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New Questions Emerge in Kamloops City Hall FOI Controversy

New Questions Emerge in Kamloops City Hall FOI Controversy

by | Mar 13, 2026 | Governance & Accountability, Municipal Politics, Transparency & Accountability

๐Œ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐“๐ฐ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Š๐š๐ฆ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฌโ€™ ๐‚๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐‡๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐…๐Ž๐ˆ ๐’๐œ๐š๐ง๐๐š๐ฅ What happened at Tuesdayโ€™s council meeting raises serious questionsโ€”and new information is now complicating the story further. The issue centres on a motion brought forward by Councillor Margot Middleton regarding a...
Kamloops City Hall Management Salaries Up 42% in Three Years

Kamloops City Hall Management Salaries Up 42% in Three Years

by | Mar 10, 2026 | City Budget, Governance & Accountability, Municipal Finance

๐Œ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ฌ๐š๐ฅ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ% ๐š๐ญ ๐Š๐š๐ฆ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐‚๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐‡๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐ž๐ž ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌโ€”๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐š๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ $๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ“๐ŸŽ,๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐›๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ž๐ญ. Read the iNFOnews article here: Management salaries up 42% at Kamloops city hall over three...
Petition: Stop the 7% PST on Business Services

Petition: Stop the 7% PST on Business Services

by | Feb 21, 2026 | Municipal Finance

A petition has been launched calling on the BC government to reverse the new 7% Provincial Sales Tax (PST) on business services, scheduled to take effect October 1, 2026. The petition states: Small businesses are already struggling. Families are feeling the pressure....
Same Economy. Different Choices: What Direction Should Kamloops Take?

Same Economy. Different Choices: What Direction Should Kamloops Take?

by | Feb 18, 2026 | Municipal Finance

๐’๐š๐ฆ๐ž ๐„๐œ๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ฒ. ๐ƒ๐ข๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐‚๐ก๐จ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ฌ. The Provincial Government of B.C. and TRU are reducing administration and deferring capital projects. In contrast, the City of Kamloops is defending its management structure and advancing major capital projects. Given the current...