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RECENT ARTICLES
Mayor Motions for Drug Housing Audit
Kamloops residents deserve transparency and accountability when public funds are involved. KCU supports Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson's motion calling for an independent audit of taxpayer-funded harm-reduction/drug housing facilities. We recommend Council approve it at the...
NSBIA Calls for Change After Overdose
KCU supports the NSBIA’s call for coordinated change—action that connects people in crisis to care in real time. We also support Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson’s motion for an independent audit of taxpayer-funded harm-reduction/drug housing facilities, and recommend that...
Journalism Our City Needs More Of
Thank you Doug Collins, for addressing City Hall’s “friends” and calling for accountability on Kamloops’ big projects. This is the kind of journalism our city needs more of. Read Doug Collins' article: COLLINS: Upcoming staffing decisions critical to success of new...
Rules for Thee — But Not for the City of Kamloops
People are exhausted. They don’t know who or what to believe, and they’re done watching local officials and city administration play by a different set of rules. Over the last three years, trust in City Hall, in leadership, and even in each other has eroded in...
New RCMP Building’s Cost Jumps to $170M
The new RCMP building price tag has now risen to $169.8 million — with taxpayers responsible for at least $142 million. Before residents sign off on more debt, maybe we should first see the design features and timeline that are actually required by the contract. Read...
Guest Column: The Last Strong Voice of Analytical Journalism in Kamloops – by Mel Rothenburger
At Kamloops Citizens United (KCU), we believe open debate and diverse viewpoints are the foundation of democracy. Kamloops deserves journalism that informs citizens rather than managing public opinion. In this guest column, veteran journalist Mel Rothenburger examines...
Kamloops Is Borrowing Big. Are We Ready For The Bill?
What Kamloops Taxpayers Should Know About BC’s Deficit and Local Borrowing Kamloops is planning major investments while BC faces a record-breaking $11.6 billion deficit and revised population forecasts that challenge the city’s long-term growth assumptions. Provincial...
𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐥, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐈𝐬 𝐆𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐃𝐢𝐳𝐳𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐧
Interior Health is cutting 91 administrative positions after a financial review—sending the message that public institutions must tighten up, prioritize front-line services, and trim bureaucracy. By contrast, since October 2020, the City of Kamloops has quietly added...
𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐅𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬
𝐀 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐅𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬: In an article from April 2024, former Mayor Mel Rothenburger pointed out one omission in the City's citizen satisfaction survey: it didn’t ask how well City Council was doing. To address that, he created 10 questions with...
𝐂𝐚𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐨 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐆𝐚𝐩𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐲’𝐬 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭
At this week’s council meeting, Mayor Hamer-Jackson asked MP Frank Caputo directly about federal funding for Kamloops’ major upcoming projects—including Build Kamloops and the new RCMP facility, which together total nearly $500 million dollars. Caputo’s response was...
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