Byron McCorkell

CITY HALL – Byron McCorkell to become new CAO ‘as an interim measure’

October 11, 2024 // 10 Comments

Byron McCorkell has gone from deputy and acting to chief administrative officer of the City of Kamloops. It will become effective Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024. An announcement [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Please, let’s let the Byron McCorkell episode go away now

April 3, 2024 // 5 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE BYRON McCORKELL affair is over. Let it stay that way. Acting CAO McCorkell was suspended from his job, then he was re-instated. Let it [Continue]

LETTER – Not surprising McCorkell’s suspension was overturned but…

March 30, 2024 // 9 Comments

It’s not surprising that Kamloops City councillors overturned the mayor’s suspension of acting CAO Byron McCorkell but it’s unfortunate. It also leaves one wondering if [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – How the handling of the McCorkell suspension was botched

March 29, 2024 // 8 Comments

I’M STILL PERPLEXED about a few things surrounding the Byron McCorkell saga. Last evening’s announcement by councillors that they had, by a vote of 8-0, re-instated [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER: Outcome of suspension should have been easy to predict

March 28, 2024 // 5 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE LATEST BIT of turmoil at City Hall was always bound to end badly. When Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson suspended acting CAO Byron McCorkell on [Continue]

CITY HALL – Councillors say they ‘have utmost confidence’ in McCorkell

March 27, 2024 // 5 Comments

A statement today from City Hall identified as being on behalf of “councillors and the City” strikes back at Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson’s suspension of deputy [Continue]