LETTER – Outdoor skating rink is a nice-to-have frill that should be postponed
Re: Editorial, ‘Outdoor skating rink is a great ideal pandemic or not’ Bad Timing… I cannot support any frills in these uncertain times. To some, this [Continue]
Riverside Park
EDITORIAL – Outdoor skating rink is a great idea, pandemic or not
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. WHAT ON EARTH is the City thinking, spending almost $5.8 million on an outdoor skating rink, in these times of a struggling economy amid the [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Assault on 71-year-old security guard deserves extra punishment
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. MEDIA HAVE A BAD HABIT of stereotyping older folks as helpless; others have an equally bad habit of stereotyping them as irrelevant. Anybody [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Nothing inherently wrong with allowing businesses in Riverside
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE SPECTRE OF BUSINESS in Riverside Park has raised its head again and will undoubtedly raise the hackles of those who think anything that [Continue]
EDITORIAL – City is dragging its feet on replacing stolen monument plaques
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. SPRING HAS SPRUNG and the nicer weather inevitably encourages the graffiti vandals to renew their destructive pastime. They recently tagged [Continue]
EDITORIAL – How easy it is to spend money and delay decisions
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IN POLITICS, IT’S SO VERY EASY to put things off, and so easy to spend taxpayers’ money. A couple of unrelated items caught my eye [Continue]
PETERS – There are no sacred public spaces, including Riverside Park
IF YOU HEAD DOWN TO RIVERSIDE PARK on any given summer day, you’re likely to see members of the Kamloops Society for Creative Anachronism, also known as the Shire of [Continue]
ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – Handling of parkade incompetent or brilliant?
The following Armchair Mayor column was published Oct. 12, 2011 as the proposal for a parkade in the Heritage House parking lot came to a conclusion: AS THE COUNTING gets [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Theft of commemorative plaques calls for special justice
An Armchair Mayor editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THERE REALLY ought to be a special place in hell for the contemptible lowlifes who have been stealing plaques from community [Continue]
WHAT’S UP DOWNTOWN – The green spaces of downtown: Riverside Park
CAN YOU BELIEVE it’s already May!? The trees are finally blooming and the patios are buzzing in the streets and avenues. CAP Team member Jon here with some more tidbits to [Continue]
POLICE – Boy has scare in public washroom from man with cellphone
An unaccompanied lad had a scare in one of the public washrooms in Riverside Park on Friday, Kamloops RCMP reported today (Feb. 28, 2017). Around 2 pm, the boy went into [Continue]
Gender-neutral loo plan flushed till 2015
NEWS/ CITY HALL — Installation of a gender-neutral family washroom in Riverside Park isn’t likely to happen for another year. A report to City council from parks, [Continue]
Kayaker falls into river, police and public find him and two buddies safe at park
NEWS/ POLICE — Three male kayakers were found safe thanks to some fast action by police and public after their overturned kayak was found in the river at Riverside Park [Continue]
Beautification work getting underway on intersection at City Hall; expect some delays
NEWS — Work is getting underway on utility upgrading and beautification of the streets intersecting in front of Kamloops City Hall. Extreme Excavating Ltd. has the contract [Continue]
