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๐‚๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ฅ, ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ ๐ˆ๐ฌ ๐†๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ƒ๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐’๐ฉ๐ข๐ง

๐‚๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ฅ, ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ ๐ˆ๐ฌ ๐†๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ƒ๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐’๐ฉ๐ข๐ง

Interior Health is cutting 91 administrative positions after a financial reviewโ€”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...

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๐…๐ซ๐ข๐๐š๐ฒ ๐…๐ฎ๐ง๐ง๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐€๐ซ๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ

๐…๐ซ๐ข๐๐š๐ฒ ๐…๐ฎ๐ง๐ง๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐€๐ซ๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ

๐€ ๐…๐ซ๐ข๐๐š๐ฒ ๐…๐ฎ๐ง๐ง๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐€๐ซ๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ: In an article from April 2024, former Mayor Mel Rothenburger pointed out one omission in the City's citizen satisfaction survey: it didnโ€™t ask how well City Council was doing. To address that, he created 10 questions with...

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๐‚๐š๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ญ๐จ ๐‡๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ ๐†๐š๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐‚๐ข๐ญ๐ฒโ€™๐ฌ ๐†๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐„๐ง๐ ๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ

๐‚๐š๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ญ๐จ ๐‡๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ ๐†๐š๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐‚๐ข๐ญ๐ฒโ€™๐ฌ ๐†๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐„๐ง๐ ๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ

At this weekโ€™s council meeting, Mayor Hamer-Jackson asked MP Frank Caputo directly about federal funding for Kamloopsโ€™ major upcoming projectsโ€”including Build Kamloops and the new RCMP facility, which together total nearly $500 million dollars. Caputoโ€™s response was...

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Hiding Behind Aliases Isn’t Courage

Hiding Behind Aliases Isn’t Courage

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

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

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

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

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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