Kamloops City council

EDITORIAL – The City’s business belongs to the public, not to councillors

May 7, 2025 // 4 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. KAMLOOPS CITY COUNCIL continues to be confused about its job. At Tuesday’s (May 6, 2025) meeting, councillors approved by a count of 7-2 [Continue]

ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – Who’s the champ of word mangling at City Hall?

April 11, 2025 // 3 Comments

If you sometimes shake your head at the state of the English language, rest assured mangling our native tongue isn’t restricted to any particular segment of society, nor [Continue]

ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – Civic parties have a history of failure in Kamloops

March 28, 2025 // 6 Comments

Spring is here and so are thoughts of civic political parties — Kamloops Citizens United is pondering entry into the civic election scene. In the spring of 1986, thoughts [Continue]

EDITORIAL – New rules for public inquiries better than nothing but…

March 12, 2025 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE NEW FORMAT for public inquiries at Kamloops City council meetings is better than nothing but the council shouldn’t be patting itself [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Pettiness continues around the City council horseshoe

March 4, 2025 // 9 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE PETTINESS around the Kamloops City council horseshoe knows, it seems, no bounds. When the council meets today (March 4, 2025) for its [Continue]

ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – What all of Kamloops was talking about in 1975

January 31, 2025 // 0 Comments

Ever wonder what Kamloopsians were talking about in 1975? The following Mel Rothenburger column was published in The Kamloops News on Jan. 30, 1976. Some of those mentioned [Continue]