City of Kamloops

PETERS – Our biosolids, our business – we should all be concerned about it

April 6, 2019 // 1 Comment

HUMANS HAVE NEVER BEEN especially good at dealing with our waste. We like to do silly things with our garbage like toss it out the window of our cars for someone else to [Continue]

EDITORIAL – How much money is being wasted on Victoria Street West project?

March 12, 2019 // 3 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. GET READY TO PRACTICE your zipper merge. Remember 2015, when the Overlanders Bridge was being rehabilitated and we spent eight months [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – The big difference between listening and empowering

February 9, 2019 // 2 Comments

ENGAGEMENT, CONSULTATION AND TRANSPARENCY are big words in governments of all levels right now. Issues like pipeline expansion, electoral reform and First Nations rights come [Continue]

BEPPLE – Open house on secondary suites showed positive side of politics

February 6, 2019 // 2 Comments

SOMETIMES IT’S HARD not to become jaded and pessimistic about politics. After the last two years of watching President Trump lead the U.S. into more and more chaos, [Continue]

FORSETH – A look at the proposed 3.38 percent hike for Kamloops taxpayers

January 15, 2019 // 6 Comments

NOT THAT MANY days ago, Kris Sims, the B.C. Director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, stated that, “… people should brace for big tax hikes on a number of fronts [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Naming public facilities after sponsors is a tricky business

January 8, 2019 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IT USED TO BE that we named public facilities after geographical locations or people who had done a lot for the community or the country. [Continue]