ARE CITY EMPLOYEES and City council worth their paycheques? That’s a subjective question if there ever was one but first you have to know how much they’re getting paid. [Continue]
THE ANNOUNCEMENT this week (Tuesday, March 28), that mayor of Kamloops Ken Christian has formed an economic recovery task force of 15 business leaders, businesses, and [Continue]
An editorial byMel Rothenburger. IT’S STILL EARLY IN THE WEEK and everybody has a right to feel a bit crabby early in the week so here’s my beef for the day. I happened [Continue]
KAMLOOPS CITY COUNCIL could learn a thing or two from the fire at Notre Dame Cathedral. Within hours of the devastating blaze that destroyed a large part of one of the [Continue]
THE CONCLUSION of Saturday’s mayoral election in Kamloops was as foregone as the conclusion to the movie Titanic. Ken Christian was going to defeat William Turnbull, [Continue]
EVERY ONE OF US knows at least one person who has died from a drug overdose in the last few years. A co-worker. A friend’s brother-in-law. A son of another co-worker. A [Continue]
An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. KEEPING AN open mind is usually a good thing, but not always. Kamloops City council got a surprise yesterday when resident [Continue]
LET’S TALK about crime, drugs, shootings, sex and Kamloops. Actually, forget the sex part as I just tossed that into the mix to get your attention. You see, we had [Continue]
A $100,000 downtown parking study was rejected by Kamloops City council on the closest of votes Tuesday (Nov. 7, 2017). After more than an hour of debate, the proposed study [Continue]
An AmrchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE RE-INVIGORATED Kamloops City council holds its second meeting Tuesday, giving the two newbie councillors another [Continue]
HOPE SPRINGS eternal- except in elections. In the advance voting leading up to Saturday’s byelection, there were hopes that the turnout would be reasonably good, even [Continue]
An Armchair Mayor editorial by Mel Rothenburger. COULD BE be a very interesting by-election for mayor. Coun. Ken Christian no sooner re-confirmed this week he wants the job [Continue]
By COUN. KEN CHRISTIAN FROM CITY HALL (COLUMN) — There has been a predictable backlash to the sticker price of the performing-arts centre (PAC) proposed for the old [Continue]
NEWS — Candidates in November’s Kamloops civic election will have to get a few more signatures on their nomination papers. City council today took its election [Continue]