Rothenburger

ROTHENBURGER – Three headstones by the river, and a rediscovery of ancestors

December 2, 2023 // 0 Comments

RELATIVES SHOW UP in the darndest places at the darndest times. Three of mine did it this week. Their headstones are side by side in a hayfield off Dairy Road. Massive bank [Continue]

EDITORIAL – TNRD board members forget they’re in it for public service

November 30, 2023 // 6 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. I’VE SELDOM HEARD such nonsense from a politician as what’s been coming from Thompson-Nicola Regional District board chair Barbara Roden [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Shhh, you may not talk at committee of the whole meetings

November 29, 2023 // 7 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE TAX INCREASE was on the agenda for discussion at a City council committee-of-the-whole meeting yesterday. But if you’d been hoping to [Continue]

EDITORIAL – N. Thompson landowners can’t fight river threat by themselves

November 28, 2023 // 5 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. I WENT FOR A LOOK at some North Thompson River properties with the mayor and some members of the media yesterday and what we saw was [Continue]

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]