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EDITORIAL – Was The Loop’s closure really part of a ‘municipal failure’?

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. ‘KEEP OUT’ signs liberally spread along a security fence now mark the site of what used to be The Loop premises at the corner of Tranquille Road and Mackenzie Avenue. I would love to have been a fly on the wall for some of the backroom conversations during the past couple of weeks on what’s been going on with services for the homeless. For one thing, I’ll bet there’s been quite the discussion within the BC NDP over comments by its Kamloops Centre candidate Kamal Grewal , who says there’s been a “municipal failure” in the provision of daytime drop-in services. Grewal went on to say last week as The Loop was about to be shut down that the City’s role in social service matters — mentioning also the closure of the Mustard Seed’s day program — is her “primary concern.” She made the comments in a news release so there’s no question about what she said. It’s there in writing: “There’s a municipal failure here that is disconcerting and worrisome. It’s intolerable for a city with a population exceeding 100,000 to fail to provide these essential services.” To make sure there was no question [...]

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EDITORIAL – Was The Loop’s closure really part of a ‘municipal failure’?

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