Rothenburger

EDITORIAL – Were media slow or biased about break-in at mayor’s business?

July 30, 2025 // 7 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IF ANY OTHER business in town had been trashed as thoroughly in an overnight break-in as Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson’s was, it surely would [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – ‘You try to help people, and this is what you get’

July 28, 2025 // 4 Comments

Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson’s auto dealership has been vandalized again, and this time it was totally ransacked IT’S BEEN A BAD couple of weeks for Mayor Reid [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Too many names on the ballot is bad for democracy

July 26, 2025 // 6 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IT’S USUALLY a good thing when a lot of candidates run in an election. But not always. At my count, almost 200 wanna-be politicians have [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Acquittal of hockey players will renew debate over ‘consent’

July 24, 2025 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. NOBODY WAS GOING TO ‘WIN’ in the case of the five Canadian hockey players charged with assaulting a woman in a hotel room in 2018. Had [Continue]

ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – Proof of God’s existence is on the streets of Kamloops

July 21, 2025 // 2 Comments

This week’s Armchair Archives blast from the past was first published July 8, 2017. God continues to watch over drivers. ALL MY LIFE, I’ve been skeptical about the [Continue]

EDITORIAL – AAP issue is far less about procedure than about when to use it

July 16, 2025 // 12 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. NEW WRITTEN PROCEDURES for conducting an Alternative Approval Process that will soon be adopted by City council do little to fix the [Continue]