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LETTER – Sometimes democracy comes in a purple sweater and a walking stick

June 26, 2024 // 9 Comments

Tuesday morning June 25 was going to be another day to protest downtown near City Hall. When I got off the bus and walked to Seymour and First, I looked across the street [Continue]

CITY HALL – One week left to pay property taxes before penalty is applied

June 24, 2024 // 0 Comments

Kamloops property owners have one more week to pay their property taxes before a provincially mandated 10 per cent penalty for late payment is applied on July 3, 2024. [Continue]

LETTER – How to have one less distraction at Kamloops City Hall

June 16, 2024 // 0 Comments

It seems Coun. Neustaeter’s taxpayer-funded lawyers now plan to use anti-SLAPP legislation to dismiss the mayor’s defamation suit against her. This is insulting to the [Continue]

CITY HALL – Mayor banned from closed committee meetings in latest sanction

June 13, 2024 // 7 Comments

Another sanction has been imposed on Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson by members of his council and, once again, no details provided of what may have led to it. In a news release [Continue]

CITY HALL – Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson removed as spokesperson for City

May 29, 2024 // 12 Comments

Kamloops City councillors are shortening the leash on Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson even more by removing him as the official spokesperson for the City. In a news release issued [Continue]

GUEST COLUMN – B.C. is plagued by dysfunctional municipal councils

May 16, 2024 // 3 Comments

Once you start examining the dysfunctional councils around B.C., you quickly conclude it’s best to keep a large supply of eye wash on hand By STAN BARTLETT Vice Chair, [Continue]