of exaggeration, and we aren’t listening
IN ANTICIPATION of the new year, I will get my almost-annual rant about how we abuse the English language off my chest. This time, my gripe is with our impulse to make [Continue]
ROTHENBURGER – Frootloops council finds solution to costs of Christmas skit
The Big Day is almost upon the sleepy village of Frootloops, and the council has come together to plan the annual Christmas concert, featuring a skit by its members. Mayor [Continue]
