Rothenburger

EDITORIAL – Candidates off to a slow start at first civic election forum

September 26, 2022 // 3 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE FIRST FORUM of the civic election campaign is on the books and while none of the candidates stood out as obvious picks, it did provide [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER: The eternal question – what should be taught in school?

September 24, 2022 // 6 Comments

I LEARNED A LOT of useless stuff (or, as Paul Simon put it, “crap”) in high school. More accurately, my teachers tried to teach me; sometimes I didn’t learn much of it. [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Candidates have to do better at keeping signs cleaned up

September 22, 2022 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. CIVIC ELECTION CANDIDATES have to do better at cleaning up their trashed and broken signs. Signs get vandalized in every election at every [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Common sense forgotten in City council’s curling club decision

September 21, 2022 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD is important in business but sometimes it can be a little too level. For example, have you ever decided to go to the [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Queen’s funeral was spectacular, and it proved something

September 20, 2022 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IF YOU MISSED the Queen’s funeral yesterday, you should kick yourself. Not just because she [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER: Is cutting off the ‘lolly’ a way of saying NDP is out of ideas?

September 17, 2022 // 1 Comment

LOWERING EXPECTATIONS seems to be the strategy of the John Horgan government this week. He chose the annual Union of B.C. Municipalities convention in Whistler to do it. [Continue]