Rothenburger

EDITORIAL – A little Kamloops bakery shows the big guys how to do it

January 30, 2018 // 2 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. BEING SOMEWHAT a student of crisis management, I’m always interested when big corporations face major PR problems. Do [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Blame the BC Liberals if/ when our ICBC premiums go up again

January 29, 2018 // 7 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. JUST FOR FUN, I dug out my file of auto insurance payments yesterday. I’m now paying roughly 35 per cent more on [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Giving animals the benefit of the precautionary principle

January 27, 2018 // 0 Comments

ONE SNOWY evening two winters ago, I happened to look out a window towards our hay shed, a couple of hundred steps from the house. A motion-sensor light on the shed suddenly [Continue]

HEALTH – New Sun Peaks Health Centre officially opened after years of work

January 27, 2018 // 0 Comments

By MEL ROTHENBURGER Director, Electoral Area P, TNRD The new Sun Peaks Health Centre is a popular place — 850 people are on a wait list hoping to become part of Dr. Shane [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Are those overseas trips really just paid vacations for politicians?

January 25, 2018 // 2 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger WHETHER IT’S provincial and federal politicians on trade missions, or City councillors teaching overseas countries [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Not buying the idea that pot shops will increase property values

January 24, 2018 // 1 Comment

An AmrchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE LATEST bit of hallucinogenic malarkey coming out of the marijuana debate is that pot stores have the potential to raise [Continue]