Rothenburger

ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – It’s not the politicians who run the governments

February 17, 2023 // 2 Comments

The following column was published in The Kamloops Daily News on Jan. 7, 1983. THERE’S A MISTAKEN IMPRESSION among many members of the general public that Kamloops [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Is this the year for a marquee Kamloops sign and other budget goodies?

February 15, 2023 // 4 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. WHAT DO YOU THINK of a big marquee style sign in Riverside Park somewhere near Sandman Centre? Or how about better benches and planters in [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Comprehensive plan is needed to stop Yellowhead carnage

February 14, 2023 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THERE ARE MANY IDEAS on how to fix the Yellowhead Highway. A couple of recent tragedies in the area south of Barriere have renewed the [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Remembering the legacies of Cliff Branchflower and Pat Wallace

February 13, 2023 // 3 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. VERY FEW PEOPLE in civic politics or community service can be considered icons, but Kamloops lost two of them on the weekend. Former mayor [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER: Without fries and gravy, can the new version of Zellers bring back the feeling?

February 11, 2023 // 0 Comments

HOW CAN ANYONE FORGET sitting in The Skillet enjoying a Z-Burger, milkshake and Golden Fries with gravy? Anyone of a certain age, that is? Ever since the recent announcement [Continue]

ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – And so then I said, ‘Martin, I love your work’

February 10, 2023 // 0 Comments

Kamloops folks are used to seeing film productions in town nowadays but, back in 1989, it was a new and exciting thing. That was the year Martin and Charlie Sheen were in [Continue]