Rothenburger

EDITORIAL – Election is still a close call in B.C., but not in Kamloops ridings

October 20, 2024 // 16 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THEY SAID it would be close and they weren’t wrong. Last night’s B.C. election was a nail biter and still is. Congratulations are in [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Never mind the rain; get to a polling station and vote tomorrow

October 18, 2024 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. BIG DECISION to make tomorrow (Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024). Those who haven’t already voted in advance polls will trek to gymnasiums and [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Just who am I supposed to vote for on October 19?

October 9, 2024 // 15 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THERE ARE THREE candidates in my Kamloops-North Thompson riding. I know the BC Conservative candidate Ward Stamer. Worked with him on the [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Sometimes, one side is right, the other is indisputably wrong

October 7, 2024 // 6 Comments

NOTE: This editorial was originally posted on Oct. 11, 2023. A year later, on the anniversary of the massacre, not much has changed. An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. ONE [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Clarification, please, on mayor’s banishment to the batcave

October 5, 2024 // 8 Comments

IT’S NOT A ROOM with a view, exactly, but Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson’s new basement digs aren’t all that bad. There’s lots of space there, since it was built for small [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Point, counterpoint on the proposal to eliminate public inquiries

October 2, 2024 // 9 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. WHEN A STAFF REPORT on “what to do” about the public inquiries feature of meeting agendas lands on the desks of Kamloops City [Continue]