Dieter Dudy

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 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...

Kamloops city council passes on community emissions plan

KAMLOOPS – City council has decided not support the creation of a plan to curb greenhouse gas emissions in Kamloops. At a meeting this week, the councillors voted 5-4 against the plan proposed by the B.C. Sustainable Energy Association. Kamloops already has an air shed management plan and it has a corporate emissions plan, but...

Kamloops council gives thumbs down to hand counting ballots

KAMLOOPS - It was a close vote in council yesterday, but no recount is needed on an effort to bring in post-election audits.  Coun. Denis Walsh wanted to bring further accountability in both election and referendum voting systems and argued for hand counts after the fact. He feels electronic voting machines are susceptible to computer...

Kamloops council asking Trudeau government for federal panel review on Ajax Mine

KAMLOOPS - For the third time city council is asking the federal government to consider a federal panel review of the proposed Ajax Mine. With a new federal government in place, Coun. Dieter Dudy asked council to again request the review. He says it’s a more thorough evaluation and would give residents greater confidence in the outcome...

First term Kamloops councillor looks back on the year that was

KAMLOOPS – With now one year under his belt, first time Kamloops city councillor Dieter Dudy admits to challenges, being unprepared and and being surprised by more than one council outcome. Regardless, he’s enjoying the ride and thoroughly enjoys serving Kamloops. Dudy is an organic grower by trade who runs a home delivery service and...

B.C. seniors’ advocate presents findings and gets third degree in Kamloops

KAMLOOPS – Seniors will not be content to merely enjoy the sunset phase of their lives and will be very vocal about what they need and deserve if the reaction to a presentation by the B.C. seniors advocate today is any indication. Advocate Isobel Mackenzie hosted a town hall meeting at the Seniors Centre for...

Kamloops councillor asks for federal panel review for Ajax

KAMLOOPS - With a new federal government in place, a city councillor wants to take the opportunity to again ask for a federal panel review on the proposed Ajax Mine. Yesterday, Nov. 17, Coun. Dieter Dudy let council know he plans on asking for their support in looking for a federal panel review of the...

‘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...

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,”...

$7.4M Tranquille Road project set for public open house

KAMLOOPS – Improvements to the Tranquille Road corridor are set to focus on landscaping, multi-use paths and signage, and could cost $7.4 million. The Tranquille Road Beautification Task Force presented an extremely detailed plan of how to better roughly three kilometers from Desmond Street to Airport Road to council on Tuesday afternoon. Much of the...

ELECTIONS 2014: Candidate ‘alliance’ emerges

KAMLOOPS - A ‘loosely-knit alliance’ of five city council candidates announced Tuesday morning they are running under the umbrella of Vision Kamloops, but they were not yet ready to say what they stand for as a group. Dieter Dudy, Jenny Green, Brad Harrison, Daphane Nelson and Denis Walsh say they began talking about the possibility...

ELECTIONS 2014: Vision Kamloops building off individual strengths

KAMLOOPS - The loosely knit alliance Vision Kamloops says they will be helping each other by sharing their strengths, but will also be focused on their own campaigns as we head into the November election. The members of the group all identify as being against the proposed Ajax Mine but do not list that as one...

New council sworn in

DUDY LOOKS FORWARD TO FIRST TERM KAMLOOPS - A short ceremony Monday night was the first official business of the newly elected city council and with it the first day of a four-year term began. The nine newly-elected council members were led on stage by RCMP members in official red serge and and two bagpipers...