Rothenburger

EDITORIAL – If Justin Trudeau goes, who’s going to run the country?

March 7, 2019 // 6 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. ONE OF THE THINGS that bothers me about the country’s current troubles is the prospect of Andrew Scheer as prime minister. There’s scant [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Butts testimony presents very different picture of JWR affair

March 6, 2019 // 3 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE RUMBLE IN OTTAWA is now officially a he said-she said situation. Former principal secretary Gerald Butts gave his side of the story [Continue]

EDITORIAL – The risks of consuming marijuana vs. upsizing your fries

March 6, 2019 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE NORMALIZATION OF CANNABIS has a long way to go yet and part of the process is getting over our old fears about the weed. Some of those [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Ajax could happen again unless we change some rules

March 5, 2019 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE AJAX MINE PROJECT may seem like a bad dream from long ago but it could happen again, or something like it, here or elsewhere. If it [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Renting isn’t the madcap time of life Wilkinson thinks it is

March 4, 2019 // 1 Comment

A editorial by Mel Rothenburger. I REMEMBER RENTING when I was a student. And when I got my first full-time job. And my second, and my third. To borrow a phrase from B.C. [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – One word scrawled on page 1 renders verdict in JWR case

March 2, 2019 // 9 Comments

THE NEWSPAPER IN THE COFFEE SHOP Friday morning said all there is to know about the scandal involving former justice minister Jody Wilson-Raybould. The story was, of course, [Continue]