Rothenburger

EDITORIAL – RCMP deserve credit for ‘slow but steady’ investigation

March 7, 2017 // 1 Comment

An ArmchairMayor editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THERE WAS a collective sigh of relief in the community Monday when Supt. Brad Mueller announced that charges have been laid in [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Best thing for all would be a graceful exit by KGHM

March 6, 2017 // 4 Comments

CAN THERE BE any doubt that the proposed Ajax mine is dead? The importance of the decision by local First Nations to unequivocally reject the project shouldn’t be [Continue]

EDITORIAL – SSN decision could be death knell for Ajax project

March 5, 2017 // 11 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE DECISION by the Tk’emlúps and Skeetchestn Bands, acting together as the Stk’emlúpsemc te Secwépemc Nation (SSN), [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – We’re becoming mere tenants in our own country

March 4, 2017 // 0 Comments

THERE WAS A TIME when Canadians made things, and owned what we made. I’m thinking about this as we struggle with the sale of Retirement Concepts to a Chinese outfit, and in [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Here’s why council resolution on racism was needed

March 3, 2017 // 12 Comments

An ArmchairMayor editorial by Mel Rothenburger. HOW CAN a statement condemning racism and discrimination cause controversy? Well, in Kamloops, it’s not that difficult. [Continue]

EDITORIAL – ‘Slow’ snow removal nothing that higher taxes can’t fix

March 2, 2017 // 4 Comments

An ArmchairMayor editorial by Mel Rothenburger. WOULD YOU have paid more for faster snow removal this past winter? Would you pay more next winter? These are questions [Continue]