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1 week ago | 
armchairmayor.ca | Armchair Mayor.ca |Page One |Mel Rothenburger
Multiple Kamloops RCMP Detachment frontline officers and the Police Dog Services responded to a report of a shooting early today (Thursday, June 19, 2025). Just after midnight, police responded to a report of a male suffering from a gunshot wound in the 600 block of Seymour Street. The victim was located and transported to hospital by ambulance with serious injuries, the extent of which police said are unknown at this time.
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1 week ago | 
armchairmayor.ca | Armchair Mayor.ca |Page One |Mel Rothenburger
CANADA HAS MORE doctors than ever before but fewer of us (including me) have a family doctor. How can that be? What are they doing if not treating the 6.5 million Canadians without a doctor? A recent study published in the Annals of Family Medicine journal confirms the trend. Even though the study is based on Ontario Health Insurance Plan billing, the results are the same across Canada. Nationally, 40 per cent of doctors don’t treat those who are in of need medical attention.
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1 week ago | 
armchairmayor.ca | Armchair Mayor.ca |Mel Rothenburger
Music in the Park kicks off for another season on July 1. Performances begin at 7 p.m. nightly at the Rotary Bandshell in Riverside Park. July 1 performances include The Daytime Highs, Angie Heinze Band, and Shattered Blue. The 2025 season, co-sponsored by the City and BC Lotteries, features a lineup of local and regional artists, showcasing a range of musical genres including rock, country, folk, pop, and contemporary.
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1 week ago | 
armchairmayor.ca | Armchair Mayor.ca |Page One |Mel Rothenburger
By ANGUS REID INSTITUTEJune 18, 2025 – Labour strife has become the norm in the relationship between Canada Post and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers over the past several years, evidenced by rotating strikes in 2018, a nationwide strike last November, and the ongoing conflict, which awaits a union vote.
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1 week ago | 
armchairmayor.ca | Brian Giesbrecht |Armchair Mayor.ca |Page One |Mel Rothenburger
By BRIAN GIESBRECHTFrontier Centre for Public PolicyI DON’T THINK Vladimir Putin has read Donald Trump’s Art of the Deal. If he had, he might have realized that Trump offered him and Volodymyr Zelensky the best deal they were likely to get to end their brutal war. Trump proposed a ceasefire that implied Putin could keep the Ukrainian territory his army had captured, creating space for serious negotiations. Zelensky understood and agreed. But Putin hasn’t.
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1 week ago | 
armchairmayor.ca | Armchair Mayor.ca |City Hall |City Issues |Page One |Mel Rothenburger
Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson wants an independent forensic audit done of City operations to reduce waste and increase transparency, and he’s challenging any councillors who oppose the audit to explain themselves. The mayor introduced a notice of motion at last week’s council meeting and sent out a news release today (June 17, 2025) as a follow-up. His motion is expected to come up for debate at next week’s regular meeting.
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1 week ago | 
armchairmayor.ca | Armchair Mayor.ca |Mel Rothenburger
A government plan to fast track resource projects is under fire, why several Toys R Us stores are closing, a rough road ahead for Canada’s auto sector, and a tighter job market… in your June 17 edition of Canada’s Business Beat with Bob Price.. Click on the microphone to link to audio.
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1 week ago | 
armchairmayor.ca | Armchair Mayor.ca |Page One |Mel Rothenburger
CANADA IS AT an interesting political crossroads at the moment. Prime Minister Mark Carney currently enjoys the advantage of ideological plasticity. Depending on the issue, and the public facing political hay that can be made from it, Carney has the option to swing towards the Conservative ideological right, or if he wants, he can move into NDP left leaning territory, to decide on a direction for any given issue.
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2 weeks ago | 
armchairmayor.ca | Armchair Mayor.ca |City Issues |Mel Rothenburger
A group of Kamloops residents who lost a legal battle with Coun. Mike O’Reilly is trying to raise public donations to pay for court costs incurred by O’Reilly and the City. The 10 residents alleged that O’Reilly was in a conflict of interest in connection with the Build Kamloops ice rink because of his involvement with the nearby Comet Industries industrial park development. The Supreme Court judge ruled against them, and ordered them to pay all costs of the legal action.
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2 weeks ago | 
armchairmayor.ca | Armchair Mayor.ca |Mel Rothenburger
Tk̓emlúps te Secwépemc is working to protect a site on the North Shore where ancestral remains were located on Thursday, June 12, 2025. Tk̓emlúps te Secwépemc requests that the site be respected, as it is now considered a sacred site. The site is protected under the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the BC Heritage Conservation Act. Any alteration or disturbance to the sacred site is illegal and punishable under provincial law.
