BUSINESS – ‘The Station’ residential/ commercial units filling up fast
Kamloops’ newest residential/ commercial development isn’t even completed yet but has only 10 residential units left for purchase. A “toast” to The [Continue]
Life
SCHOOLS – Better policies needed, says task force on sexual misconduct
By MEL ROTHENBURGER Better communication with parents, improved reporting, staff training and new policies and procedures are needed to address sexual misconduct in schools, [Continue]
SENIORS – Annual picnic scheduled for Friday, July 6 at Riverside Park
The annual seniors’ picnic is scheduled for Friday, July 6, 2018 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Riverside Park, and the City will be serving up food, friends, and fun at the [Continue]
WHAT’S UP DOWNTOWN – Keeping it simple is best on Father’s Day
DAD, POPS, PA, the old man – these are all typical ways in which we identify the fathers in our lives. In addition to these simple terms of endearment, certain cultural [Continue]
OUR HERITAGE – Street sign project needs help to honour veterans
By JOANNE HAMMOND Kamloops Heritage Commission IN NOVEMBER, we will mark 100 years since the armistice that ended the First World War. In November, we will gather in groups [Continue]
WHAT’S UP DOWNTOWN – Cappies now busy on streets of North Shore as well
By KEEGAN LAWRENCE Kamloops Downtown CAP Team THE KAMLOOPS Central Business Improvement Association (KCBIA) and the North Shore Business Improvement Association (NSBIA) are [Continue]
ART – Public to get a say on design for wildfire volunteer monument
Regional district residents will get a vote on the design for a monument honouring volunteers in the 2017 wildfires. Three small-scale models have been short-listed for the [Continue]
JUSTICE – A global uprising against rape case injustices
Something is deeply wrong with legal and political systems in which the accuser and not the accused is on trial By EMER O’TOOLE EvidenceNetwork.ca TENS OF THOUSANDS of [Continue]
COMMUNITY – Upgraded Isobel Lake Low Mobility Trail officially opened
(Click on a photo to begin slides.) A trail project representing years of hard work is ready for use by all levels of hikers. About 50 supporters and volunteers gathered [Continue]
SCHOOLS – 1,000 students to graduate from 15 local schools and programs
June will be a busy month for School District No. 73 (Kamloops-Thompson) as nearly 1,000 students from 15 schools and programs mark the end of their secondary school careers. [Continue]
WHAT’S UP DOWNTOWN – Meet the 2018 summer CAP team
THE CUSTOMER Customer Care and Patrol (CAP) Team is excited for another great sunny season in Downtown Kamloops! We have hired two new CAP Team Members and are now out and [Continue]
THEATRE – Federal grant to help with renovations to Sagebrush, Pavilion
Federal Transport Minister Marc Garneau came to Kamloops bearing a gift today (May 15, 2018) in the form of $188,000 in funding for the Sagebrush and Pavilion Theatres. [Continue]
WHAT’S UP DOWNTOWN – Royal Cup / BrewLoops Downtown Block Party
THIS MONTH will see a collaboration of hockey and local brew in our neighbourhood. On Saturday, May 26, 2018, the BrewLoops Cultural Development Society will kick off the [Continue]
TRU – Birds, barnacles and the HMS Beagle: Dickinson channels Darwin
By MICHELE YOUNG Thompson Rivers University To say that TRU Dean of Science Tom Dickinson is a fan of Charles Darwin is like saying the world is a little bit round. Complete [Continue]
