Rothenburger

EDITORIAL – Let’s go back to naming schools after people instead of places

February 1, 2024 // 5 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. KAMLOOPS WILL GET a new school a couple of years from now and School District 73 officials are inviting the public to propose names for it. [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Coroner is wrong; we shouldn’t live with public drug use

January 31, 2024 // 17 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. BC CORONER LISA LAPOINTE effectively though unintentionally articulates pretty much everything that’s wrong with allowing the consumption [Continue]

EDITORIAL – TRU decision to axe visual arts programs fails the community

January 30, 2024 // 3 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE, education and the arts are about money. That truth has been confirmed with the decision yesterday (Monday, Jan. 29, [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Bring the public back into City council’s Code of Conduct process

January 29, 2024 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. A WHOLE LOT of investigating has been going on in City Hall, resulting from City council’s code of conduct regulations. The City says [Continue]

EDITORIAL – After parties agree on cellphones, maybe Yellowhead is next

January 29, 2024 // 1 Comment

BEING A MEMBER of the Opposition must be frustrating these days. Just when you come up with a good idea, the NDP government takes it from you. There was, for example, BC [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Saying farewell to John DeCicco, the Barber of Main Street

January 27, 2024 // 2 Comments

THE BARBER OF MAIN STREET, John DeCicco, died this week. He was a friend of mine. Besides cutting hair, John was a former City councillor. I knew him for some 30 years, [Continue]