Mobile museums, adopt-a-bus stop?
NEWS/ CITY HALL — Mobile museums and adopt-a-bus stops were among the ideas put forward by Kamloops City councillors today (Tuesday) as they looked over the annual report [Continue]
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Gender-neutral loo plan flushed till 2015
NEWS/ CITY HALL — Installation of a gender-neutral family washroom in Riverside Park isn’t likely to happen for another year. A report to City council from parks, [Continue]
Merger of two city commissions put off
NEWS — City council put off making a decision on merging its heritage and arts commissions today after reading a letter from Kamloops Heritage Commission chair Andrew [Continue]
Council hits 2 percent mark, approves arts centre study, bear project, Todd upgrade
NEWS/ CITY HALL — City taxpayers will face a two-percent tax hike in the coming year after council waded through the last of its spending decisions at a special budget [Continue]
Artist to have say on roundabout plantings
NEWS — As surely as Daylight Savings Time arrives this weekend and spring is on the way, City gardeners will soon be planting flowers and bushes on boulevards and in parks [Continue]
City ponders potential uses for KDN building — parkade, performing arts centre, City Hall?
NEWS — As City council ponders the best use for its newest building acquisition, a new City Hall might come into the discussion, says Mayor Peter Milobar. The City [Continue]
Big-ticket arts centre study gets most talk at input meeting
NEWS — The big-ticket items got most of the talk tonight (Tuesday) as more than 100 people showed up for a budget-input meeting with City council at the Interior Savings [Continue]
McCorkell: New arts centre would complement Sagebrush
NEWS — A new performing arts centre will complement existing facilities in Kamloops, says parks, recreation and culture director Byron McCorkell. Presenting his [Continue]
Accessibility upgrades for city’s arenas ‘appropriate’
NEWS — City council will be asked Tuesday to throw its support behind the sledge-hockey movement by fixing accessibility issues at its arenas. Carolynn Boomer of [Continue]
A failure to communicate between council, heritage group
THE ARMCHAIR MAYOR COLUMN — There seems to be a failure to communicate between City Hall and the Kamloops Heritage Commission. The role of commission members is to advise [Continue]
Chair says heritage group not consulted on sale of CN building
NEWS — The City’s decision to sell the historic CN station building to a private developer for $1 was made without asking the Kamloops Heritage Commission what it [Continue]
Council reluctant to crack down on outdoor smoking
NEWS — City council was urged today to ramp up the fight against second-hand smoke but it made no promises. Jeff Connors of the Interior Smoke Free Coalition pointed out [Continue]
Arts and heritage: believing, doing two different things
ARMCHAIR MAYOR SAYS — I’m not sure which is in worse shape, Kamloops arts or Kamloops heritage. Nobody seems interested enough in either. The Community Arts Commission [Continue]
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