Kamloops City council

ROTHENBURGER – A guide to what they’re saying around the horseshoe

March 6, 2026 // 3 Comments

NOW THAT we’re getting into the thick of election year, you’re probably glued each week to the live streaming of City council meetings. No? How about the archived video [Continue]

LETTER – The joys of serving on City council have another side

February 26, 2026 // 2 Comments

Dear Armchair Mayor, In response to the column by Arjun Singh about his joys of serving on council, may I respectfully reply to it? There are three primary reasons why I rule [Continue]

SINGH – The many joys of serving on city council

February 10, 2026 // 7 Comments

By ARJUN SINGH Kamloops Chronicle SINCE THE 2022 civic election, Kamloopsians have watched the dysfunction on our city council with understandable concern and anger. Most [Continue]

CITY COUNCIL – Mayor’s motions on meals, relatives quickly shot down

February 3, 2026 // 5 Comments

Motions by Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson to axe catered meals for council members during meetings and to ban the hiring of councillors’ relatives quickly fell by the wayside [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Speculation underway about the mayoral ballot

January 28, 2026 // 11 Comments

AND SO IT BEGINS. Names are starting to firm up, ever so slightly, as possible contenders for the mayoralty in this fall’s civic election. The only two for-sures at this [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Paring down of City’s tax increase will please some, not others

January 22, 2026 // 4 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. KAMLOOPS TAXPAYERS are probably feeling a little better after Tuesday’s (Jan. 20, 2026) committee of the whole meeting in which [Continue]