Kamloops Daily News

ROTHENBURGER – 50 years in Kamloops – time flies when you’re having fun

August 1, 2020 // 1 Comment

THE SUMMER OF 1970 was a busy time, especially on Monday, Aug. 3. There wasn’t yet a B.C. Day stat holiday; it was the beginning of a new work week. The sky was clear, the [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER: Fondly remembering the best boss I ever had

July 27, 2019 // 1 Comment

KAMLOOPS HAS HAD many outstanding media people over the years. Names like Jack Knox, Walter Jones, Frances Bula, Dave Obee, Angelo Iacobucci, Bob Price, Jim Harrison, Susan [Continue]

BEPPLE – Kamloops loves Twitter, but not for electoral reform

July 25, 2018 // 1 Comment

I’VE HAD A TWITTER ACCOUNT since 2011. I started using it even more heavily in 2014 when the Kamloops Daily News shut down. I follow politicians and news sources. [Continue]

ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – Tips for making it in journalism

April 27, 2018 // 1 Comment

Editor’s Note: I’m a strong believer in the old saying that if it was good enough to publish once, why not publish it again. Therefore I reprise what I’ll call the [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – The new parking lot, the parking fee hike, and Plan B

December 9, 2017 // 9 Comments

I SAT in my old office at The Kamloops Daily News yesterday. Or, rather, I sat in my truck in a parking spot where my old office used to be, thinking about George W. Bush. By [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Rushing to build something on KDN property would be a mistake

July 4, 2017 // 6 Comments

An Armchair Mayor editorial by Mel Rothenburger. NOW THAT all hope of saving the Kamloops Daily News building is lost — the contract has been awarded to demolish it and put [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Another heritage building – yes, heritage building – bites the dust

April 26, 2017 // 7 Comments

An Armchair Mayor editorial by Mel Rothenburger. SOMEBODY’S got to say it — City council signed the death warrant Tuesday for yet another heritage building. Yes, the [Continue]

CITY HALL – Council moves ahead with KDN teardown for ‘temporary’ parking

April 25, 2017 // 3 Comments

City council moved ahead today (April 25, 2017) with plans to tear down the Kamloops Daily News building and “temporarily” put up a parking lot. After hearing from [Continue]

YOU SAY – A great big, half empty parking lot; way to go City council

April 24, 2017 // 1 Comment

A sampling of comments about the City’s decision to tear down the Kamloops Daily News building and put in a parking lot. Gail Paton: A great, a big half empty parking [Continue]

COLLINS – This is the best we can do?

April 24, 2017 // 2 Comments

The downtown core badly needs something, and a parking lot isn’t exactly visionary on the part of those in City Hall LET ME MAKE SURE I understand. After years of [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Saga of KDN property not as screwed up as it seems

April 22, 2017 // 2 Comments

THE SAGA of the Kamloops Daily News building isn’t City Hall’s finest hour. One might get the impression, in fact, that MBA programs won’t be including it in their [Continue]

CITY HALL – Old newspaper property could be a parking lot by this fall

April 21, 2017 // 0 Comments

The Kamloops Daily News building and attached land on the corner of 4th and Seymour could be a big parking lot by this fall. A report going to City council on Tuesday says [Continue]

CITY HALL – Hush-hush search for a ‘better idea’ for Kamloops Daily News site comes up empty-handed

April 21, 2017 // 6 Comments

A year-long search for a “better idea” for the former Kamloops Daily News site on the corner of Fourth and Seymour will end with the smack of a wrecking ball, if [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Might be time to put up a parking lot on old KDN site

March 29, 2017 // 4 Comments

Almost a year after the deadline for proposals on what to do with the old KDN building, there’s still no word on what the City is thinking An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial [Continue]