Rothenburger

EDITORIAL – Obama’s parting words same as his first: ‘Yes we can!’

January 10, 2017 // 2 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THERE WAS a mixture of sadness and inspiration in the American president’s farewell speech tonight. Barack Obama, the [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Constant repetition of Trump’s faults has become boring

January 9, 2017 // 1 Comment

ISN’T IT TIME we all stop whining about what a bad guy Donald Trump is? Every time his name is mentioned, it seems, we must remind each other that he is a name caller, [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Walk-in clinics and a very ‘chilling’ first week of the year

January 7, 2017 // 2 Comments

I don’t want to hear one more person say, “It’s positively balmy” every time the temperature creeps above minus 20. But there’s nothing like a prolonged period of [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Woe is me, whatever will happen to Kamloops City council?

January 4, 2017 // 2 Comments

I DON’T remember when Kamloops City council has been in such a state of functional uncertainty as it is now. There have been times in its history, to be sure, when [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Pearls of wisdom about life and death in 2016

December 31, 2016 // 1 Comment

MOSTLY, 2016 sucked. The weather was awful, politics was a mess, and a lot of good people died. We all look at the past through our own filters. Here are some abbreviated [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Cenotaph vandalism both reprehensible and misguided

December 29, 2016 // 2 Comments

THE GRAFFITI VANDALISM at the Kamloops cenotaph that occurred over the holiday season is disturbing on two fronts. First, the desecration of a revered community monument is [Continue]