EDITORIAL – This minimum-wage and tips system costs too much
LIQUOR SERVERS will, eventually, make as much in wages as other minimum-wage earners in B.C. and it makes total sense. Currently, they get only $10.10 an hour, compared to [Continue]
Editorials
EDITORIAL – There’s nothing wrong with giving our schools a report card
An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. The Fraser Institute’s annual elementary school rankings are out. This, of course, drives educators bonkers. Most schools [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Post office still has work to do on theft-proofing community boxes
An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IF YOU THOUGHT your mail was safe in the new community mailboxes, don’t be so sure. Living in a rural area, I pick up my [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Forget about putting my tax dollars into a pipeline
WHATEVER HAPPENED to free enterprise in this country? Texas-based Kinder Morgan’s threat to pull the plug on Trans Mountain if jurisdictional squabbles aren’t resolved by [Continue]
EDITORIAL – An independent Cascadia will never become a reality
An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. A LOT OF PEOPLE had probably never heard of Cascadia before Coun. Donovan Cavers tweeted about it last week. Most of the [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Can someone please explain what ‘national interest’ means?
An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. CAN SOMEONE please provide a clear definition of “the national interest” when it comes to pipelines? I ask this in the [Continue]
EDITORIAL – On Cavers: freedom of speech doesn’t mean you have to use it
An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. NOW THAT we’ve had a couple of days to be indignant about Coun. Donovan Cavers’ latest faux pas, let’s try to figure [Continue]
EDITORIAL – New rules on homeless camping show need for speed
An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IT MIGHT SEEM as though Kamloops City council is opening up public parks to the homeless and saying ‘Come on in,” but [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Why a new North Thompson Bridge is a good idea
An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE RECENT DISCUSSION here on the Armchair Mayor about scrapping plans for the Singh Street Bridge raised questions about [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Does council have the gumption to ban plastic bags?
An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IT SEEMS STRANGE to me, with all the environmental problems we face — climate change, greenhouse gases, air pollution — [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Turns out happiness at the till is a two-way street
An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. NOT THAT long ago I shared my opinions on cashiers, suggesting a good many of them needed an attitude adjustment. [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Accountability needed when politicians raise their pay
OF ALL THE decisions politicians must make, none is ever tougher or more controversial than deciding how much to pay themselves. Though it’s always political dynamite, some [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Keeping marijuana consumption off the streets a good idea
An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. I LIKE Calgary’s approach to the consumption of marijuana in public. Our Alberta neighbor is looking at restricting [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Remembering Rob Ford – the good and the not-so-much
An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IT’S HARD TO BELIEVE it’s been two years since the death of Rob Ford. Though he was the mayor of far-away Toronto, [Continue]
