ROTHENBURGER: Busking bylaw was a solution looking for a problem
It was an attempt to increase the quality of busking, but what about the quality of panhandling? THE ‘STREET PERFORMANCE’ issue appears to finally be put to rest and [Continue]
City council
EDITORIAL – Afternoon council meetings win the day over evenings
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE IDEA OF HOLDING regular Kamloops City council meetings in the evening instead of afternoon was worth looking at but a staff report on [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Sad fact is that the answer to opioid crisis continues to elude us
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. FRUSTRATION WITH what seems like the losing battle against opioid addiction was obvious Tuesday when Interior Health representatives talked [Continue]
ROTHENBURGER – Coffee shop democracy is always the best kind
IT’S 20 AFTER 4 on Thursday afternoon at the Moustache and Go coffee shop on Tranquille Road. The Moustache and Go has only been open a couple of weeks and its sign [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Actions will speak louder than words in City-TteS agreement
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE RELATIONSHIP between the City of Kamloops and the Tk’emlups te Secwepemc is often heralded as the way things should work between [Continue]
BEPPLE – If City councillors add evening meetings, they should be paid more
CITY OF KAMLOOPS Coun. Dale Bass has found out that City council meets on Tuesdays during the day, and she wants to change it. Actually, she knew it all along, from her years [Continue]
FEATURED COMMENT – Nature park, disc golf compatible, says councillor
Coun. Kathy Sinclair’s thoughts on last week’s council decision to include disc golf on the old executive-golf course property on McArthur Island: Sometimes, [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Time to think about term limits for civic politicians again
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE INAUGURAL MEETINGS of Kamloops City council and the Kamloops-Thompson School Board were held last night, with the Thompson-Nicola [Continue]
ROTHENBURGER – When politicians cry, it doesn’t mean they’re crybabies
POLITICIANS DON’T CRY, do they? Well, yes they do. It was quite the tear fest during the final meeting of the outgoing Kamloops City council this week. I don’t recall [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Why should flying a flag at City Hall need to involve lawyers?
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. WHAT SAD TIMES we live in when flying flags and hanging banners becomes a Charter of Rights and Freedoms issue. Without a word of [Continue]
BEPPLE – Just like any other Kamloops City council meeting – well, not quite
THIRTY-ONE YEARS IS a long time for anyone to keep the same job. Thirty-one years is an amazingly long time to be an elected local politician. To have the faith and [Continue]
ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – History shows Kamloops voters don’t like big changes
The following excerpt is from a column published Nov. 15, 2008 in The Kamloops Daily News. Ten years later, the situation now isn’t an exact comparison to what it was [Continue]
BEPPLE – Favourite age to become a candidate for City council is the 40s
IN KAMLOOPS, there are almost equal numbers of people in their 20s, as people in their 30s, 40s, 50s or 60s. There are about 12,000 people who are in their 20s, and similar [Continue]
ROTHENBURGER – Warning to candidates: prepare for crap and abuse
IT’S COMMON SPECULATION that at least 30 people will put their names forward for councillor positions plus several for mayor in the upcoming Kamloops civic election. [Continue]
