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KCU advocates for and serves as the public voice of concerned residents who prioritize transparency and accountability in municipal government. We work to hold local officials fiscally responsible and responsive to community needs.

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Hiding Behind Aliases Isn’t Courage

Hiding Behind Aliases Isn’t Courage

by | Aug 9, 2025 |

๐‡๐ข๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐ž๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐€๐ฅ๐ข๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ˆ๐ฌ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ ๐žโ€”๐ˆ๐ญโ€™๐ฌ ๐‚๐จ๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐๐ข๐œ๐ž On local social media, a familiar set of anonymous accounts reliably surface to defend City Hall and discredit its critics, consistently attempting to dominate political debate. These arenโ€™t everyday residents...

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Please Answer The Question

Please Answer The Question

by | Aug 7, 2025 |

๐๐‘๐„๐€๐Š๐ˆ๐๐†: ๐Š๐š๐ฆ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐‚๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ฅ: ๐๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ช๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง. ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐š๐ญ๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ . On August 5, Kamloops resident and KCU co-organizer Kathrine Wunderlich asked council a direct, legitimate question: Will public funds be used to defend Councillor Katie Neustaeter in...

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Nowhere to Go

Nowhere to Go

by | Jul 25, 2025 | , ,

Contact: City of Kamloops: citycouncil@kamloops.ca Honourable Christine Boyle-Min. of Housing and Municipal Affairs Phone: 236-478-3970 Email: HMA.Minister@gov.bc.ca Honourable Josie Osborne-Minister of Health Phone: 250-953-3547 Email: HLTH.Minister@gov.bc. Nowhere...

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Enough Is Enough

Enough Is Enough

by | Jun 8, 2025 | , , ,

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! Though plans for a new $150M RCMP station were already in the works, City Hall conveniently left that out when rushing through the $275M Performing Arts Centre and Arena Multiplex.Both were approved using an AAP-a backwards voting process where not...

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Council Faces Integrity Crisis

Council Faces Integrity Crisis

by | Jun 6, 2025 |

Todayโ€™s headlines read:โ€œReport on Saraiโ€™s Tapegate results in slap on the wrist.โ€ -Armchair Mayorโ€œCouncillor Sarai breached oath by recording mayor and covering it up.โ€-Infonewsโ€œInvestigation finds Sarai breached code with secret recording; mayor calls for...

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KCU Requests Town Hall

KCU Requests Town Hall

by | May 26, 2025 |

A letter sent to city council this morning requesting a public town hall meeting: Please share. Dear Mayor, Council, and CAO, Kamloops is at a critical juncture, and recent events have made this reality impossible to ignore. In just 24 hours this past weekend, there...

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Shocked by Your Property Tax Bill?

Shocked by Your Property Tax Bill?

by | May 22, 2025 |

Youโ€™re not alone. We wonโ€™t say โ€œtold you soโ€โ€”but we will keep doing the homework for concerned Kamloops residents, because city hallโ€™s decisions affect us all. Hereโ€™s what city council approved this year: Property Tax: +7.42% increase Water: +15% increase Sewer: +5%...

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