The Armchair Mayor is on staycay this week. In place of his usual daily editorials and column, we offer blasts from the past. The following column was originally published [Continue]
CANADA DAY WILL BE very different this year, but that’s stating the obvious. No art in the park, no multi-cultural food fair, no beer garden, no speeches or oath of [Continue]
Canada Day celebrations in Kamloops will carry on but there will be no crowds of thousands at Riverside Park. Instead, the City of Kamloops and Kamloops Arts Council, with [Continue]
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. DO YOU KNOW WHAT I LIKED best about Canada Day yesterday? No guilt, just joy. Sure, there were the usual mandatory references in speeches to [Continue]
THE AIR SMELLS SWEET and sticky; it smells of soapberries, though they are mere green blobs right now, so all I smell is a promise; I like it, it has a tinge of humbleness to [Continue]
Canada Day festivities in Kamloops get underway at 7 a.m. at Riverside Park with the Lions pancake breakfast and finish up with the big fireworks display after dark. [Continue]
I CONSIDER MYSELF a good Canadian but, apparently, I’m not as good as I thought. The annual Historica.ca extreme trivia quiz is out. I barely passed it. Then I thought [Continue]
By MATTHEW GROPP CAP Team Member TO BE A CANADIAN is truly a magnificent thing. It is with great pride that we will celebrate our fantastic and diverse nation down at [Continue]
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]
EDITORIAL — Last year, the Armchair Mayor’s editorial on this day offered some constructive criticisms about the Canada Day festivities in Riverside Park. It said [Continue]
Thousands will brave the construction zones and head down to Riverside Park this Canada Day to celebrate with a full day of culture, arts, music and festivities. The day [Continue]
COLUMN — Each year, in the days leading up to Canada Day, I take the time for some personal reflection about my country. Many years, I am fair bursting with pride at the [Continue]