BEPPLE – We need to do much more to protect pedestrians day-to-day
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]
City of Kamloops
LETTER – Pictures tell the story of City crew blocking driveway with snow
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
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
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?
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
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
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
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
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
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]
