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ROTHENBURGER – Annual Black Friday frenzy just isn’t what it used to be

November 26, 2022 // 1 Comment

I WENT IN SEARCH of Black Friday yesterday. Couldn’t find it anywhere. There were lots of signs, just no people. Some announced simply, “Black Friday Sale Now On,” [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Why is violence rising more in some small towns than others?

November 24, 2022 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. SMALL TOWN CANADA certainly isn’t what it used to be. Remember when we went to bed at night and didn’t worry about locking the doors? [Continue]

EDITORIAL – In face of a big tax hike, zero-based budgeting is a must

November 23, 2022 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. HOW WOULD YOU LIKE to start a new job and have to tell the people who hired you they’ll need to pay more to run the business? That’s [Continue]

EDITORIAL – There’s an alternative to building more and more schools

November 22, 2022 // 6 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE BUILDING SPREE being promoted by School District 73 aims at addressing burgeoning school enrollment but there’s an elephant in the [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Eby’s new prolific-offender plan points in the right direction

November 21, 2022 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. WE MIGHT FINALLY be getting somewhere with prolific criminals. Premier David Eby yesterday announced a plan to keep repeat violent offenders [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Security guard lives in limbo long after Victoria Street West incident

November 19, 2022 // 3 Comments

‘IT HAS NOT BEEN an easy year,” says Rick Eldridge as we sit in a downtown coffee shop. He wears a Ronik Security ballcap and jacket; his hair and beard look longer and [Continue]