Panhandling

ROTHENBURGER – More on how we try, and mostly fail, to control panhandling

July 20, 2019 // 4 Comments

SUPPOSE YOU’RE AT THE BANK MACHINE and there’s a panhandler sitting or standing there and he asks you for some spare change. Would you feel comfortable sliding your bank [Continue]

LETTER — Panhandling law must cover ‘captive audiences’

March 2, 2015 // 2 Comments

The following is the major part of a letter from resident James Fraser to Kamloops City council on panhandling: With regards to the complaints about panhandlers approaching [Continue]

ISSUES — Panhandling bans, the pros and cons

March 2, 2015 // 4 Comments

UPDATE: City council voted Tuesday to forward the panhandling letter to the Co-ordinated Enforcement Task Force. By MEL ROTHENBURGER NEWS/ CITY — If panhandling laws keep [Continue]

Add panhandling no-go zone to downtown parking kiosks

July 29, 2014 // 0 Comments

TUESDAY MORNING EDITORIAL — Kamloops City council would do well to act promptly on expanding the no-go zone for panhandlers to parking kiosks in the downtown core. From a [Continue]

Improvements on way for pesky parking kiosk screens

January 28, 2014 // 0 Comments

NEWS — Improvements are on the way for those much-maligned downtown parking kiosks, corporate services and community safety director David Duckworth told City council [Continue]