Arjun Singh

Kamloops city councillor off to Cambodia
KAMLOOPS – Kamloops city councillor Arjun Singh is going to Cambodia for 10 days as…

Peter Milobar takes leave; Arjun Singh now Kamloops’ deputy mayor
KAMLOOPS – On the heel of winning the MLA seat for Kamloops-North Thompson, Peter Milobar announced…

Kamloops councillor wants city to reaffirm anti-racist stance
KAMLOOPS – A Kamloops councillor wants city council to ‘declare active opposition to racism’ in…

Liquor store debate divides Kamloops council
KAMLOOPS – Should there be restrictions on how close alcohol retailers can be to each…

Kamloops extends pesticide ban to municipal property
KAMLOOPS - A ban on pesticide use on residential ornamental shrubs, flower beds and grass now extends to city parks and properties in Kamloops. In a split 5-4 vote yesterday, Dec. 15, council voted to extend the ban to include all civic properties and city parks. Council had already agreed to implement a residential ban, which will begin...

Kamloops councillor to revisit request to move North Shore bus stop
KAMLOOPS - A request to move a bus stop near a North Shore medical clinic will come back before council next month. The council resolution is coming back to the table Dec. 1 thanks to Coun. Marg Spina. Claiming parties involved were not given an opportunity to speak, Spina lobbied her fellow council members to...

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...

Cavers blames fellow Kamloops councillors for tipping off media to his cussing email
KAMLOOPS - Coun. Donovan Cavers will not apologize for who he is or how he conducts himself as a politician; even if it doesn’t make him any friends. The councillor, not a stranger to controversy or the odd temper tantrum in council chambers, is most recently in hot water for an email he sent to city...

‘Annoyed’ Kamloops councillor walks out of council meeting
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops councillor walked out of council chambers in the middle of a meeting yesterday because his colleagues disagreed with him. Coun. Donovan Cavers wanted to see a change in how Kamloops councillors are voted to the Thompson-Nicola Regional District board and wanted staff to look at how other communities voted on or...

Two Kamloops councillors worry Parks Master Plan takes away too much green space
KAMLOOPS – The Kamloops Parks Master Plan was recently unveiled and but not everyone is excited about the upgrades. Coun. Arjun Singh and Coun. Denis Walsh worried the new infrastructure, mostly located in Riverside Park, would take away from the parks’ green spaces. The city looked at three parks along the Thompson River: Riverside, Waterfront...
Arrow Transportation apologizes to residents of Dallas for dust; not for biosolids
KAMLOOPS – While Arrow Transportation Systems has apologized to residents of Dallas for the sawdust which blew into their neighbourhood, the company's vice president would not apologize for its biosolids operation and denies the dust contained biosolids. Arrow Transportation operates a biosolds processing operation at the Blackwell Dairy Farm. The company trucks the biolsolids from Vancouver,...

Kamloops city councillor denies conflict of interest accusation
KAMLOOPS – Coun. Arjun Singh has been accused of a conflict of interest following a recent vote on whether to impose a buffer between liquor vendors, something he strongly denies. Singh participated in a public hearing, July 28, to decide the fate of a motion that could have seen the city enact a one-kilometre buffer...

Council to consider permanent smoking ban in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS – A temporary ban on smoking in nature areas of the city is currently in place, but a local resident wants council to consider a permanent ban on smoking in all parks. Resident Bob Wren calls smoking in parks a 'repetitive problem' and says he is 'chased away' by wafting cigarette smoke while at...

Councillors for pesticide ban say public and business were appropriately consulted
KAMLOOPS – The decision by Kamloops councillors to approve a ban on pesticides in the city next year was a "foregone conclusion," one councillor says. The issue was all but decided because seven of nine councillors already debated the concept before elections last November, Coun. Donovan Cavers says. “I thought it was a foregone conclusion,”...

Businesses question how City of Kamloops handled pesticide ban
KAMLOOPS – Local lawn care businesses, directly affected by the new city pesticide ban, question the process which led to Kamloops city council’s decision. The City of Kamloops issued a ban on cosmetic pesticide use on Tuesday, July 14. As of January 1, 2016, pesticide use is no longer permitted on residential lawns, flower beds...