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EDITORIAL – Intolerance towards senior citizens is alive in the ‘Loops

November 29, 2017 // 0 Comments

Anyone who judges others based on their advancing age, rather than on their character, is no better than the average racist or bigot An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Would it kill the cashier to notice that I’m a person?

November 28, 2017 // 4 Comments

I HAVE MIXED feelings about shopping at the best of times. If I’m looking for a new power saw or some electronics, I’m in. The everyday bread and milk, not so much. The [Continue]

EDITORIAL – The voodoo math of proportional representation

November 27, 2017 // 11 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. I TOOK a few minutes Sunday to fill in the survey on B.C. electoral reform. The survey results will, no doubt, provide the [Continue]

ARMCHAIR MAYOR – Words we hate to hear: ‘Would you care to donate….’

November 25, 2017 // 0 Comments

I should have stopped and talked to the volunteer about why I wasn’t making a donation that day I WALKED out of the super market very recently with a small bag of [Continue]

WILDFIRES – TNRD board reconfirms $100,000 wildfire monument

November 24, 2017 // 9 Comments

By MEL ROTHENBURGER Director, Electoral Area P, TNRD All I wanted was to have separate votes on the $100,000 wildfire monument and the 2018 TNRD provisional budget. So, at [Continue]

OPIOID CRISIS – The reality of drug overdoses: some suffer brain damage

November 24, 2017 // 9 Comments

By MEL ROTHENBURGER Director, Electoral Area P, TNRD A stark reality about the opioid crisis was brought home to regional politicians today (Nov. 24, 2017) — even lives [Continue]