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PRIDE PARADE – Registration opens for 3rd annual downtown parade

June 7, 2019 // 0 Comments

Registration is open for the 3rd Annual Downtown Kamloops Pride Parade happening Sunday, Aug. 25. “The past two years have been incredible and we are beyond excited to be [Continue]

WHAT’S UP DOWNTOWN – Bike maintenance and you

June 3, 2019 // 0 Comments

IT’S TIME FOR SOME FUN in the sun in Downtown Kamloops. That means it is time to get active and enjoy the fresh air. Now that those blue skies are finally here you [Continue]

POLICE – Some tips for a safe and legal boating season

June 1, 2019 // 1 Comment

Kamloops RCMP is reminding boaters of some important things to keep in mind as boating season is underway: BC Boating Regulations: In British Columbia you need to carry a [Continue]

AGING – Most adults feel at least 20 years younger than they are

May 30, 2019 // 0 Comments

L.F. Carver, Queen’s University, Ontario By L.F. CARVER Queen’s University, Ontario HOW OLD DO YOU FEEL inside? Not your chronological age (that pesky number on [Continue]

WHAT’S UP DOWNTOWN – Meet the Summer CAP Team for 2019

May 21, 2019 // 0 Comments

SUMMER IN DOWNTOWN Kamloops is finally here. This means that the CAP Team has a few more helping hands for the season, and possibly beyond. I remember back to fall 2016 when [Continue]

VICTORIA STREET WEST – Stage 2 of project gets underway May 12

May 10, 2019 // 1 Comment

Stage 2 of the Victoria Street West improvement project will get underway Sunday, May 12. Extreme Excavating will begin Stage 2 as Stage 1 work continues and will overlap [Continue]

BUSINESS – Acacia Pangilinan takes over as chamber’s executive director

May 7, 2019 // 0 Comments

Acacia Pangilinan is the new executive director of the Kamloops Chamber of Commerce. The chamber made the announcement Monday (May 6, 2018) the same day Pangilinan started in [Continue]

WASTE REDUCTION – Don’t throw it away, get it fixed at the Repair Cafe

April 30, 2019 // 0 Comments

Have something that needs fixing? Don’t send it to the landfill, bring it to the Repair Cafe. Its team of volunteer experts will assist you in troubleshooting the problem [Continue]

WHAT’S UP DOWNTOWN – Springfest in Downtown Kamloops is on May 12

April 29, 2019 // 0 Comments

By DAVID STEWART Downtown CAP Team IT’S THIS TIME of year again when the flowers are blooming, the snow has melted (in most places), and everybody is enjoying the [Continue]

WHAT’S UP DOWNTOWN – The 2019 events calendar is here

April 16, 2019 // 0 Comments

ARE YOU AN EVENT fanatic? Every year the KCBIA and friends host a slew of events in Downtown Kamloops and the 2019 Events Calendar is here once again to knock fan [Continue]

SCIENCE – The long journey to the first image of a black hole

April 14, 2019 // 0 Comments

By ALISTER GRAHAM Swinburne University of Technology THE FIRST PICTURE of a supermassive black hole at the centre of a galaxy shows how we have, in a sense, observed the [Continue]

WHAT’S UP DOWNTOWN – Kamloops abounds in adventurous activities

April 8, 2019 // 0 Comments

By JAKE ANDRYKEW CAP Team Member DOWNTOWN KAMLOOPS boasts almost everything you need — great food, shopping, services, entertainment, fitness facilities, even outdoor [Continue]

WHAT’S UP DOWNTOWN – Spring cleaning of graffiti is underway

March 26, 2019 // 0 Comments

HEY THERE KAMLOOPS. Mornings mean so much, don’t they? A great morning experience can assist you even if you woke up on the wrong side of the bed, and we know that’s no [Continue]

BUSINESS – Chamber of commerce reverses ED hiring decision

March 24, 2019 // 0 Comments

Kamloops Chamber of Commerce president Joshua Knaak today (March 24, 2019) issued the following press release on the chamber’s decision not to hire John Perks as its [Continue]