Editorials

EDITORIAL – Premier’s apology to NDP was the ‘correct’ thing to do

February 10, 2017 // 1 Comment

An Armchair Mayor editorial by Mel Rothenburger. PREMIER CHRISTY CLARK brought new meaning to the term “political correctness” on Friday (Feb. 10, 2017) as she apologized [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Clark showed surprising lack of judgment on hacking issue

February 10, 2017 // 3 Comments

An Armchair Mayor editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IT DOESN’T quiet add up to the Kinder Morgan surprise that dashed the hopes of the NDP in the last provincial election, but [Continue]

EDITORIAL – SOS, lost in RIH parkade, please send a search party

February 9, 2017 // 5 Comments

An Armchair Mayor editorial by Mel Rothenburger. COMPLAINING ABOUT parking at Royal Inland Hospital is a little like hitting someone when they’re already down, like [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Coun. Singh deserves praise for speaking out on immigrants

February 7, 2017 // 4 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IT SHOULDN’T be necessary, in this day and age, for people to stand up and defend refugees and immigrants, to proclaim [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Free speech isn’t the monopoly of the righteous

February 6, 2017 // 0 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. FREE SPEECH can’t be just for some; it has to be for all. That includes both left and right — conservatives, liberals, [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Despite everything, the Americans are always there for us

February 3, 2017 // 0 Comments

Note: Since we’re all pretty focused on the Americans right now, let’s reprise an Armchair Mayor column from February 2014, as we were feeling pretty good about [Continue]