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ROTHENBURGER – Two years in, how are council newbies performing?

November 14, 2020 // 1 Comment

TWO NOVEMBERS AGO, a new Kamloops City council was sworn in. They took an oath to “truly, faithfully and impartially” carry out their duties. Four of the nine members of [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Some advice for road rage idiots who think it’s all about them

November 12, 2020 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO I had just pulled up to a red light at the intersection at the bottom of Summit Drive when my truck stalled and [Continue]

REMEMBERING – Pvt. George McLean, a hero of Vimy Ridge

November 11, 2020 // 2 Comments

By MEL ROTHENBURGER April 9, 1917, 5:29 a.m., Vimy Ridge, France Twenty thousand Canadian soldiers sat silently in their rat-infested, urine-soaked trenches, stretched out [Continue]

EDITORIAL – COVID-19 outbreak at RIH site good reason not to relax

November 10, 2020 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE COVID-19 OUTBREAK at Royal Inland Hospital’s patient care tower construction project should have us thinking twice about loosening up [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Milobar must have had sense of déjà vu in election count

November 9, 2020 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. KAMLOOPS-NORTH THOMPSON MLA-elect Peter Milobar must have had a distinct sense of déjà vu all over again on the weekend. At the end of [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Trump’s blessed defeat, Noble Creek, and poppies in food stores

November 7, 2020 // 2 Comments

IT’S A SAFE BET Donald Trump has never heard of Kamloops. If he had, he’d probably mispronounce it, then make fun of it. But we know him. I can’t think of a single way [Continue]