Rothenburger

EDITORIAL – New crop of downtown parking kiosks will be big improvement

January 15, 2026 // 4 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. ‘FREE AT LAST’ might be the cry of downtown drivers, shouted from the mountain tops, when the last of the current parking kiosks [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – It’s an election year; silly season is coming

January 14, 2026 // 3 Comments

WELCOME to Silly Season — it’s an election year. The term “silly season” was coined to describe the uneventful media days of late summer when the kids were out of [Continue]

REID ALL ABOUT IT – The unbearable rudeness of being at council meetings

January 13, 2026 // 6 Comments

An occasional check on the mayoral life of Reid Hamer-Jackson. For this one, we borrow from the title of the old movie, The Unbearable Lightness of Being: Coun. Kelly Hall, [Continue]

EDITORIAL – When the City’s news releases become propaganda

January 13, 2026 // 3 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. NEWS RELEASES are supposed to provide information, right? Propaganda, on the other hand, is defined as bias designed to promote a political [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Tournament Capital has a new star in actor Hudson Williams

January 12, 2026 // 3 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE somebody from Kamloops becomes a big star. Our latest is Hudson Williams, a 24-year-old who has shot to fame in a [Continue]

EDITORIAL – The new skating pond: there’s more to life than the basics

January 10, 2026 // 8 Comments

(Video: Mel Rothenburger) An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE NEW SKATING ‘facility’ — it’s not exactly a rink; it’s more than a pond — was very [Continue]