Rothenburger

EDITORIAL – Quiet time at the super market just what the doctor ordered

July 23, 2019 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. EVER THINK SHOPPING is just too noisy? Are you getting tired of hearing those hits of the ‘60s over the loud speakers at your super [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER: Salmon airlift a justified response to Mother Nature

July 22, 2019 // 4 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. I HAD A RIDE in a helicopter once, or maybe twice. A few thousand or million salmon will get the same opportunity now that officials have [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – More on how we try, and mostly fail, to control panhandling

July 20, 2019 // 4 Comments

SUPPOSE YOU’RE AT THE BANK MACHINE and there’s a panhandler sitting or standing there and he asks you for some spare change. Would you feel comfortable sliding your bank [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Trump’s latest racist tweets are absurd, disgusting

July 18, 2019 // 3 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS Canada is better at than the U.S. Our air is cleaner, our money is prettier, our comedians are funnier, our health [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Don’t expect too much from the gas-price inquiry

July 17, 2019 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. I’M NOT GETTING MY HOPES UP for the hearings that get underway today on gasoline prices in B.C. I’ll be surprised if the inquiry [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER: Maybe fines for panhandling actually work

July 16, 2019 // 3 Comments

An Armchair Mayor editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE LATEST ATTEMPT to do something about panhandling comes in Salmon Arm, where the City council has approved a $50 fine. [Continue]