Rothenburger

EDITORIAL – There’s cause for hope in opioid stats but not for suicides

August 19, 2019 // 1 Comment

An editorial Mel Rothenburger. STATISTICS ARE IMPERSONAL but they tell stories. Sometimes they’re cold and cruel, sometimes hopeful. Three recent reports from the B.C. [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Ditch current plans for Stuart Wood, make it a school again

August 17, 2019 // 2 Comments

THE MORE I THINK ABOUT IT, the more I think a big mistake is being made with Stuart Wood school. As the painfully long process drags on sorting out control of the property, [Continue]

ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – Traffic plan should return Seymour to two-way

August 16, 2019 // 1 Comment

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger first published May 24, 2018. KAMLOOPS CITY HALL is in the last days of its public-input phase for a new transportation [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Bernier should be included in federal leaders’ debates

August 15, 2019 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE PEOPLE’S PARTY OF CANADA and its leader Maxime Bernier aren’t every Canadian’s cup of tea, and I’m one of them. But he should be [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Rainbow crosswalk is for the rest of us, too

August 14, 2019 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. SINCE I WAS LESS than complimentary about City council’s dithering on the rainbow crosswalk, it’s only fitting that I comment on the [Continue]

EDITORIAL – NDP’s local woes reflect those of the party federally

August 13, 2019 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. OH, HOW FAR they have fallen. The recent resignation of Gina Myhill-Jones as the NDP candidate in Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo is symbolic of [Continue]