Rothenburger

EDITORIAL – Well that was a Tuesday afternoon we’ll never get back

March 1, 2023 // 4 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. I COULD WRITE A BOOK about Tuesday’s Kamloops City council meeting. A title comes to mind: Gong Show 2. Unfortunately, I have only 325 [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Living in pothole country is getting to be very expensive

February 28, 2023 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. LET’S FACE IT, we live in pothole country. With this endless freeze-thaw-freeze cycle we’re in, we have a bumper crop of potholes. [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Council should encourage dialogue with public, not shut it down

February 27, 2023 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THERE’S NOTHING UNUSUAL, or wrong, with putting limits on how long members of the public can speak to City council either at regular [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Changing attitudes on use of spanking to discipline kids

February 25, 2023 // 0 Comments

‘UP FRONT!’ I remember the words of my high school French teacher oh so well. Learning French was a challenge for me; languages other than English don’t come easily. [Continue]

ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – Announcing the Bad News Awards for 1975

February 24, 2023 // 0 Comments

For this week’s edition of Armchair Archives, we go back to 1976. The following column was published in The Kamloops News on Jan. 30, 1976, not long after I returned to [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Tournament Capital investment 20 years ago has paid off

February 23, 2023 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. TWENTY YEARS AGO, the people of Kamloops went to the polls to decide whether or not to spend almost $38 million on a bold new plan to expand [Continue]