Rothenburger

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]

EDITORIAL – Surely we can disagree on social housing without violence

December 6, 2021 // 6 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE WONDERFUL THING about the society we live in is our freedom to say what we want within certain limits. We can’t engage in hate speech [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – When Oak Hills became a lake; when a mountain fell

December 4, 2021 // 0 Comments

‘HAVE YOU EVER SEEN anything like this before?” This has become a mandatory question from reporters when they interview the victims of natural disasters. They ask it [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Employers, not gov’t, should pay for new sick-days rule

December 2, 2021 // 3 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. WHO AMONG US has ever gone to work when we’ve been feeling like crap? And, who among us has been on the job when a co-worker shows up [Continue]

EDITORIAL – It’d be easier not to panic over Omicron if message was clear

December 1, 2021 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE OMICRON VARIANT is either a major new threat or nothing to worry about, depending on which expert you listen to. Only a few days after [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Proper consultation could avoid objections to social housing

November 30, 2021 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. NOT IN MY BACKYARD is a label often put on opponents of certain developments, especially those that involve social housing. But is NIMBYism [Continue]