Rothenburger

EDITORIAL – New rules for public inquiries better than nothing but…

March 12, 2025 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE NEW FORMAT for public inquiries at Kamloops City council meetings is better than nothing but the council shouldn’t be patting itself [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Proof that the new arts theatre will be a great city amenity

March 11, 2025 // 5 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. EDITH PIAF isn’t my favorite singer; indeed, I was never interested in her music. I have no Piaf recordings and I couldn’t name a single [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Memo to Carney: Donald Trump is the enemy, not all Americans

March 10, 2025 // 3 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. CANADA STRONG is the latest cliché to come up in response to Trump’s trade war. Mark Carney used the phrase in his speech after his [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – BC Conservatives and a misunderstanding of ‘denialism’

March 8, 2025 // 4 Comments

CAN WE PLEASE get the definition of “denialism” straight? Denialism does not mean simply disagreeing with the viewpoints or claims of fact of another. Yet that’s the [Continue]

ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – Columnists don’t see themselves as others see them

March 7, 2025 // 3 Comments

The following column was first published in The Kamloops News on Friday, March 4, 1977. SINCE I WROTE last week’s column I have learned that columnists don’t always turn [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Some mayors win their day in court against sanctions

March 6, 2025 // 3 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. SOME MAYORS are doing well in the court system. Mayors other than Reid Hamer-Jackson, that is, who is putting his hopes and his pocket book [Continue]