Rothenburger

ROTHENBURGER – Answering the challenge to see into North Shore’s future

July 11, 2020 // 4 Comments

IS THE NORTH SHORE a neighbourhood or a community? I say the latter — in fact it’s a whole bunch of neighbourhoods put together — but whichever it is, it’s up for [Continue]

EDITORIAL – ‘Ban the deed, not the breed’ approach isn’t good enough

July 9, 2020 // 4 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. I WASN’T GOING TO jump into the pitbull debate because, well, I’ve written about these dogs for quite a few years now and attacks keep [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Assault on 71-year-old security guard deserves extra punishment

July 8, 2020 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. MEDIA HAVE A BAD HABIT of stereotyping older folks as helpless; others have an equally bad habit of stereotyping them as irrelevant. Anybody [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Airlines return to cattle-pen bookings as pandemic rages

July 7, 2020 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THERE’S A BRILLIANT pre-pandemic WestJet TV commercial that involves cattle trying to get on their flight to the lyrics of the rock song [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Time to use a stick to ensure connectivity for all Canadians

July 6, 2020 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THERE’S A MAJOR SCHISM between urban and rural areas when it comes to the level of services they receive. This has been driven home to me [Continue]

ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – City’s heritage is being turned into brick fireplaces

July 4, 2020 // 1 Comment

The Armchair Mayor is on staycay this week. In place of his usual editorials and columns we present some blasts from the past. The following column was originally published [Continue]