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City Management Wage Growth Outpaced the City’s Largest Employee Group

by KCU | Jul 20, 2026 | Municipal Finance

In 2025, the City spent $52,293,510 on wages for the City’s largest employee group (CUPE employees and Program Instructors) – and $19,766,895 on management wages. From 2024 to 2025, wages for the City’s largest employee group increased 𝟕%, while...

2026 Kamloops Election Candidate Directory

by KCU | Jul 17, 2026 | 2026 Municipal Election

There are already 20 people running for Mayor and Council, and finding information on all of them isn’t always easy for voters, so we’ve started a candidate directory. If you can help fill in the blanks or spot something that’s incorrect, please let...

Mike O’Reilly: Campaign Promises and Council Record

by KCU | Jul 13, 2026 | 2026 Municipal Election

𝐌𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐎’𝐑𝐞𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟖 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟐 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬: 2018: (First run for council.) City Hall should cut the bloat, invest in roads, sidewalks, and the economy – and focus on the North Shore. 2020: Promoted from Director to CEO of Comet Industries, the company developing the...

Public Information or Political Promotion?

by KCU | Jul 10, 2026 | 2026 Municipal Election, Governance & Accountability

𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 – 𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧? Two weeks ago, media across B.C. covered the Province’s announcement of a two-year, $16 million expansion of the Chronic Property Offending Intervention Initiative. The City of Kamloops chose to issue its own...

Kamloops Ranked Last in B.C. for Net Financial Assets in 2024

by KCU | Jun 24, 2026 | Municipal Finance

Kamloops ranked 156th out of 156 B.C. municipalities for Net Financial Assets (Debt) in 2024. The City says this measure doesn’t tell the whole story, and accounting standards are changing in 2027 to include non-financial assets such as roads, buildings, and...