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CITY HALL – Corporate services director David Duckworth moving to Calgary

January 30, 2018 // 0 Comments

The City of Kamloops will lose one of its top administrators when David Duckworth leaves for a new job in Calgary. The corporate services and community safety director will [Continue]

McQUARRIE – T’was the night before Christmas and all through City Hall

December 19, 2017 // 1 Comment

WITH MY APOLOGIES to Clement Clarke Moore, I give you my Kamloops version of his poem, The Night Before Christmas. And what better way to take you to Christmas Eve in [Continue]

BY-ELECTION: Candidate Nicholas Adams: a love of community service

September 18, 2017 // 0 Comments

Candidates in the Sept. 30 Kamloops civic by-election are invited to make submissions to ArmchairMayor.ca on their platforms, biographical information, contact information or [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Answer to the question, ‘Do politicians have feelings?’

September 16, 2017 // 0 Comments

TWENTY-SEVEN residents of Kamloops are heading for a whole lot of hurt. For 24 of them, it will hit them hard on Saturday night, Sept. 30. That’s when they’ll receive [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Civic by-election quickly shaping up to be an interesting race

June 1, 2017 // 3 Comments

An Armchair Mayor editorial by Mel Rothenburger. SO THE RACE is on. Coun. Marg Spina has given written notice of her resignation, Peter Milobar will do likewise with his [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – By-election to fill the mayor’s chair is just crazy talk

December 3, 2016 // 4 Comments

EXCUSE the locker-room talk but this idea of holding a mayoral by-election is just nuts. Here’s how the chain of events plays out, in simplified form. When the writ is [Continue]

‘Citizen satisfaction’ among committees

December 7, 2014 // 0 Comments

NEWS/ CITY HALL — The two new City councillors have received some key committee appointments, including one to a new “citizen satisfaction committee.” Those are [Continue]

City officials receive pat on back for money-saving safety initiative

July 29, 2014 // 2 Comments

By MICHELE YOUNG City officials got a pat on the back for a safety initiative that has also netted hundreds of thousands of dollars in savings. City safety manager Caleb [Continue]

City’s annexation of New Gold’s mine could cost company up to $2 million in annual taxes

May 20, 2014 // 6 Comments

By MICHELE YOUNG The City’s effort to annex New Gold’s mine property west of town could result in a maximum of $2 million more in annual taxes for the company. City [Continue]

Tree coupons available starting Monday

April 4, 2014 // 0 Comments

NEWS — Tree coupons — 750 of them — will be available first-come first-served from the City starting Monday. The coupons, valued at $20, cans be picked up at City Hall [Continue]

City drivers receive deadline for displaying signs on vehicles declaring fuel efficiency

April 1, 2014 // 11 Comments

NEWS — Kamloops drivers will be required to add an additional piece of equipment to their vehicles this year as part of the City’s push to meet the goals laid out in its [Continue]