TNRD

ROTHENBURGER – How TNRD directors set up their pay raise to avoid a ‘cheese grater’

April 5, 2025 // 2 Comments

WHEN REGIONAL DIRECTORS gave themselves a small raise for the coming year, it was done through a motion that received no debate and a quick vote. That was in February. When [Continue]

TNRD – Regional district board sets tax increase at 5.9 per cent for 2025

March 28, 2025 // 0 Comments

The TNRD will tax residents with a 5.9 per cent increase this year, but the district is quick to point out that many property owners will see an increase less than that, and [Continue]

EDITORIAL – TNRD board demonstrates restraint with its annual pay increase

February 24, 2025 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE FOLKS WHO SIT AROUND the Thompson-Nicola Regional District board table have done an unusual thing. They voted to give themselves only a [Continue]

ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – Strange strategies out at the ranch

January 17, 2025 // 1 Comment

The following column was first published in the Kamloops Daily News on Jan. 19, 2012: THE SOUTH THOMPSON INN and Conference Centre out by Rivershore golf course will be a [Continue]

EDITORIAL – The man behind the drive to get a Monte Creek fire hall

November 5, 2024 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. MONTE CREEK RESIDENTS received good news just before the weekend when the Thompson-Nicola Regional District made it known that plans for a [Continue]

TNRD – Regional district, CUPE reach new two-year collective agreement

April 24, 2024 // 0 Comments

The Thompson-Nicola Regional District and CUPE Local 900 have ratified a new two-year collective agreement that runs until Dec. 31, 2025. The contract includes a four per [Continue]