Kamloops City council

BEPPLE – Kamloops City council should not ‘stay in its lane’ on Gaza conflict

January 15, 2024 // 38 Comments

CITY OF KAMLOOPS council should just “stay in their lane.” That is what some people have said about my Jan. 9, 2024 Notice of Motion for the mayor of Kamloops, on [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Council motion on Gaza would be a waste of time, effort

January 13, 2024 // 10 Comments

CITY COUNCIL is about to get sucked into the Gaza quagmire. At this week’s regular meeting, council heard from Joanne Hammond, who said she represented a group called [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Appointment of referee for council must be Job One in 2024

January 6, 2024 // 10 Comments

WE COULD USE some good news this year, considering that 2023 was, basically, crap cakes. For 2024 to be better, though, there’s a lot of baggage that needs to be cleaned [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Announcing the 2023 Armchair Mayor Bad News Awards

December 30, 2023 // 4 Comments

IT’S AWARDS SEASON. We’ve already had the People’s Choice Awards, the Hollywood Film Awards, and the New York Film Critics awards. Coming up are the Golden Globes, [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Eby owes an explanation for cutting off Fassbender review

December 28, 2023 // 7 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT has some ‘splainin’ to do to the people of Kamloops. Without saying why, other than the old “going in a [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Interested, or not interested — that was the question

December 13, 2023 // 4 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. ANOTHER FUN DAY at Kamloops City council yesterday as councillors sparred with the mayor over a motion to send a letter to the provincial [Continue]