Media

EDITORIAL – Cuts to reporting staff at CHNL are bad news for the community

September 24, 2024 // 7 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. BEHIND-THE-SCENES comments are often different than what people say publicly when a news outlet is closed or suffers serious cutbacks in [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Thin-skinned local media need a J-school refresher

July 23, 2024 // 20 Comments

PITY THE POOR MEDIA in Kamloops. They’re feeling sorry for themselves these days. It has to do with Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson and last week’s news conference. Whatever it [Continue]

EDITORIAL – We have lost a man of many words and unremitting patriotism

May 11, 2024 // 9 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. MANY’S THE TIME, as I struggle to express myself on the issues of the day, or even in the throes of somnambulant tranquility, that I wish [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – How governments self-promote instead of inform

April 27, 2024 // 5 Comments

ARE OUR PUBLIC BODIES in the information business, or the propaganda business? The answer might seem obvious but their way of going about it can be annoying. Every time one [Continue]

EDITORIAL – A fond farewell to the airwaves from the Armchair Mayor

April 25, 2024 // 8 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. I’M AN OLD MAN. This is a fact I’ve been reluctant to acknowledge. I hate it when the media refer to anyone over the age of 60 as [Continue]

LETTER – Tuning out from the mud on the AM radio station dial

April 21, 2024 // 0 Comments

Re: ROTHENBURGER – A modest proposal for a better citizen satisfaction survey I like your insight, mixed with humour. I’m not a political type guy but I am a home [Continue]