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CITY COUNCIL – Combined park, disc golf gets nod for McArthur Island

January 29, 2019 // 7 Comments

Despite public input strongly favoring preservation of the old McArthur Island golf course property as a passive nature park, Kamloops City council today (Jan. 29, 2019) [Continue]

CANNABIS – Kamloops picked for first government-owned marijuana outlet

July 11, 2018 // 4 Comments

Kamloops will be the first city in B.C. to get a government-owned cannabis retail outlet. The BC Liquor Distribution Branch (LDB) announced today (July 11, 2018) that the [Continue]

ON THE AGENDA – Notices of motion on tax bills, biosolids applications

May 15, 2018 // 0 Comments

Highlights on Kamloops City council agenda, Tuesday, May 15, 2018: Staff will recommend that council authorize a joint venture with the Kamloops Blazers Hockey Club for [Continue]

FLOOD WATCH – City activates emergency operations centre

May 7, 2018 // 0 Comments

The City of Kamloops has activated its Emergency Operations Centre to support efforts to monitor the rising water in Campbell Creek. At 8 p.m. on Saturday, May 5, the City [Continue]

BIOSOLIDS – Kamloops sets up committee on ‘management options’

May 4, 2018 // 0 Comments

Kamloops has joined in the search for an answer to biosolids. The City announced today (Friday, May 4, 2018) it has formed a Biosolids Management Stakeholder Committee to [Continue]

CITY – ‘Sewage spill into river had no impact on Kamloops water supply’

April 13, 2018 // 3 Comments

A sewage spill into the South Thompson River today (April 13, 2018) had no impact on the Kamloops water supply, says the City. The City says a cross-connection between a [Continue]

CITY POLITICS – The Cascadia tweet that has Coun. Donovan Cavers under fire

April 12, 2018 // 8 Comments

Coun. Donovan Cavers is tweeting again. This one is raising some ire. Click on it to follow the thread. Morneau go for it. Cancel equalization payments to #BC. I dare [Continue]

CITY HALL – Shakeup in corporate structure unveiled after review

February 28, 2018 // 1 Comment

The City of Kamloops has a new corporate structure. A new organizational chart was released today (Feb. 28, 2018) that results from a review prompted by the departure of [Continue]

CITYSCAPE – Land swap paves way for new development at Spirit Square

February 21, 2018 // 0 Comments

The Tranquille Road shopping corridor will get two new commercial buildings as part of a development adjacent to Spirit Square. Details of the plan were announced today by [Continue]

FIRE – Problem house on Nelson Avenue scene of explosion, blaze

February 15, 2018 // 0 Comments

A house that was the scene of a shooting last October was damaged in a fire Wednesday night (Feb. 14, 2018). The basement of the house at 217 Nelson Avenue was rocked by an [Continue]

CITY HALL – Corporate services director David Duckworth moving to Calgary

January 30, 2018 // 0 Comments

The City of Kamloops will lose one of its top administrators when David Duckworth leaves for a new job in Calgary. The corporate services and community safety director will [Continue]

PARKING – 17 stalls shifted from public to reserved parking at KDN lot

January 15, 2018 // 5 Comments

The City’s new parking lot on the former Kamloops Daily News site now has fewer stalls available to shoppers and more available to pass holders, and every one of the [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Political hopefuls could learn a lot from Pat Wallace

January 13, 2018 // 3 Comments

PAT WALLACE hasn’t been on Kamloops City council forever. It just seems like it, in a good way. When I arrived in Kamloops in 1970, it was the time of Mayor Peter Wing and [Continue]

DUDY – Some comparisons on how various cities handle snow removal

January 5, 2018 // 6 Comments

Posted on Facebook by Coun. Dieter Dudy: IT SEEMS that snow removal (or lack thereof) is the topic of choice these days. Many seem to think that the City isn’t getting to [Continue]