Rothenburger

EDITORIAL – Let’s hope 2022 will tell us more about the missing children

December 15, 2021 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IT’S NOT AT ALL A SURPRISE that residential school gravesite discoveries are the biggest news story of 2021. Editors of Canadian Press [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Airlines handing out lumps of coal to loyal fliers this Christmas

December 13, 2021 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. EVERYONE WHO’S EVER travelled by air knows the early bird gets the best seats at the cheapest rates. Last-minute fliers are used to paying [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – It isn’t easy to apologize, especially for politicians

December 11, 2021 // 4 Comments

ONE OF THE TOUGHEST THINGS politicians have to do is apologize when they say something dumb. One point of view is that you should never apologize. Another is that if you [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Sentence in First Avenue crash somehow doesn’t feel like justice

December 9, 2021 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IT’S NOT ENOUGH. Kamloops man Reid McKnight has been sentenced to three years in prison for causing the deaths of three former Thompson [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Some questions for BC Housing on the Rosethorn facility

December 8, 2021 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IS ROSETHORN HOUSE a success, a failure or something in between? The Victoria Street West supportive housing facility has been controversial [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Heritage groups have failed us on downtown highrises

December 7, 2021 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. WHERE HAVE ALL the heritage advocates gone? I can’t get excited about the fact an old house on Nicola Street is being moved up to McLure [Continue]