Rothenburger

EDITORIAL – We can fight the racists by taking away their voice

July 4, 2018 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. STORIES ABOUT THE DISCOVERY of racist anti-indigenous graffiti spray-painted on a sign at Lac du Bois have been in local media for the past [Continue]

EDITORIAL – When police walk in Pride Parades, that will be progress

July 3, 2018 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. I’M DISAPPOINTED THAT POLICE won’t be walking in this year’s Kamloops Pride Parade. The parade reflects the progress made in [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Thanks, Coun. Tina Lange, from the thoughtful people out there

July 2, 2018 // 9 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. POLITICIANS ARE THE least respected and most maligned people in the country. We love to disparage them but, cripes, can’t we have the [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Flags, torching the White House & other Canada Day stuff

June 30, 2018 // 0 Comments

Let’s clear up a few things that make us different from our friends down south, and make us who we are IT’S IMPOSSIBLE to talk about Canada and Canada Day this year [Continue]

EDITORIAL – City Hall agenda debate Part 2 – Politics is not nine to five

June 29, 2018 // 3 Comments

CIVIC POLITICS is not a nine-to-five job either for elected representatives or for the people who work for them. They know that, but they struggled with it this week. In Part [Continue]

ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – The time has come to be proud of all things Canadian

June 29, 2018 // 1 Comment

As mayor I wrote a column called City Hallways. Here’s the one published in 2004 on the occasion of Canada Day. IT WAS ANOTHER great Canada Day in Kamloops. With your [Continue]