Rafe Mair

KNOX – Rafe Mair, the loose cannon who shot straight from the heart

October 15, 2017 // 1 Comment

BEFORE RAFE MAIR was a fire-breathing radio talk-show host, a household name from Victoria to Vanderhoof, he was a mere politician, a Social Credit cabinet minister from [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Rafe Mair’s passing a sad loss for Canadian journalism

October 10, 2017 // 2 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. CANADIAN JOURNALISM has lost one of its best. News came yesterday of the death of Rafe Mair — former talk-show host, [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER — Flogging the poor prop-rep horse

February 14, 2015 // 6 Comments

COLUMN — In May 2009, I wrote a column about the Single Transferable Vote. I likened it to buying fruits and veggies at a super market and tossing them into a blender. [Continue]