Former newspaper owner Allie Campbell passes away

A former Kamloops newspaper man died this week. He was Allie Campbell, one of my former partners in the ownership of this newspaper way back when it was locally owned.

While Allie was a shareholder when the paper was The Kamloops News Advertiser and then The Kamloops News, he wasn’t directly involved in day-to-day operations, instead tending to his own printing business down the street on Tranquille Road. That didn’t mean, however, that he didn’t have a serious interest in the newspaper business.

Born right here in Kamloops, Allie was a going concern in the community, involved in Rotary, the chamber of commerce, Thompson Valley Savings Credit Union, Legion, Boy Scouts and the Overlander Extended Care Hospital Board.

He was 86 when he died Wednesday. A service is set for Friday, July 29 at 2 p.m. in Kamloops United Church.