Kamloops city councillor Katie Neustaeter sits down (at the 9:21 mark) with Kamloops Last Week in Episode 65, the first of eight straight instalments dedicated to interviewing each member of the council that was sworn in on Nov. 1 at TRU.

Head coach Mark Pennington and hometown hero Ainsley Grether also hop in (27:35) to discuss the TRU WolfPack women’s soccer team’s cinderella run, which continues this weekend with the Canada West Final Four in Vancouver.

Neustaeter delves into a plethora of topics: her role in mending fences on council if required; her opinion on a core review of city staffing and management; the influence of her father, former BC Liberal MLA Kevin Krueger, on her politics; her faith and how it can influence her work on council; her take on Glenn Hilke speaking up at city council inauguration; shelters and their locations/CMHA/neighbourhood group input; and her political aspirations.

Grether and Pennington look back on the magic of the Canada West season thus far and pledge to perform a duet on KLW if the WolfPack earn a medal this weekend in Vancouver.

Magic Mike Miltimore reviews (2:21) his experience with bidets. Bidet-believer Chris Foulds says North Americans are living in the Lavatory Stone Age.

A whirlwind search for Wild Pumpkins (5:21) takes the KLW crew to the Tranquille Sanitorium, with stops at Gord’s Appliance and Mattress Centre, Nu Leaf Produce Market and McDonald’s.

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