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Guest Column: The Last Strong Voice of Analytical Journalism in Kamloops – by Mel Rothenburger

by KCU | Oct 14, 2025 | Local Media

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?

by KCU | Sep 19, 2025 | City Hall

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

by KCU | Sep 13, 2025 | City Hall

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

by KCU | Aug 15, 2025 | City Hall

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

by KCU | Aug 13, 2025 | City Hall

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...