Donovan Cavers

Councillor wants public comment about Ajax Mine to be part of council meetings

KAMLOOPS - If you’ve been waiting to voice your opinion on proposed Ajax Mine to city council, you might soon be able to bring your views to council chambers. Coun. Donovan Cavers is proposing to allow residents to share comments and concerns about the proposed Ajax Mine to form delegations and send correspondence to City...

Kamloops permanently closes section of Rivers Trail

KAMLOOPS - A section of the Rivers Trail directly underneath the Yellowhead Bridge will be permanently closed. City staff recommended closing roughly 200 metres of trail because of erosion from water dripping off of the bridge. The current barricades and signage at the site of the washout are no longer sufficient and it has become...

More than two hours of discussion nets zero change for North Shore bus stop

KAMLOOPS - It took more than two hours to decide on the fate of the bus stop near the Norkam Clinic, and in the end no changes will be made and the clinic will not get a new patient drop-off zone. The issue came to council again yesterday, Dec. 1, and after numerous speakers and...

Proposal for 365-day public transit in Kamloops gets shot down

KAMLOOPS - The cost of adding additional statutory holidays like Christmas Day to the public transit schedule was too much for Kamloops council, who voted down a motion to offer transit every day of the year.  Coun. Donovan Cavers’ motion to implement transit 365 days out of the year was defeated seven to one; Cavers...

Kamloops councillor wants transit service on holidays

KAMLOOPS – Public transit could be available on statutory holidays like Christmas Day if a Kamloops councillor has his way. Coun. Donovan Cavers submitted a motion that would see transit available on Good Friday, Easter Sunday and Christmas. Cavers says there isn’t transit service on only three days out of the year. "As 30 per...

Cavers comments inappropriate, but fellow Kamloops councillors hope he learns from his mistake

**LANGUAGE ADVISORY** KAMLOOPS - Using several expletives in emails to staff and council has put Coun. Donovan Cavers in hot water, and some fellow councillors are calling the incident an isolated incident while others say he was 'immature and reckless.' Documents obtained by Radio NL during a freedom of information request show Cavers using inappropriate...

Kamloops aims to be more green with plans to increase tree canopy in the city

KAMLOOPS - Kamloops is looking to get a little greener by planting more trees and upping the canopy cover around the city. The plan would see additional tree planting on boulevards, in urban spaces and in city parks with a goal of increasing the canopy cover to 20 per cent from the current 12 per cent....

ELECTION 2015: Solo Harper protester goes topless in Kamloops

KAMLOOPS – A topless Stephen Harper protestor took to the street in Kamloops today, Oct. 16, to demonstrate against the current government. Ashley Gribble said she picked Cathy McLeod’s campaign office because the Member of Parliament “needs to be more ashamed about what her government has done to women across Canada.” Gribble represents a group...

ELECTION 2015: Kamloops Conservative candidate lashes out at local city councillor

KAMLOOPS – In the last week of the federal election campaign, the Kamloops Conservative candidate launched an attack against a local city councillor over a posting to Facebook. Cathy McLeod says she is appalled Cavers had a post on his Facebook page which included a link to a Vancity Buzz story about a social media...

ELECTION 2015: Kamloops councillor brings ‘Heave Steve’ to council meeting

KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops city councillor used a very public outlet to let everyone in town know who he’s not voting for in the upcoming federal election. Donovan Cavers wore a t-shirt during a city council meeting today, Oct. 6, which read 'Heave Steve' with a cartoon Stephen Harper being carried off in in a...