Editorials

EDITORIAL – Does wildfire volunteer effort need to get a second wind?

August 8, 2017 // 2 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. YOU COULD call it volunteer fatigue, or maybe volunteer dropout. After a few weeks of high-energy response to the wildfire [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Raw nerves become exposed during times of great stress

August 4, 2017 // 2 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger DURING TIMES of crisis, it’s natural for our sensitivities to be heightened. It wasn’t surprising, then, to receive an [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Top 10 reasons why Todd Stone could succeed Christy Clark

August 2, 2017 // 4 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THERE ARE a lot of reasons Todd Stone has a shot at becoming the next leader of the BC Liberals and, therefore, a future [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Sorry, Conservatives won’t be the next thing in B.C. politics

August 1, 2017 // 8 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. OH, GOSH when will the BC Conservatives give up and find something better to do? They can’t find a leader and remain [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Why can’t we accept a compliment for our prime minister?

July 28, 2017 // 7 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. “Justin Trudeau is trying to Make Canada Great Again. He is using, let us say, different methods.” — [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Nine billion reasons we should use cloth shopping bags

July 27, 2017 // 9 Comments

An Armchair Mayor editorial by Mel Rothenburger. WHILE I WAS contemplating Wednesday’s editorial on plastic bags, I happened to pick up a copy of the National Post and [Continue]