Rothenburger

EDITORIAL – Forcing more cars onto street won’t solve housing shortage

June 16, 2021 // 0 Comments

FROM SHIPPING CONTAINERS to allowing multi-family development in commercial areas, it was an action-packed committee-of-the-whole meeting yesterday. That’s the meeting [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – ‘I could write a book’ about working security on Victoria West

June 12, 2021 // 1 Comment

THREE MONTHS AGO, Rick Eldridge was working in a job he loved. After 35 years as a chef, he’d moved to Kamloops from Bella Coola and gotten certification as a security [Continue]

TNRD – Process for getting rural fire protection requires several steps

June 11, 2021 // 1 Comment

THE TRAGIC FIRE in the Monte Creek area this week has raised questions about fire service in rural areas, so for those who aren’t familiar with the current process, I’ll [Continue]

MEL’S NOTES – Jab #2, the homeowner grant, and tailgating on the TC

June 11, 2021 // 0 Comments

Armchair Mayor column in the works for tomorrow on Rick Eldridge, the popular security guard who lost his job over a videotaped scuffle with a street person on Victoria [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Man who ran down family with his truck doesn’t deserve notoriety

June 9, 2021 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. A DESPICABLE YOUNG MAN jumped his pickup truck onto a sidewalk in London, Ont. last weekend and killed four members of an extended family. A [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Canada Day Ray ’90 per cent’ ready to kick off run for mayor

June 5, 2021 // 0 Comments

IT MIGHT SEEM EARLY to start talking about next year’s civic election but, not really. That’s because there’s already a mayoralty race in the making. Nobody is going to [Continue]