Rothenburger

EDITORIAL – Addicts’ safety shouldn’t come ahead of general public’s

May 2, 2018 // 0 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. WHEN DELEGATES to the annual B.C. Chamber of Commerce convention get together in Kamloops later this month, they’ll have [Continue]

EDITORIAL – If we want to keep blood free, we’ll have to pay for it

May 1, 2018 // 2 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. SHOULD WE be paid for giving our blood? The very thought of it has long been offensive to our Canadian values. Free blood [Continue]

EDITORIAL – This is tax day and here’s what we get for our money

April 30, 2018 // 0 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THIS IS TAX DAY, for most of us, the deadline for filing our income-tax returns. If we’re lucky, we’ll get a little [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Suzuki row shows risk of relying on corporate funding

April 28, 2018 // 2 Comments

If corporate donations are going to be clawed back over something as unimportant as an honorary doctorate to an unpopular environmentalist, what will happen when something [Continue]

ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – Tips for making it in journalism

April 27, 2018 // 1 Comment

Editor’s Note: I’m a strong believer in the old saying that if it was good enough to publish once, why not publish it again. Therefore I reprise what I’ll call the [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Saying the bad guys won’t change the way we live is no answer

April 26, 2018 // 2 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. LITTLE BY LITTLE, we’re finding out more about the killer and his victims in this week’s van attack in Toronto. The [Continue]