Heritage

LETTER – There was nothing anyone could do to change City Gardens project

December 9, 2021 // 1 Comment

Re: City Gardens project (Editorial – Heritage groups have failed us on downtown high-rises) I agree with everything you said but take exception to dissing the Kamloops [Continue]

LETTERS – There is no advocate for heritage in Kamloops

December 8, 2021 // 1 Comment

I agree with Mel Rothenburger about the loss of our heritage in Kamloops. But he should know that the Kamloops Heritage Commission and the Kamloops Museum are departments of [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Heritage groups have failed us on downtown highrises

December 7, 2021 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. WHERE HAVE ALL the heritage advocates gone? I can’t get excited about the fact an old house on Nicola Street is being moved up to McLure [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – City Gardens housing project presents a Hobson’s Choice

September 26, 2020 // 3 Comments

TWENTY HERITAGE HOMES will be bulldozed if a major new downtown development goes ahead, which it probably will. The Kelson Group unveiled plans this week for a $140-million, [Continue]

ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – City’s heritage is being turned into brick fireplaces

July 4, 2020 // 1 Comment

The Armchair Mayor is on staycay this week. In place of his usual editorials and columns we present some blasts from the past. The following column was originally published [Continue]

HERITAGE – Chateau Laurier addition is an affront to the property’s history

July 8, 2019 // 0 Comments

The proposed addition looks like a giant air conditioner or shipping container. It’s ugly and entirely out of place By RAYMOND J. deSOUZA Senior Fellow, Cardus [Continue]