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ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – Things to know about ourselves on Canada Day

July 1, 2020 // 1 Comment

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]

ROTHENBURGER – For one day, Canada Day, can’t we all just have fun?

June 27, 2020 // 0 Comments

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 – Kamloops celebrations will carry on, virtually speaking

June 19, 2020 // 0 Comments

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]

EDITORIAL – The best thing about Canada Day was the absence of guilt

July 2, 2019 // 1 Comment

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]

GINTA – If we mean all that we say today….

July 1, 2019 // 0 Comments

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]

Happy Canada Day to all!

July 1, 2019 // 2 Comments

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Canada Day festivities begin early and finish late

June 30, 2019 // 0 Comments

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]

ROTHENBURGER – You and I know less about Canada than we think we do

June 29, 2019 // 0 Comments

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]

WHAT’S UP DOWNTOWN – Canada Day celebrates our nation

June 28, 2018 // 0 Comments

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]

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]

EDITORIAL — Big tent made Canada Day even better

July 2, 2015 // 0 Comments

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]

Canada Day in Pictures

July 1, 2015 // 0 Comments

A slide show of some of the scenes at Canada Day celebrations in Riverside [Continue]

Be there for Canada Day

June 30, 2015 // 0 Comments

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]

ROTHENBURGER — Essential things to know on Canada Day

June 27, 2015 // 4 Comments

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]