Editorials

EDITORIAL – Metric is a failure; let’s go back to the good old Imperial system

November 29, 2016 // 7 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. WE STILL LIVE in two solitudes in this country. I don’t mean the French-English thing. I mean the Imperial-Metric thing. [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Mamma Mia! proves what a success a PAC could have been

November 28, 2016 // 6 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IT’S A REALLY big show, this Mamma Mia! musical running at the Sagebrush Theatre for the next couple of weeks. At [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Whatever happened to saying nice things about dead people?

November 27, 2016 // 20 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IN CANADA, we have a quaint tradition — when people die, we say nice things about them. In the U.S., apparently, they [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Some people just have no sense of community pride

November 25, 2016 // 5 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. SOME PEOPLE have no community pride whatsoever. In face, they possess no social conscience, no sense of responsibility to [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Chamber of commerce gets a failing grade on its ‘report card’

November 17, 2016 // 1 Comment

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE released what it calls a “Municipal Report Card” on Wednesday in which it examines the job the [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Trump quickly proves election hasn’t changed him

November 11, 2016 // 6 Comments

An ArmchairMayor editorial by Mel Rothenburger. OUTGOING U.S. President Barack Obama made a salient point in the dying days of the election campaign — he said people [Continue]