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City of Kamloops Signals Review of Emergency Communications After Water Outage

by KCU | May 16, 2026 | Governance & Accountability, Public Safety

We’re 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...

Water Outage in Kamloops Raises Questions About Emergency Communication

by KCU | May 13, 2026 | Governance & Accountability, Public Safety

Dear City of Kamloops, We said it during the AAP, and we’ll 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 didn’t notify...

Kamloops Residents Urged to Register for Emergency Alerts—Are You Signed Up?

by KCU | May 4, 2026 | Community Information, Public Safety

Kamloops Faces High Wildfire Risk—But Where Is the Public Plan?

by KCU | May 1, 2026 | Governance & Accountability, Public Safety

𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐝𝐚—𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐨 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬? • 𝟒 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐨, 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐊𝐚𝐦𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐩𝐬 𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝟓𝟎% 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝟓 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬. → What does that mean for residents today? • 𝐊𝐚𝐦𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐩𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐬...