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ROTHENBURGER: A visit to Auschwitz and a question – could it happen again?

November 11, 2023 // 9 Comments

SATURDAYS ARE BUSY at Auschwitz. Eighty years ago, people came by freight train. Most never left. Now they come by car or bus for a few hours, reservation tickets in hand. [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Homeless count raises questions but provides no answers

October 31, 2023 // 5 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE LATEST HOMELESSNESS COUNT raises many questions about the “unhoused” in Kamloops but provides no answers. Called the [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Have we lost a hero in Buffy Sainte-Marie?

October 28, 2023 // 4 Comments

CANADA HAS ALWAYS been intensely proud of Buffy Sainte-Marie. We’ve known her for more than half a century as a Canadian indigenous woman who is both a talented musician [Continue]

EDITORIAL – If paid parking is forced on Tranquille corridor, it should get the benefit

October 26, 2023 // 4 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. PAID PARKING on the Tranquille corridor retail strip isn’t something that’s going to get anyone in civic politics votes. In [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Why joining an ‘inclusive city’ club is a necessary step

October 23, 2023 // 3 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. SO KAMLOOPS IS NOW an inclusive city. We know this because the mayor signed a proclamation saying so. We’ve joined the Canadian Commission [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Why would anybody in their right mind go into journalism?

October 21, 2023 // 7 Comments

STOP ME IF YOU’VE heard this one but, in 1968, I was broke, out of a job, and had a young family to support. I’d been fired from a Prince George newspaper after it [Continue]