Kamloops City council

EDITORIAL – Conflict of interest issue is about both reality and perception

January 30, 2025 // 9 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. CONFLICT OF INTEREST is in the news again, this time involving donations to three Kamloops City councillors by individuals associated with a [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Secret tape ‘didn’t work out the way I had planned’

January 18, 2025 // 12 Comments

WHEN COUN. BILL SARAI secretly taped an argument with Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson in January 2023, he didn’t know the tape would be subject to a Freedom of Information [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Public inquiries may yet be saved, but it sure ain’t simple

January 15, 2025 // 3 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE GOOD NEWS IS, public enquiries at Kamloops City council meetings aren’t quite dead. But, goodness, given a choice of keeping things [Continue]

CITY HALL – ‘Council remains focused on strengthening community trust’

January 10, 2025 // 5 Comments

Editor’s Note: City Hall released the following today (Jan. 10, 2025) over the name of Deputy Mayor Kelly Hall. Although it’s called a “City of Kamloops [Continue]

LETTER – The Kamloops City councillors’ eight days of Christmas

December 24, 2024 // 3 Comments

The Councillors’ 8 Days of Christmas On the first day of Christmas we ganged up on the Mayor: And shamed him the best that we could. On the second day of Christmas we [Continue]

LETTER – The night before Christmas, Kamloops citizens have just one wish

December 24, 2024 // 4 Comments

‘Twas the night before Christmas in ol’ Kamloops town, The council was stirring, with furrow and frown. The chambers were filled with debate and despair, While whispers [Continue]