Category Archives: Column
BEING MAYOR - Life at City Hall, Chapter 8: 'The Beginning of a Process'
KAMLOOPS - This is the eighth in a series on my experiences as the mayor of Kamloops from 1999 to 2005. By MEL ROTHENBURGER "I firmly believe we the new Council have a strong mandate to do certain thi...
Sep 18, 2017
Does Calgary want to bankrupt itself over NHL franchise?
KAMLOOPS - The Calgary Flames appear to be playing politics in their efforts to get a new hockey arena in that city. The team has been posturing for a new arena for several years to replace the aging ...
Sep 17, 2017
Do politicians have feelings?
KAMLOOPS - Twenty-seven residents of Kamloops are heading for a whole lot of hurt. For 24 of them, it will hit them hard on Saturday night, Sept. 30. That's when they'll receive their rejection slips ...
Sep 16, 2017
IH should speak up on the long term impacts of wildfire smoke
KAMLOOPS - I think we’ve done it, Kamloops. Cross your fingers, knock on wood. Don’t knock too hard, though, you might start a fire. But all indications are, the worst of the fire season i...
Sep 15, 2017
Qualtrough the hidden gem in cabinet shuffle
KAMLOOPS - When Prime Minister Trudeau shuffled his cabinet August 28th, much of the news centred around the creation of an extra minister involved in aboriginal affairs, and former TV host Seamus O'R...
Sep 14, 2017
Dieppe's secret mission
KAMLOOPS - Recently declassified documents reveal the true mission of the raid on the beaches of Dieppe on August 19, 1942. The publicly stated reasons varied: to test Hitler's defences in France; to ...
Sep 14, 2017
Instead of taking shopping carts away, give them away
KAMLOOPS - Instead of taking sides in the shopping cart debate, why don't we come up with a solution that will make everyone winners? In case you haven't heard, Kamloops RCMP are seizing wayward shopp...
Sep 13, 2017
Drawing the line over what’s fair
KAMLOOPS - Dealing with the homeless population is one of the toughest jobs there is. I am constantly in awe of those who work on the street with the homeless and how they deal with the most marginal ...
Sep 13, 2017
Parking at Royal Inland Hospital CAN be free
KAMLOOPS - Every time paid parking at Royal Inland Hospital comes up, the answer from the bureaucracy and the politicians is basically - too bad, so sad, gotta be that way. But does it really? A new h...
Sep 13, 2017
What about the kids?
KAMLOOPS - A few years ago, when my sons were still in public school (now homeschooled), we would get a lunch program to peruse and choose from if we wanted to. We chose nothing, not because we're fus...
Sep 11, 2017
