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City of Kamloops challenging union arbitration decision
The City of Kamloops is challenging an arbitrator's decision that ordered the city and its…
City of Kamloops, union come to agreement over bylaw dispute
Nearly four years after the Kamloops bylaw department was overhauled, kicking off numerous legal challenges,…
City won’t say how much it paid former Kamloops bylaw officers
The Kamloops bylaw department is putting a years-long arbitration in the rear view mirror but…
Concerns growing over peace officer assaults in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Police and bylaw staff are concerned given the recent spike in assaults against peace officers in Kamloops. The city's community safety and enforcement manager Jon Wilson says in the last month there’s been two serious incidents. A bylaw officer was attacked while another was seriously threatened. One of the incidents involved a weapon,...
Adjudicators replace judges for bylaw disputes in Thompson-Nicola Regional District
KAMLOOPS - If you receive a bylaw ticket in the Thompson-Nicola Regional District and choose to dispute it, you’ll no longer take it to provincial court. The district gained provincial approval to scrap court visits and bring the debate to a private hearing with an adjudicator instead with the process beginning this month. Regina Sadilkova,...
Solution needed to costly transient camp issue in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS – Calls to bylaws about homeless camps have more than doubled since 2013 and the issue has become a sore spot for an Ask Wellness staff member who says the process and costs of camp teardown is flawed. “The way we handle homeless camps I think is absolutely ridiculous and it probably costs the...