Rothenburger

EDITORIAL – Public comments end; we’ve had every chance to vent on Ajax

October 11, 2017 // 2 Comments

An Armchair Mayor editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE PUBLIC COMMENT period — the latest and last public comment period — on Ajax quietly came to an end at midnight last [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Rafe Mair’s passing a sad loss for Canadian journalism

October 10, 2017 // 2 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. CANADIAN JOURNALISM has lost one of its best. News came yesterday of the death of Rafe Mair — former talk-show host, [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Retirement is OK, after work and on weekends

October 7, 2017 // 3 Comments

RETIREMENT is hard work. Five years ago I wrote a column on my first day of official retirement. I reflected on what it was like not going to work that day, attending to all [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Press the pause button on cannabis legalization

October 5, 2017 // 2 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. SO NOW Justin Trudeau wants to make some money off the legalization of recreational marijuana. In a surprise move, he told [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Attempt at Ajax deal will prove to be a blunder

October 4, 2017 // 2 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. KAMLOOPS CITY council — the abbreviated version — closed the book on six and a half years of community-splitting debate [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Terrorism is getting closer and closer to home

October 3, 2017 // 8 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. WITH EVERY passing day, terrorism and mass killings seem to be getting closer to home. The horrible mass shooting in Las [Continue]