by KCU | Mar 17, 2026 | Advocacy & Public Engagement, Infrastructure, Municipal Finance
At last week’s Council meeting (March 10), Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson introduced a motion to postpone/delay the PAC and Multiplex projects for up to one year, halt further spending and contracts, and require a staff report on the financial and legal impacts. The...
by KCU | Mar 13, 2026 | Governance & Accountability, Municipal Politics, Transparency & Accountability
๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐ฐ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฌโ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐
๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ฅ What happened at Tuesdayโs council meeting raises serious questionsโand new information is now complicating the story further. The issue centres on a motion brought forward by Councillor Margot Middleton regarding a...
by KCU | Mar 10, 2026 | City Budget, Governance & Accountability, Municipal Finance
๐๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐๐% ๐๐ญ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌโ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ $๐๐๐,๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐๐ฌ๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐๐ญ. Read the iNFOnews article here: Management salaries up 42% at Kamloops city hall over three...
by KCU | Mar 6, 2026 | Municipal Finance
Kamloops has authorized short-term borrowing before, although not at this scale. Read the iNFOnews article here: Kamloops city hall needs a $40M payday loan
by KCU | Mar 6, 2026 | Municipal Politics
Following campaign announcements from council members Mike OโReilly and Nancy Bepple, discussion about the October 17, 2026 election is already ramping up. An Armchair Mayor editorial questions whether Bepple and Reid Hamer-Jackson could work together if re-elected. A...