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ARTS – Annual Art in the Park will include an open mike for musicians

June 27, 2017 // 0 Comments

It’s your turn to be a star at Art in the Park. This year, the Kamloops Arts Council will feature an open mike at the popular July 1 festival, hosted by local musician [Continue]

WHAT’S UP DOWNTOWN – There’s music in the streets with Artisans Alive

June 26, 2017 // 0 Comments

HEY THERE Kamloops! Downtown Kamloops is a vibrant and artistic community that encompasses all things special about Kamloops. Here in Downtown Kamloops we encourage artists [Continue]

ARTS – Kamloops Symphony names its new music director – Dina Gilbert

June 21, 2017 // 3 Comments

The Kamloops Symphony has a new music director. The symphony announced today (June 21, 2017) the search for a successor to the recently retired Bruce Dunn has been [Continue]

McQUARRIE – Kamloops life, as seen through the lens

June 20, 2017 // 0 Comments

OVER THE past couple of weeks, I had an opportunity to photograph a number of events in Kamloops and in the process, reaffirmed that this is one heck of a place to live. You [Continue]

GRIEVING – Discomfort with death and grief is a modern ailment

June 20, 2017 // 0 Comments

By PETER JON MITCHELL Senior Researcher Cardus THERE’S AN OLD story sometimes shared during eulogies about an elderly women planning her funeral. “Bury me with a [Continue]

WHAT’S UP DOWNTOWN – The benefits of hydration during summer weather

June 19, 2017 // 0 Comments

AS JENNY HAN once said, “[e]verything good, everything magical happens between the months of June and August.” Yes, the summer season has finally arrived in the beautiful [Continue]

RURAL LIVING – Father’s Day thoughts: A dad’s power on children is magical

June 18, 2017 // 0 Comments

By DIANA FISHER OXFORD MILLS, Ont. – Fathers, don’t underestimate your power. You have the ability to influence a young life without saying a word. Your child will be [Continue]

RURAL LIVING – The bear will have a tall skinny Americano to go please …

June 13, 2017 // 0 Comments

OXFORD MILLS, Ont. – Residents of my small town had mixed feelings when they learned a few years ago that a complex of big-box stores would be developed at the edge of [Continue]

MONEY – Debt doesn’t always have to be a four-letter word

June 12, 2017 // 0 Comments

DEBT IS OFTEN a four-letter word – but, when used correctly, it can be a real benefit to your financial planning. Most of us use debt when we buy a home, a second property, [Continue]

WHAT’S UP DOWNTOWN – The rewards of collaboration and the ‘three Cs’

June 11, 2017 // 0 Comments

IN DOWNTOWN Kamloops, we are fortunate to have a closely-knit community of businesses, artists, musicians, and ‘makers’ who never turn down an opportunity to make the [Continue]

EDUCATION – Navigating the big, bad world after graduation

June 10, 2017 // 0 Comments

“AND NOW GO, and make interesting mistakes, make amazing mistakes, make glorious and fantastic mistakes. Break rules. Leave the world more interesting for your being [Continue]

FOOD – Serving up an unpalatable minimum wage for the food industry

June 9, 2017 // 2 Comments

By SYLVAIN CHARLEBOIS Senior Fellow Atlantic Institute for Market Studies GOVERNMENTS JUMPING on the $15-an-hour bandwagon are missing an opportunity to look at how the next [Continue]

SPCA – Breeder surrenders 17 badly neglected dogs after investigation

June 7, 2017 // 0 Comments

COWICHAN — BC SPCA constables have removed 17 badly neglected dogs – 15 Silky Terriers and two German shepherds – from a dog breeder in Cowichan. The 10 female [Continue]

HEALTH – Junk food advertising bombards teens, putting them at risk

June 6, 2017 // 1 Comment

By TOM WARSHAWSKI and MARY LEWIS EvidenceNetwork.ca VANCOUVER – We shield our children and young teenagers from many things: overt portrayals of sex and violence on TV and [Continue]