Rothenburger

ROTHENBURGER – Mayor would run again tomorrow despite ‘tight cuffs’

March 23, 2024 // 3 Comments

I’LL BET YOU THOUGHT last Sunday was a celebration of the Irish missionary St. Patrick, a time to wear something green and drink green-coloured beer. Well, that, too, but [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Why we should keep calling our mayors ‘Your Worship’

March 21, 2024 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. I READ AN ARTICLE the other day in which Mayor Reid-Hamer Jackson says the honorific “Your Worship” has lost some of its meaning and [Continue]

EDITORIAL – What this province really needs is another left-wing party

March 20, 2024 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. WHEN BC CONSERVATIVE candidates Ward Stamer and Dennis Giesbrecht held their introductory news conference last week, the first question they [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Why one City council has banned the public from its meetings

March 19, 2024 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. CITY COUNCILLORS in Kamloops sometimes worry about members of the public being impolite, or speaking too long during meetings in council [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Trump’s words just keep getting more confused and dangerous

March 18, 2024 // 7 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE LAST TIME I wrote about Donald Trump, I said the biggest thing we have to worry about in 2024 is that he could be elected president of [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – A low-key start with high hopes of changing local politics

March 16, 2024 // 1 Comment

THERE WERE NO BALLOONS, banners, placards or cheering crowds at Friday’s official announcement of the BC Conservative candidates for the two Kamloops ridings. Just the [Continue]