Kamloops City council

LETTER – The difference between transparency and airing dirty laundry

August 4, 2025 // 0 Comments

TO CITY COUNCIL: I just read the city of Kamloops news release of Mr. Trawin’s departure. I have a question. Why did you air the City’s dirty laundry in public? The [Continue]

CITY COUNCIL – Who’s the ‘third party’ who paid for part of Trawin’s salary?

June 24, 2025 // 5 Comments

Who is the mysterious “third party” who has been paying part of on-leave City CAO David Trawin’s salary? That’s the question, but it wasn’t answered at today’s [Continue]

EDITORIAL – The brilliance of moving Mayor’s Report to bottom of agenda

June 24, 2025 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IN HINDSIGHT, the decision by the Band of Eight to relegate the Mayor’s Report to the last item on the agenda of regular City council [Continue]

CITY COUNCIL – AAP to be used for vote on borrowing for new police station

June 11, 2025 // 11 Comments

Borrowing $150 million for a new police station will be decided with an alternative approval process, Kamloops City council decided Tuesday (June 10, 2025). The APP, formerly [Continue]

CITY COUNCIL – Bart Simpson to blame for tossing out public inquiries

June 10, 2025 // 3 Comments

Bart Simpson wasn’t registered for a public inquiry at today’s Kamloops City council meeting (June 10, 2025) but he made it into the discussion anyway. Mayor Reid [Continue]

GUEST COLUMN – Council repeatedly shows it’s not interested in our opinion

June 10, 2025 // 7 Comments

By GARRY DAVIES Guest Columnist “WHAT TO MAKE of a diminished thing.” As I read the recent report on Kamloops debt load per person, I found myself realizing that we [Continue]