Rothenburger

ROTHENBURGER – Should politicians have to take a test before they run?

August 5, 2023 // 8 Comments

WE SET VERY FEW standards for politicians in this country. Intelligence, for example, has never been a requirement for holding office. It’s part of democracy. We can all [Continue]

EDITORIAL – City’s relationship with Uji is worth preserving, with less pomp

August 3, 2023 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. A DELEGATION FROM UJI was in town a few days ago. You might have missed that fact if you weren’t paying close attention. There was no news [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Those surveillance cams rob us of privacy but solve many crimes

August 2, 2023 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. A COUPLE MORE police incidents made the news Monday and Tuesday — one a shooting and the other the roadside discovery of a body. The [Continue]

EDITORIAL – New ciggie warnings will make smoking stigma even bigger

August 1, 2023 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. NEW CIGARETTE WARNINGS are the law as of today, though it will take time to phase them all in. For the first time, warnings will be printed [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – We’re all doomed and that’s the sad, absolute truth

July 29, 2023 // 4 Comments

IT SEEMS AN APPROPRIATE TIME to remind ourselves that we’re all doomed. July has been the hottest month in the history of the world. The past three weeks have been the [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Kamloops will have to up its game to get new air service

July 27, 2023 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. ‘I TOLD YOU SO’ isn’t something I take pleasure in saying, but earlier this year I wrote two editorials about not inflating our [Continue]