Heritage

HERITAGE – City will temporarily suspend new St. Andrew’s bookings

December 30, 2021 // 0 Comments

The City will suspend new bookings at St. Andrew’s on the Square in the new year while it figures out how to manage the facility. In a media release today, the City said it [Continue]

CITY – Council gives green light for historic homes to give way to towers

December 14, 2021 // 1 Comment

Kamloops council gave the green light today (Dec. 14, 2021) to the largest residential development permit in the city’s history, one that will see the destruction of an [Continue]

Heritage commission will take its case for independence directly to City council

April 12, 2014 // 0 Comments

NEWS — Members of the City’s heritage commission will take their case for independence directly to City council. Chair Andrew Yarmie said today a commission meeting this [Continue]

Heritage group ‘very uncomfortable’ with merger with arts

February 18, 2014 // 0 Comments

NEWS — An afternoon of proclamations today was mostly about good work being done by several organizations but it also provided an opportunity for a complaint by City [Continue]

Tax exemption cap on CN station heritage building to tighten

February 2, 2014 // 0 Comments

NEWS — The City’s sale of the historic CN station building for $1 didn’t please some heritage buffs but it could mean a handsome saving for taxpayers. A report [Continue]

A failure to communicate between council, heritage group

January 24, 2014 // 0 Comments

THE ARMCHAIR MAYOR COLUMN — There seems to be a failure to communicate between City Hall and the Kamloops Heritage Commission. The role of commission members is to advise [Continue]

Chair says heritage group not consulted on sale of CN building

January 24, 2014 // 0 Comments

NEWS — The City’s decision to sell the historic CN station building to a private developer for $1 was made without asking the Kamloops Heritage Commission what it [Continue]

Arts and heritage: believing, doing two different things

January 13, 2014 // 0 Comments

ARMCHAIR MAYOR SAYS — I’m not sure which is in worse shape, Kamloops arts or Kamloops heritage. Nobody seems interested enough in either. The Community Arts Commission [Continue]