Rothenburger

EDITORIAL – Council should put up the money for veterans’ signs now

June 12, 2018 // 1 Comment

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. I THINK Kamloops City council should stop being so cheap and put up a few thousand dollars to honour our war veterans on [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Like father like son, standing up to the American bully

June 11, 2018 // 6 Comments

IT WOULD BE so easy to blame Justin Trudeau for the blow-up of the G7 economic conference, to say it’s all his fault that everything fell apart after Donald Trump jumped on [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Why we fear rattlesnakes more than clowns

June 9, 2018 // 0 Comments

THERE WAS A GUY who lived in our home town when I was growing up who made the local paper every year. He was a minor celebrity, a bit of a folk hero, even, because he killed [Continue]

ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – City should be proud of being a hick cowtown

June 8, 2018 // 2 Comments

What was Kamloops thinking about in February of 1988? Running bulls down Victoria Street and celebrating our Western heritage. This “Editor’s Notes” column was [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Next time CNN messes with Canada, call Samantha Bee

June 7, 2018 // 3 Comments

WE CANADIANS are not only polite, but we’re very, very sensitive. It’s OK for us to be rude to our own politicians, but heaven forbid an American TV network should do it. [Continue]

EDITORIAL – How do we get to reconciliation on Trans Mountain?

June 6, 2018 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. A COUPLE OF thoughts today on the ever-shifting tarsands, if you’ll excuse the pun. Two phrases are tossed around almost daily in [Continue]