Rothenburger

EDITORIAL – Shed no tears for Buffy Sainte-Marie over her fall from grace

February 10, 2025 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. BEVERLY JEAN SANTAMARIA is no longer a member of the Order of Canada. Better known as Buffy Sainte-Marie, she has been stripped of [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Fretting over stray ‘secret’ report doesn’t address real issue

February 9, 2025 // 8 Comments

THERE’S SOMETHING about the mayor’s current legal issue with the Ministry of the Attorney-General that doesn’t sit right. Let’s do a quick review. After months of [Continue]

ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – Kamloops should be proud of being a cow town

February 7, 2025 // 1 Comment

NOTE: The column that follows was first published Feb. 17, 1988 in the Kamloops Daily News. Although Skalbania’s idea of running bulls down Victoria Street never came to [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Sorry, Donald Trump, but your 30 days don’t buy forgiveness

February 3, 2025 // 6 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IT’S NOT OKAY, President Donald Trump. The fact that you have paused your trade war on Canada for 30 days doesn’t mean everything is [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Waging my personal Cheezies war on Trump and his tariffs

February 1, 2025 // 15 Comments

THE TARIFFS ARE ON and so is my personal war against Trump’s America. As of Tuesday, 25 per cent tariffs will come into effect on all Canadian goods, except for energy, [Continue]

ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – What all of Kamloops was talking about in 1975

January 31, 2025 // 0 Comments

Ever wonder what Kamloopsians were talking about in 1975? The following Mel Rothenburger column was published in The Kamloops News on Jan. 30, 1976. Some of those mentioned [Continue]