City council

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]

McQUARRIE – Bemused and befuddled in the Twilight Zone of local politics

February 13, 2018 // 1 Comment

POLITICIANS! There are weeks when the only thing you can do is give your head a shake and wonder in bemused befuddlement, if we have indeed entered the Twilight Zone of [Continue]

McQUARRIE – Creative thinking a good way to get shut down by City council

January 30, 2018 // 3 Comments

THINGS GOT a bit testy at City Hall last Tuesday when Councillor Cavers introduced his motion asking staff to review and have a look at best practices when it came to snow [Continue]

November’s civic elections will be for four-year terms

February 25, 2014 // 0 Comments

NEWS — Civic politicians will now have to go to the polls only once every four years between elections. Community, Sport and Cultural Development Minister Coralee Oakes [Continue]

City looks at bicycle-friendly roundabout on Nicola

January 21, 2014 // 7 Comments

NEWS — Roundabouts aren’t everybody’s cup of tea, but they’re coming into increasing vogue as City traffic planners look for ways to increase safety. Soon, cyclists [Continue]

Council reluctant to crack down on outdoor smoking

January 21, 2014 // 1 Comment

NEWS — City council was urged today to ramp up the fight against second-hand smoke but it made no promises. Jeff Connors of the Interior Smoke Free Coalition pointed out [Continue]

Arts and heritage: believing, doing two different things

January 13, 2014 // 0 Comments

ARMCHAIR MAYOR SAYS — I’m not sure which is in worse shape, Kamloops arts or Kamloops heritage. Nobody seems interested enough in either. The Community Arts Commission [Continue]