by KCU | May 27, 2026 | Civic Engagement, Governance & Accountability
Thank you to the City of Kamloops and City Council. Earlier this month, KCU alerted the City to links on the AAP forms directing residents to the wrong email address. Council has now amended the bylaw to ensure any affected response forms will still be counted. *๐ด...
by KCU | May 21, 2026 | Governance & Accountability, Municipal Finance
๐๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ฌ. ๐๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฆ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ. While City Hall faces criticism over public communication during the recent water issue, many residents say they did not receive notice about the two current AAPs ending May 29: โข Tranquille Phase III Sewer Main/Road...
by KCU | May 16, 2026 | Governance & Accountability, Public Safety
Weโre glad to see the City acknowledging concerns following the recent water issue, and hope the promised review leads to improvements in how information is communicated to residents and businesses during emergency situations. Read the CBC article here: City of...
by KCU | May 13, 2026 | Governance & Accountability, Public Safety
Dear City of Kamloops, We said it during the AAP, and weโll say it again during this infrastructure emergency: Relying primarily on online methods to reach residents is not acceptable. Neither is blaming residents. Many people say the Voyent Alert system didnโt notify...
by KCU | May 8, 2026 | Community Engagement, Governance & Accountability
๐๐โ๐ซ๐ ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ โ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐ฌ๐จ๐ง,โ ๐ฌ๐ก๐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎโ๐ซ๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ. Labeling others as angry while consistently displaying it herself is textbook projection. This is a councillor with a documented pattern of showing contempt...
by KCU | May 7, 2026 | Governance & Accountability, Municipal Finance
๐๐ญโ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ก๐๐ฆ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ข๐๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ฐ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐๐ง ๐๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ญ ๐๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ ๐โ๐๐ง๐, ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ฒ, ๐ญ๐ฒ๐ฉ๐ข๐๐๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐งโ๐ญ ๐ค๐๐๐ฉ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ข๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ. In October of 2024, KCU co-organizer Kathrine Blair-Wunderlich...