Rothenburger

EDITORIAL – McLeod’s private member’s bill on medical pot was common sense

June 1, 2018 // 1 Comment

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. A PRIVATE MEMBER’S BILL sponsored by Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo MP Cathy McLeod went down in flames Wednesday but she [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Wording of referendum will kill proportional representation

May 31, 2018 // 2 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. LET’S SEE IF we can boil down the plan for a referendum on electoral-system changes in B.C., shall we? Notice, by the [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Buying Trans Mountain is a gutsy move, but the wrong one

May 30, 2018 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE BAD NEWS is that we’re in for $4.5 billion plus probably a bunch more. The good news is…. Well, there isn’t any. Tuesday’s [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Outcome of hit-and-run case brings scant comfort

May 29, 2018 // 5 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IT’S TRUE THAT the loss of a loved one can never be made right by the courts. But families are at least comforted [Continue]

EDITORIAL – One tiny spill sets the scene for tense week on pipeline issue

May 28, 2018 // 2 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. AS TINY AS it was, the leak in the Trans Mountain line at Darfield on the weekend came at a bad time for pipeline [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Are we too easy, or too tough on our young people?

May 26, 2018 // 2 Comments

“At the age of nine I had to do the work of a teenager, working with four horses hitched to a set of harrows walking behind barefooted. Boots couldn’t be worn because [Continue]