Rothenburger

ROTHENBURGER: Things are very different for Trudeau during this visit

May 21, 2019 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. PRIME MINISTER JUSTIN TRUDEAU is scheduled to be in town tonight and it promises to be a very different set of circumstances than the last [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Once again, we vow never to let tragedy happen again

May 20, 2019 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. SO OFTEN WE HEAR of tragedies after which we all vow to make sure they never happen again. “We have to make sure no one else ever has to [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – We’ve now crossed the line of incivility into death threats

May 18, 2019 // 1 Comment

IT KEEPS GETTING TOUGHER and tougher to serve your community in politics. This week, a 52-year-old man was arrested for threatening the life of Kelowna mayor Colin Basran. [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Forget the bikinis, just serve some really good food

May 16, 2019 // 5 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. I REALLY THOUGHT the days were mostly over of restaurants requiring their female servers to wear skimpy attire. I say “mostly,” because [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER: City council needs wisdom of Solomon on tax ratios

May 15, 2019 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE ANNUAL DANCE between Domtar and the City is underway. For the past eight or nine years, the pulp mill has been demanding a better deal [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Canada’s athletes should refuse to compete against China

May 14, 2019 // 3 Comments

An Armchair Mayor editorial by Mel Rothenburger. I CAUGHT A FEW ENDS of curling on TV last weekend. It was an international competition called the Curling World Cup Grand [Continue]