Rothenburger

TNRD – Three rural communities vote ‘yes’ on fire-service proposals

June 23, 2018 // 1 Comment

Residents of three rural communities have voted strongly in favour of establishing fire services under the administration of the TNRD. Today was referendum day for McLure, [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – When is one more bylaw one bylaw too many?

June 23, 2018 // 1 Comment

Was a time when bylaws were enforced to change behaviour. Now, it seems, they’re for informational purposes THERE USED TO BE a bylaw in Vancouver that prohibited [Continue]

ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – How CBC radio is ruining the English language

June 22, 2018 // 7 Comments

I love the CBC. This column, published in The Kamloops Daily News on Saturday, Feb. 7, 2009, was intended in the most constructive way. Honest. REFLECTING UPON the death of [Continue]

TNRD – Rural firefighters to get support from TNRD at annual UBCM meeting

June 22, 2018 // 1 Comment

By MEL ROTHENBURGER Director, Electoral Area P, TNRD Rural volunteer fire departments and brigades will get support from the Thompson-Nicola Regional District at the Union of [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Reality of kids’ detention camps doesn’t need exaggeration

June 21, 2018 // 1 Comment

What do we do when something a government does makes us really mad? We compare it to Nazi Germany. A good name for it might be Holocaust hyperbole. An editorial by Mel [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Report on sexual misconduct in schools short on details

June 20, 2018 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE REPORT ON sexual misconduct in district schools says all the right things while at the same time saying very little at all — at least [Continue]