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ROTHENBURGER – Will the sun rise in the west over City Hall this year?

January 13, 2025 // 3 Comments

CIVIC POLITICIANS get back to work this week and the question is, will anything be different? Come Tuesday (Jan. 14, 2025) , for example, will councillors manage to stay [Continue]

ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – 10 things that will probably happen in 2014

January 3, 2025 // 0 Comments

The following column was published in the Kamloops Daily News on Jan. 2, 2014. Several of the predictions came true; others would hold true for 2025. SPEAKING OF LISTS. Which [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Mayor Hammer calls a special meeting of Frootloops council

December 24, 2024 // 7 Comments

‘TIS THE NIGHT before Christmas, and all through City Hall, not a creature is stirring, especially not Mayor Jack Hammer, who isn’t allowed anywhere near the place. [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Coun. Middleton’s answer on her donation promise

December 21, 2024 // 12 Comments

IT’S THAT TIME of year, the time for giving. Not only giving to friends and loved ones with nicely wrapped presents under the tree, but giving to favourite charities. One [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Sarai’s atonement went part way but not far enough

December 3, 2024 // 11 Comments

COUN. BILL SARAI today (Dec. 3, 2024) went partway towards atonement for his secret recording of a conversation with Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson in January 2023. But he didn’t [Continue]