City council

JOHNSON – Point by point, what will council candidates do with our money?

March 16, 2022 // 2 Comments

WITH THE UPCOMING municipal election in October, we find ourselves at the beginning of positional jockeying for council incumbents looking for re-election, and new Council [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Will slate politics make a real mark in this year’s civic election?

March 10, 2022 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. KAMLOOPS WILL HAVE at least one civic party — or slate — competing for spots in this year’s municipal elections. It’s not the first [Continue]

BEPPLE – Previous political experience a prerequisite for running for mayor

January 12, 2022 // 4 Comments

IF YOU WANT to be mayor of Kamloops, you’d better already be a politician. Or that’s what one would think looking at the past. In 1986, John Dormer, a local [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Councillors’ arguments against treatment centre were flimsy

December 17, 2021 // 5 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. ONLY ONE VOTE separated the “concentration camp” proposal for the homeless from success this week when it came in front of Kamloops City [Continue]

EDITORIAL – There’s a bright spot in City council’s latest budget increase

February 10, 2021 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE .93 PERCENT TAX INCREASE in this year’s City of Kamloops budget is being hailed as the lowest in at least 10 years. That’s actually [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Dallas public hearing issue shows need for some new rules

December 22, 2020 // 5 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. TRANSPARENCY IS ONE OF the most important responsibilities of local government. The public must not only be able to watch the public [Continue]