Rothenburger

Future of garbage disposal, recycling to be discussed at meeting on Wednesday

January 15, 2018 // 2 Comments

The future of garbage will be the subject of a meeting this week co-hosted by the TNRD and the City of Kamloops. The meeting, on Wednesday, Jan. 17 at 6 p.m. in the Valley [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Sears died because we’ve become too lazy to go shopping

January 15, 2018 // 4 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE CLOSING of Canada’s last Sears stores on Sunday can’t be allowed to pass unlamented, so let’s pause for a moment [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Political hopefuls could learn a lot from Pat Wallace

January 13, 2018 // 3 Comments

PAT WALLACE hasn’t been on Kamloops City council forever. It just seems like it, in a good way. When I arrived in Kamloops in 1970, it was the time of Mayor Peter Wing and [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – To Donald Trump, from all those shithole countries

January 11, 2018 // 10 Comments

U.S. President Donald Trump complained about immigration from “shithole countries” Thursday. The Washington Post, based on sources who were present at the time, [Continue]

EDITORIAL – An underground Ajax? Don’t even think about it

January 11, 2018 // 5 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. I ADMIRE Coun. Donovan Cavers’ open mind but I find his willingness to consider even for a moment another Ajax [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Ideas for improving snow removal and making everyone happy

January 10, 2018 // 2 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. SINCE EVERYBODY else has ideas on what to do about snow removal, I may as well offer my own two cents. In a column a few [Continue]