Mel Rothenburger

City is cancelling fewer tickets since parking kiosks reprogrammed, but they still suck

May 24, 2014 // 3 Comments

COLUMN — Got a parking ticket this week. It was the second one for the same reason — when I punched in my licence plate number on the kiosk keypad, one of the numbers [Continue]

The strange case of Prof. Robert Buckingham — proof that universities live in a bubble

May 17, 2014 // 0 Comments

COLUMN — Any doubt that universities live in a bubble should be removed with the case of University of Saskatchewan dean Robert Buckingham. Buckingham was fired as the dean [Continue]

Certainly, there are many important things to be absolutely clear about, but it won’t be easy

May 10, 2014 // 2 Comments

COLUMN — When important things are happening in Ottawa, MP Cathy McLeod doesn’t always make it home on Fridays. Too many important pieces, important changes, important [Continue]

Gordon Campbell was reluctant to give us a university but it’s more important that he did

May 3, 2014 // 0 Comments

COLUMN — I remember when Gordon Campbell made the big announcement in 2004 that the University College of the Cariboo was going to become a real university. The room, of [Continue]

So this is what being 70 years old is like

April 26, 2014 // 8 Comments

COLUMN — I’m 70. Jesus. The big milestone came yesterday. I wasn’t paying attention, and suddenly it was there. When I hit 62 I wrote about getting older. I [Continue]