Armchair Mayor

Indexed Articles (123)

• CIVIC ELECTION – Lineup is set, six will contest for mayor, 29 for councillor ↗

  Sep 11, 2026 · details
• ROTHENBURGER – The mayor’s complicated road to nomination ↗

  Sep 10, 2026 · details
• STONIER-NEWMAN – Let’s salute those who do the hard work of mothering ↗

  Sep 7, 2026 · details
• CITY OF KAMLOOPS – Crew to begin refreshing pavement markings ↗

  Sep 5, 2026 · details
• CIVIC ELECTION – No shortage of candidates as nominations now open ↗

  Sep 5, 2026 · details
• CITY – Pedestrian suffers injuries in attack by two dogs in Valleyview ↗

  Sep 4, 2026 · details
• REID ALL ABOUT IT – Mayor wants disclosure of ‘harassment’ documents ↗

  Sep 3, 2026 · details
• FIRE – Suspect arrested after apparent arson near Emterra ↗

  Sep 3, 2026 · details
• PAC – Construction going well, costs are in good shape, City council told ↗

  Sep 1, 2026 · details
• CIVIC ELECTIONS – Nomination period for candidates now officially underway ↗

  Sep 1, 2026 · details
• SPORTS – Naming rights for Kia Lounge switched to restoration company ↗

  Sep 1, 2026 · details
• ENTERTAINMENT – Movie filmed here returns home for special screenings ↗

  Sep 1, 2026 · details
• CIVIC ELECTION – Ray Dhaliwal to officially announce candidacy for mayor ↗

  Aug 31, 2026 · details
• ROTHENBURGER – The man who wanted to be leader of the province ↗

  Aug 31, 2026 · details
• LETTER – Use of AI in early childhood education needs to be accountable ↗

  Aug 29, 2026 · details
• LETTER – Will Milobar set his sights on stepping up to the federal level? ↗

  Aug 28, 2026 · details
• EDITORIAL – Milobar could be the undoing of the BC Conservatives ↗

  Aug 26, 2026 · details
• POLICE – ‘Productive week’ for RCMP crime reduction unit in Kamloops ↗

  Aug 26, 2026 · details
• POLICE – Woman killed as vehicle leaves Westsyde Rd., strikes tree, catches fire ↗

  Aug 23, 2026 · details
• EDITORIAL – Full slate of incumbents sets up fascinating choice for voters ↗

  Aug 18, 2026 · details
• LETTER – City councillors should listen to uncomfortable questions ↗

  Aug 16, 2026 · details
• WILDFIRES – Home health services to resume in Clinton on Aug. 16 ↗

  Aug 15, 2026 · details
• CITY HALL – Mayor told to ‘cease and desist unfounded accusations’ ↗

  Aug 15, 2026 · details
• EDITORIAL – Is it really a surprise that Milobar has quit the Conservatives? ↗

  Aug 14, 2026 · details
• WILDFIRES – Information session for those who had to flee Pear Lake fire ↗

  Aug 13, 2026 · details
• ELECTION – Nomination packages for council, City school board reps available ↗

  Aug 13, 2026 · details
• REID ALL ABOUT IT – Who knew what, and when, about those blocked texts? ↗

  Aug 13, 2026 · details
• HOCKEY – Celebration set for Bandshell with Stankoven and Stanley Cup ↗

  Aug 13, 2026 · details
• LETTER – City council dithered for 12 months on new police building ↗

  Aug 13, 2026 · details
• FEATURED COMMENT – Referendum would have been cheaper than AAP ↗

  Aug 13, 2026 · details
• EDITORIAL – Making decisions now vs. kicking the can to the next council ↗

  Aug 12, 2026 · details
• WILDFIRES – Nature parks remain open but City urges extreme caution ↗

  Aug 11, 2026 · details
• ROTHENBURGER – Confusion over mayor’s absence all came down to blocked texts ↗

  Aug 10, 2026 · details
• EDITORIAL – An awkward time to bring up the issue of City council paycheques ↗

  Aug 8, 2026 · details
• SINGH – The City council cleanup in Aisle 6! ↗

  Aug 7, 2026 · details
• ROTHENBURGER – Fixing Seymour Street remains little more than a dream ↗

  Aug 7, 2026 · details
• EDITORIAL – The ‘must be approved and funded’ rule for big projects is dumb ↗

  Aug 6, 2026 · details
• TRAFFIC – Rehabilitation work on Summit connector will cause delays ↗

  Aug 5, 2026 · details
• LETTER – Many rural residents of TNRD don’t get the benefit of grant funding ↗

  Aug 1, 2026 · details
• EDITORIAL – AAP now certain to be a major civic election campaign issue ↗

  Jul 31, 2026 · details
• TNRD – $7 million federal grant assures new water filtration plant for Savona ↗

  Jul 31, 2026 · details
• PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE – Federal fund kicks in $7 million toward costs ↗

  Jul 30, 2026 · details
• POLICE – Driver passes three cars, almost collides with oncoming vehicle ↗

  Jul 29, 2026 · details
• POLICE – Crime Reduction Unit seizes firearm components, motorcycle ↗

  Jul 29, 2026 · details
• POLICE – Fake officer’s name used in scam involving traffic violation ↗

  Jul 29, 2026 · details
• EDITORIAL – Stamer offside with his ‘goodwill gesture’ to Trump ↗

  Jul 29, 2026 · details
• POLICE – Search continues for swimmer who went missing at Riverside Park ↗

  Jul 27, 2026 · details
• CULTURE – City and TteS say ‘ancestral remains’ have been found in West End ↗

  Jul 27, 2026 · details
• POLICE – Body of man drowned two years ago in North Thompson found ↗

  Jul 23, 2026 · details
• CITY – Tranquille Road project will interrupt water service overnight ↗

  Jul 23, 2026 · details

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