Rothenburger

ROTHENBURGER – Shooting of wild horses latest sad chapter in their story

March 25, 2023 // 0 Comments

WILD HORSES, to many people, represent freedom. To others, they mean trouble. The mysterious shooting of 17 feral horses north of Walhachin was a terrible act that re-ignites [Continue]

ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – Violence, nudity and coarse language in the movies

March 24, 2023 // 0 Comments

The following column was first published in The Kamloops Daily News on Nov. 18, 1983. A COUPLE OF NIGHTS AGO, I scanned the movie ads. The line-up went like this: some very [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Westsyde Road project is a good start but there’s a long way to go

March 23, 2023 // 3 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. GOT A CARD in the mail this week informing me that work is about to start on a new multi-use pathway along Westsyde Road between Batchelor [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Another he-said, they-said day in the Pandemonium Capital

March 22, 2023 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THERE WERE FROWNS, smirks, knowing glances and angry words as another day in the Pandemonium Capital of Canada played out in City council [Continue]

EDITORIAL – If only making people behave was just a bylaw away

March 21, 2023 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. TRYING TO CONTROL public behaviour is one of the most challenging jobs faced by cities but they keep trying. Some have tried out regulations [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Leave their families out of it when criticizing City councillors

March 20, 2023 // 5 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THERE’S NO LONGER any doubt, is there, that the current City council is the most dysfunctional in the history of Kamloops? There’s [Continue]