Rothenburger

EDITORIAL – We’re taxing our students into the poor house with loan debt

January 31, 2019 // 5 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. MORE THAN $163 MILLION in outstanding student-loan payments were written off this week by the federal government. The money is owed by more [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Take the fuzz out of video camera surveillance in businesses

January 30, 2019 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. A QUESTION about all those store robberies — why is the quality of surveillance videos so poor? There have been four robberies at downtown [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Legislators could look like ‘a pack of idiots’ on spending issue

January 29, 2019 // 4 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. POLITICIANS ARE so used to acting like politicians they can’t stop doing it no matter what. In the wake of the B.C. Legislature spending [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Why clutter up McArthur Island park with flying frisbees?

January 28, 2019 // 8 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. LOOKS VERY MUCH like McArthur Island will be getting a combined nature park and disc golf course. That’s the strong recommendation going [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Searching for a parking spot in the asphalt jungle

January 26, 2019 // 0 Comments

WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME obsessing over downtown parking rates but that’s only half the issue. The other half is parking spaces and how to find them. We’ll all agree that [Continue]

EDITORIAL – NDP has an unlikely ally in by-election – the BC Conservatives

January 24, 2019 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. ARE THE BC CONSERVATIVES really socialists in free enterprise clothing? Sounds like a ridiculous proposition, but let’s look at the [Continue]