Rothenburger

EDITORIAL – How is it that the heroes of the pandemic are suddenly bums?

May 10, 2023 // 4 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. HOW QUICKLY we forget. It wasn’t long ago when we considered Dr. Bonnie Henry — the architect of lockdowns — a saint. Each afternoon, [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Where is the Magical Mystery Bus bringing homeless here?

May 9, 2023 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. WHERE IS IT? I’m looking for the Magical Mystery Bus that pulls into town on a regular basis and drops off a bunch of homeless people to [Continue]

EDITORIAL – ‘Unprecedented’ is no longer the right word for floods, fires

May 8, 2023 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE WORD ‘UNPRECEDENTED’ is much used these days, especially when it comes to wildfires and floods. In Alberta, Premier Daniella Smith [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Fifty years ago, a brand new City of Kamloops was forged

May 6, 2023 // 0 Comments

FIFTY YEARS AGO, Kamloops was in trouble, unable to get its act together. If you think it has problems now, you should have been around back then. The only answer was to [Continue]

EDITORIAL – It’s coronation time – let’s all take the Oath of Allegiance

May 4, 2023 // 4 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE CORONATION of King Charles III on Saturday morning doesn’t have people nearly as excited as they were when his mother was crowned in [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Return to Four Pillars a hopeful sign in battle against addictions

May 3, 2023 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE FOUR PILLARS are back. Once the centre of a strategy to tackle the drug crisis, the approach has seldom been mentioned in recent years [Continue]