Rothenburger

EDITORIAL – Let’s stop worrying and learn to love the time change

November 5, 2018 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. FEELS LIKE MONDAY was a little slower to arrive than usual, doesn’t it? Might be because Daylight Saving Time came to an end for another [Continue]

TNRD – Regional district directors can disagree with each other, with respect

November 5, 2018 // 1 Comment

By MEL ROTHENBURGER Director, Electoral Area P, TNRD CAN POLITICIANS get along? At the federal and provincial levels, it would seem not. Even civic politics can be uncivil at [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – When politicians cry, it doesn’t mean they’re crybabies

November 3, 2018 // 0 Comments

POLITICIANS DON’T CRY, do they? Well, yes they do. It was quite the tear fest during the final meeting of the outgoing Kamloops City council this week. I don’t recall [Continue]

EDITORIAL – We could stop the annual deer slaughter if we wanted to

November 1, 2018 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE ANNUAL DEER SLAUGHTER is underway. I don’t mean the guns of autumn. I’m talking about the carnage on our rural roads. This is a [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Why should flying a flag at City Hall need to involve lawyers?

October 31, 2018 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. WHAT SAD TIMES we live in when flying flags and hanging banners becomes a Charter of Rights and Freedoms issue. Without a word of [Continue]

JOURNALISM – ‘We’re in deep shit’ says veteran broadcaster Keith Morrison

October 30, 2018 // 2 Comments

“We’re in deep shit, folks, we really are.” That’s how veteran Canadian-born broadcaster Keith Morrison assessed the state of journalism as he addressed the annual [Continue]