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TNRD – Monte Creek residents get fire service while new hall is built

January 9, 2023 // 0 Comments

Monte Creek residents now have fire protection. The Thompson-Nicola Regional District announced today (Jan. 9, 2023) that the new service came into effect Jan. 1 for 356 [Continue]

TNRD – The challenge of not being at the table for important decisions

December 16, 2022 // 4 Comments

By MEL ROTHENBURGER ONE OF THE CHALLENGES of leaving public office is that you have to stand by and watch your successors mess with what you tried to accomplish. At [Continue]

TNRD – Three-day online auction to include tools, office furniture

December 2, 2022 // 0 Comments

The Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD), in partnership with Team Auctions, will be hosting an online, three-day event, between December 3 – 6, 2022, to auction off [Continue]

EDITORIAL – City council has a chance to think for itself on TNRD board issue

November 14, 2022 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE NEW KAMLOOPS COUNCIL will get a chance Tuesday to send a message that it can think for itself rather than relying on what it’s fed by [Continue]

TNRD – Wholesale changes to directors on regional district board

October 16, 2022 // 0 Comments

Most of the faces around the TNRD table will be new following civic elections Saturday (Oct. 15, 2022). First of all, I couldn’t be more pleased that the new director for [Continue]

EDITORIAL – City should turn down adding another regional district director

October 5, 2022 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. HOW MANY DIRECTORS does the City of Kamloops need on the Thompson-Nicola Regional District board? The City currently has six on the [Continue]

ELECTION – Lee Morris to seek election as Electoral Area P director in TNRD

June 26, 2022 // 0 Comments

Lee Morris has announced she’ll seek election to the TNRD Board as the Director for Electoral Area P (Rivers and the Peaks) in the Oct. 15 civic election. Following is [Continue]

LETTER – Whistleblower specified that letter was only for TNRD board chair

February 14, 2022 // 1 Comment

Statement today (Feb. 14, 2022) from Ken Gillis, chair of the TNRD board, with respect to a whistleblower letter and media coverage of it: As you have seen, the letter [Continue]

TNRD – Board needs to focus on fixing problems instead of arguing

February 13, 2022 // 2 Comments

This article by Mel Rothenburger, Director for TNRD Electoral Area P, was originally published on the Area P Post website on Feb. 11, 2022. TNRD board directors need to [Continue]

BEPPLE – Local issues, not spending fiasco, will decide next TNRD election

February 9, 2022 // 0 Comments

THIS WEEK, VANCOUVER SUN reporter Vaughn Palmer wrote a column titled “Only voters can lay blame for Thompson-Nicola spending fiasco.” In it, he rightly praised Kamloops [Continue]

TNRD – Process for getting rural fire protection requires several steps

June 11, 2021 // 1 Comment

THE TRAGIC FIRE in the Monte Creek area this week has raised questions about fire service in rural areas, so for those who aren’t familiar with the current process, I’ll [Continue]

POLICE – TNRD inquiry handed over to federal financial investigators

May 6, 2021 // 0 Comments

A federal police unit is looking into claims of potential criminality brought forth by the Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD) in late March. A statement today (May 6, [Continue]

BEPPLE – Auditor general for local governments needed more than ever

April 1, 2021 // 1 Comment

IF IT WASN’T for the news of new variants of COVID, the efficacy of vaccines, and the general threat of 20- to 39-year-olds to the health of us all taking up all the [Continue]

TNRD – Statement regarding RCMP investigation

March 26, 2021 // 1 Comment

Statement from TNRD today, March 26, 2021: On March 19, 2021, the Thompson-Nicola Regional District released a public Request for Proposals to conduct an independent review [Continue]