Rothenburger

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]

EDITORIAL – Kudos to the Powers That Be for quick recovery on shelter issue

November 17, 2022 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE POWERS THAT BE took it on a chin when the big storm came and a couple of homeless shelters that were supposed to open didn’t. I call [Continue]

EDITORIAL – We need to know more about our homeless population

November 16, 2022 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. A LESSON ON HOMELESSNESS was delivered to Kamloops City Council yesterday as Bob Hughes of ASK Wellness provided an impassioned overview. [Continue]