City council

EDITORIAL – Sad fact is that the answer to opioid crisis continues to elude us

April 10, 2019 // 3 Comments

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

April 6, 2019 // 4 Comments

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

March 19, 2019 // 0 Comments

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

February 27, 2019 // 3 Comments

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

February 4, 2019 // 4 Comments

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

November 6, 2018 // 1 Comment

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

November 3, 2018 // 0 Comments

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?

October 31, 2018 // 0 Comments

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

October 31, 2018 // 2 Comments

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

September 21, 2018 // 0 Comments

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

September 19, 2018 // 3 Comments

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

August 18, 2018 // 2 Comments

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]

ROTHENBURGER – Letter signed by five City councillors raises questions

July 14, 2018 // 4 Comments

SEVERAL WORDS COME TO MIND with respect to the open letter signed by five City councillors in support of proportional representation. Courageous. Creative. Strange. Setting [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Flag debate – making the world a more complicated place

June 27, 2018 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IT’S TRUE THE WORLD is more complicated than it used to be but that’s because we make it that way. In the old days, a community group [Continue]