Kamloops City council

LETTER – Listening even when it’s uncomfortable is in the job description

December 11, 2025 // 2 Comments

Democracy isn’t always easy, but it shouldn’t feel like trying to return an item without a receipt. So what do we make when our rights start shrinking like leftovers in [Continue]

EDITORIAL – City council tightens the screws on public input at its meetings

December 9, 2025 // 5 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE NAIL IN THE COFFIN of civic democracy was hammered in tighter today (Dec. 9, 2025) by Kamloops City council. By majority vote, the [Continue]

EDITORIAL – How it’s up to taxpayers to fix spending troubles in River City

November 21, 2025 // 12 Comments

‘Well, ya got trouble, my friend, right here ‘I say, trouble right here in River City.’ – Lyrics from ‘Ya Got Trouble,’ The Music Man An editorial by [Continue]

LETTER – Kamloops deserves better than this ‘spend and tax’ City council

October 18, 2025 // 2 Comments

Mel, this is my impression of current performance of the “spend and tax“ city council. Kamloops residents are facing another hit to their wallets. At a recent city [Continue]

LETTER – The Kamloops City council has done it again

October 8, 2025 // 4 Comments

In the most outrageous misuse of a legal loophole yet, Kamloops City Council has approved the use of the Alternate Approval Process (AAP) to finance over $200 million in new [Continue]

LETTER – The erosion of democracy in Kamloops

September 13, 2025 // 3 Comments

Supreme Court Judge Groves’ ruling on the Build Kamloops borrowing bylaws should give our city council pause. While he sided with the City, he also noted that using the [Continue]