City of Kamloops

PETERS – Kamloops election results should put an end to ward system talk

November 3, 2018 // 0 Comments

WE’RE REALLY NOT ALL THAT DIFFERENT across this city. Kamloops This Week printed a helpful little breakdown this week that showed how different neighbourhoods voted in [Continue]

WHAT’S UP DOWNTOWN – The 4th Avenue Pedestrian Plaza pilot project

July 23, 2018 // 3 Comments

A COMMON THEME is present in many city and community plans these days, one encouraging and promoting a walkable urban environment. Downtown Kamloops has a reputation as being [Continue]

FLOOD WATCH – Barnhartvale Road closes as Campbell Creek rises

May 5, 2018 // 0 Comments

The City will close Barnhartvale Road tonight (May 5, 2018) at 8 p.m. as water from Campbell Creek has overtopped the road. The closure is in the 7200 block of Barnhartvale [Continue]

BEPPLE – We need to do much more to protect pedestrians day-to-day

May 2, 2018 // 2 Comments

THE BRUTAL pedestrian deaths by vehicle in Toronto last week are sobering. So many dead in one act is unprecedented and hard to fathom. Hopefully, the event won’t be [Continue]

LETTER – Pictures tell the story of City crew blocking driveway with snow

February 21, 2018 // 11 Comments

Two pictures attached. First one is my driveway on Sunday after cleaning up Saturday’s snow. Second one was taken Tuesday afternoon after the city truck had finished [Continue]

C2C FORUM – Communications issues during 2017 emergencies cited

November 20, 2017 // 0 Comments

By MEL ROTHENBURGER Director, Electoral Area P, TNRD Based on three emergency situations during the past year, a lot of work needs to be done to be better prepared, a meeting [Continue]

PETERS – City services aren’t bad, but they shouldn’t go backward

February 25, 2017 // 1 Comment

WE’RE NOT special, Kamloops. Well, of course we are, but not when it comes to the constant cacophony of complaints about day-to-day maladies coming from the mouths of [Continue]

Dear Answer Man: What are all those big pipes on road from Domtar to the landfill?

May 31, 2014 // 2 Comments

Dear Answer Man, What is the purpose of the large pipeline that Domtar is building along the road to the landfill? We drove to the landfill last weekend and found the road [Continue]

There’s no lack of interest in civic election

May 28, 2014 // 0 Comments

WEDNESDAY MORNING EDITORIAL — The civic election campaign can now be considered officially underway in Kamloops. Incumbent councillor Nelly Dever officially declared [Continue]

‘Disgusting’ stink wafting over city coming from lagoons, not from pulp mill, says Domtar

May 17, 2014 // 5 Comments

UPDATE: City transferring sewage from old lagoon system to new treatment system; investigating complaints from residents of smell Utilities Services Manager Michael Firlotte [Continue]

There are, indeed, some lessons to be learned from Kitimat’s plebiscite on Enbridge pipeline

April 13, 2014 // 0 Comments

SUNDAY MORNING EDITORIAL — In Saturday’s editorial, we described the Kitimat plebiscite on the Northern Gateway pipeline project and discussed whether it offered any [Continue]

The argument for taking New Afton into city

April 7, 2014 // 8 Comments

MONDAY MORNING EDITORIAL — A reader raised a good point on the weekend about the City’s application to extend its boundaries to take in the New Afton mine. Question [Continue]

Burning fee doubles; season April 1 to 30

March 20, 2014 // 0 Comments

NEWS/ CITY HALL — Open burning of yard and garden waste on properties of an acre or greater within Kamloops and Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc will be allowed from April 1 to [Continue]