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Today’s Raeside Editorial Cartoon

April 10, 2014 // 2 Comments

Can’t beat a little downtown intersection work for providing some fun while driving

April 10, 2014 // 2 Comments

NEWS — If you’ve had occasion to drive through the intersection in front of City Hall this week you’ll know there’s a whole lot of work going on there. A [Continue]

Work begins on Tranquille Road sidewalks and repairs to Overlanders Bridge supports

April 10, 2014 // 0 Comments

NEWS — Work is underway on two projects near and dear to the North Shore. Forms are in place and concrete is being poured by B.A. Dawson on the north sidewalk of Tranquille [Continue]

Boyce pledges lively Ajax talk on Sunday

April 10, 2014 // 0 Comments

NEWS — Richard Boyce is going to do his best to make sure nobody falls asleep Sunday afternoon when he’s talking and it’s a pretty sure bet he’ll succeed. Boyce, [Continue]

A man who made Kamloops more beautiful

April 10, 2014 // 0 Comments

THURSDAY MORNING EDITORIAL — It would be fair to say that every soul who ever breathed deserves to be remembered in some way when death has called. Everyone does something [Continue]

Murals aimed at staving off water-park graffiti

April 9, 2014 // 0 Comments

By MICHELE YOUNG/ NEWS — The Westsyde Community Development Society is seeking a grant from the Kamloops Arts Commission to fund murals on new change rooms that are being [Continue]

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