Rothenburger

EDITORIAL – If 4th Avenue is in, what about the performing arts centre?

August 29, 2018 // 6 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THERE ARE TIMES when I have hope for City of Kamloops planners. A report on Phase 2 of the Downtown Plan process was released on Tuesday and [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Kamloops is anything but ‘uncaring and indifferent’

August 28, 2018 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. BEFORE POINTING FINGERS in public, sometimes it’s better to take a more positive approach and ask questions first. Take the health issues [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Sunday was a Pride day, and a proud day for Kamloops

August 27, 2018 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. I WAS PROUD of Kamloops on Sunday. Hundreds of people walked in the second annual Downtown Pride Parade, many of them representing social [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – A nostalgia tour up Goose Lake Road, post-Ajax mine

August 25, 2018 // 1 Comment

TOOK A NOSTALGIA TOUR this week, driving up Goose Lake Road. It’s different now than when KGHM was busy with pre-development on the Ajax project, but there are relics all [Continue]

ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – The fruits and veggies theory of transferable vote

August 24, 2018 // 4 Comments

Originally published May 2, 2009 in The Kamloops Daily News. IN 2005, I VOTED against BC-STV because I didn’t understand it. In 2009, I will vote against BC-STV because I [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Let’s keep election campaign signs but put limits on them

August 23, 2018 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. YOU KNOW I LIKE ELECTION SIGNS but sometimes I feel I’m the only one who does. I view them as part of election-campaign excitement; others [Continue]