Tag: Editorial

One of the things that was important to us when we were making plans for what the Kamloops Chronicle would be was to try to focus as exclusively as possible on news and information for Kamloops. We wanted to be local first and foremost. Which is why it is with a certain amount of embarassment…

Most Mondays, I have lunch with a group of community minded people at the Delta Marriott Hotel  downtown. This is the Rotary Club of Kamloops weekly meeting. I’ve been a member for almost 25 years. Early on in my time with the club, I noticed a bit of a dip in attendance during the winter…

I’m not big on New Year’s Resolutions, if I’m completely honest. While I understand the desire to embrace the new year while attempting to carve out a new you (in any number of possible ways), in my experience it always seems to lead to failure, and then regret, and then backsliding. And pretty soon the…

When it comes to city council these days, what I sense growing in the community is a “throw them all out” feeling. And I think that would be very bad for Kamloops. Let me explain. Yes, absolutely, the dysfunction on council has led the local news and even made provincial and national news. People generally…

There’s been some interesting news regarding city hall this week with the revelation that Councillor Bill Sarai secretly recorded Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson and then went on to deny being the source of that recording. The recording contained an argument between the two men. This argument, from 2023, ended up resulting in investigations into the Mayor’s…

The creation of the Kamloops Chronicle newspaper has been a great experience in active community development. As both a life-long volunteer and retired CEO in the nonprofit world, it has been gratifying to work with a small group of volunteers determined to pool their skills and bring a newspaper back to the city. We started…

“If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” This saying has come to mind again and again as a small and mighty group have been working together to launch the Kamloops Chronicle. We started meeting in early August, decided to form a non profit society, and set…

What you’re holding in your hand right now (or looking at on your phone, or your PC, or however you might be reading this) is something I think is pretty special. It’s the first issue of what we hope will be a new ongoing newspaper for the city of Kamloops and it’s called the Kamloops…