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LETTER – Mayor Hamer-Jackson must either change or throw in the towel

May 15, 2024 // 13 Comments

Posted by former City councillor and former mayoral candidate Dieter Dudy today (May 15, 2024) on his Facebook page: An open letter to the Mayor of Kamloops. Dear Mayor [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Wait, what happened at that City council meeting?

May 15, 2024 // 5 Comments

LET’S SORT OUT what happened at the Kamloops City council meeting yesterday (May 14, 2024). First of all, for those who are wondering, the removal of Mayor Reid [Continue]

CHIDIAC – Poilievre has no regard for Canadian values of respectful dialogue

May 14, 2024 // 3 Comments

THE GREAT African American writer Maya Angelou said, “When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.” Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre raised [Continue]

CITY HALL – Mayor, councillors clash again as he’s removed as chair of meeting

May 14, 2024 // 10 Comments

Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson was removed as chair of today’s Kamloops City council meeting during a raucous conclusion to the session that included a brief walkout by [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – A Mayor-Council-CAO Covenant could be what doctor ordered

May 13, 2024 // 6 Comments

THERE’S SOMETHING called a “Council-CAO Covenant” that might help Kamloops City Hall through its dysfunctional quagmire. It’s being tried in several other B.C. [Continue]

JOHNSON – Weekend essay: Why book bans are never a good idea

May 12, 2024 // 1 Comment

MEL ROTHENBURGER’s editorial a while back, Wokeism reigns with banning of classics from School libraries, opens up a much larger discussion regarding book censorship in [Continue]