Politics

POLITICS – Milobar and Stamer keep critic’s portfolios in new party lineup

December 10, 2025 // 1 Comment

Kamloops MLAs Peter Milobar and Ward Stamer have retained their critics’ portfolios within a new lineup announced today (Dec. 10, 2025) by interim BC Conservative [Continue]

HOUSING – British Columbians ‘voting with their feet’ in face of rising housing costs

August 27, 2025 // 3 Comments

While the BC NDP play up a 0.7 per cent change in their annual allowable rent increase, Conservative MLA Peter Milobar says housing issues in B.C. are more systemic and [Continue]

CITY COUNCIL – AAP to be used for vote on borrowing for new police station

June 11, 2025 // 11 Comments

Borrowing $150 million for a new police station will be decided with an alternative approval process, Kamloops City council decided Tuesday (June 10, 2025). The APP, formerly [Continue]

IN THE HOUSE – ‘ Prime minister pours more fuel on the fires of inflation’

November 23, 2024 // 1 Comment

Excerpt from Oral Questions (Question Period) in the House of Commons on Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024): Frank Caputo (Conservative) Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo, BC Mr. Speaker, [Continue]

POLITICS – Stamer, Milobar land high profile critics’ roles in shadow cabinet

November 20, 2024 // 1 Comment

Kamloops’ two MLAs landed prominent critics’ jobs with the Opposition BC Conservatives today (Nov. 20, 2024) as party leader John Rustad unveiled his shadow cabinet. [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – A conversation with the mayor, in his inner sanctum

April 28, 2024 // 5 Comments

I sat down with Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson in his City Hall office Friday to discuss… his office, of course, and the controversy surrounding when he’s allowed to be [Continue]