Rothenburger

EDITORIAL – Like everyone else, police deserve a break every once in a while

May 2, 2023 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. POLICE ARE HUMAN TOO. A couple of recent news reports confirm it. In one case, RCMP officers were accused of making insensitive remarks [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Why we need to blame ourselves more for wildfire havoc

May 1, 2023 // 3 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. HOW QUICKLY fire season comes around. No sooner has the chilly weather of winter and early spring vacated the premises, than wildfires are [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – The power of protest – can Enough is Enough fix anything?

April 29, 2023 // 0 Comments

THE PROBLEM WITH PROTESTS is they often don’t know what they’re about and are unsure of where they’re going. Take the “Enough is Enough” rally at the Overlanders [Continue]

ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – Is a return to big institutions the answer to street problems?

April 28, 2023 // 2 Comments

The following column was originally published on Oct. 2, 2021. THERE WAS A TIME when the streets weren’t full of homeless, addicted, and unstable people. A time when you [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Design for new building beside old train station is out of place

April 27, 2023 // 4 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. SOMETIMES I THINK there isn’t an architect in Kamloops with imagination, not a single developer with any historical sense of the city, not [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Decision to cut TRU’s Fine Arts program is a blow to city’s vision

April 26, 2023 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. ALL WORK AND NO PLAY makes for a pretty dull life. That’s a modern interpretation of the “All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy” [Continue]