Rothenburger

EDITORIAL – TNRD board gives itself a nice fat pay raise for Christmas

November 27, 2023 // 4 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IT MUST BE CHRISTMAS. The Thompson-Nicola Regional District board, elected a year ago, has decided to follow tradition and give itself a [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Eby housing strategy pushes us back to the era of little boxes

November 25, 2023 // 3 Comments

THE MARCH TO TICKY TACKY continues apace. David Eby’s NDP government is determined to run roughshod over the rights of cities to plan how they’ll grow. Maybe Pete [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Plan to raise the smoking age year by year is brilliant

November 23, 2023 // 4 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. WHAT IF we could ban all sales of tobacco? Think what it would do for the health of our country. Impossible, you say? Well, the UK is moving [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Councillors keep trying to legislate each other’s behaviour

November 22, 2023 // 6 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE TALE OF THE TAPE came to its conclusion yesterday as Kamloops City council approved a new policy prohibiting its members from recording [Continue]

EDITORIAL – The time has come to plan for a new Kamloops city hall building

November 21, 2023 // 4 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. SOMETHING THAT HASN’T received nearly enough attention is the need for a new Kamloops city hall. Maybe that’s changing. A report to a [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Do Kamloops council and staff have a failure to communicate?

November 20, 2023 // 6 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. AT ITS TUESDAY MEETING, Kamloops council will have three options in front of it for an increase to water rates. One is the 25 per cent hike [Continue]