Mayor, council armed with topics for convention
The Daily News -- Kamloops
28 Apr 2007
By: Michele Young

Child-care funding, the pine beetle epidemic and banning the non-emergency use of jake brakes in city limits -- those are the main resolutions the City of Kamloops is taking to the Okanagan Mainline Municipal Association's annual conference next week.

The annual gathering, being held Wednesday to Friday in Merritt, will see delegates deal with about 20 resolutions -- several of them put forward from Kamloops. ...

Child care might not seem like a municipal issue, but it is when it affects whether more people are willing to move here to work, he said.

"It's an issue for a growing city. One of the biggest challenges businesses in our city face is finding people to fill jobs," Lake said.

Attracting workers means having affordable housing, transportation connections and care for their children available, he said.