Brett Mineer

CONSIDER A SITUATION that can bring someone to the brink of homelessness: a 73-year-old widower learns he must move out of the basement suite he has rented for the past two years. He finds a studio apartment he can just barely afford on his Canada Pension Plan income, but after rent he is left with less than $80 for groceries for the month. He knows the math does not work.

Despite the City of Kamloops terminating the contract of a company that was set to operate a brand-new daycare, the Superintendent of the Kamloops-Thompson School District says they have no plans to drop their two contracts with the same company.

The City of Kamloops will be tabling four resolutions at this years Union of BC Municipalities Convention in September. The first calls for the province to change its threshold for when cold weather shelters can open, while the second resurrects last years motion around bullying and harassment by local elected officials asking for changes in legislation to bring elected officials under the purview of the Worker’s Compensation Act.