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ROTHENBURGER: 10 big Kamloops ideas that never made it off the drawing boards

August 8, 2020 // 1 Comment

IT TAKES IMAGINATION to build a great city, and that means coming up with a lot of ideas, big ideas. Some of them succeed and endure, like the Tournament Capital of Canada, [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Unless new tracker app works for all there’s no point to it

August 7, 2020 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THERE ARE TWO KINDS of Canadians this week. Those who don’t trust the new COVID-19 tracker app, and those who are mad because they can’t [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – B.C. needs to go back to the drawing boards on return-to-school plan

August 6, 2020 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, and the B.C. government, have a real problem on their hands with the plan to open schools in the fall. A petition against [Continue]

EDITORIAL – We need to stop stigmatizing North Shore in crime reports

August 5, 2020 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. I WONDER HOW MANY TIMES it has to be said before we stop stigmatizing the North Shore as the crime centre of the city. Case in point. There [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Here’s to the Crosswalk Crusader of Brocklehurst

August 4, 2020 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. HATS OFF TODAY to those among us who follow the rules, but not always. Who see a need and don’t wait for the wheels of bureaucracy to get [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – 50 years in Kamloops – time flies when you’re having fun

August 1, 2020 // 1 Comment

THE SUMMER OF 1970 was a busy time, especially on Monday, Aug. 3. There wasn’t yet a B.C. Day stat holiday; it was the beginning of a new work week. The sky was clear, the [Continue]