Canada Day

EDITORIAL – City’s decision to take fireworks out of Canada Day is hasty

May 31, 2022 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. I’M NOT BUYING the City’s reasons for cancelling the fireworks display at this year’s Canada Day celebrations. Certainly, it’s great [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Canceling Canada Day won’t solve what ails our country

June 26, 2021 // 1 Comment

EACH JULY 1, we traditionally celebrate the diversity of our community and of our country. The usual celebrations at Riverside Park won’t happen this year, cancelled again [Continue]

PETERS – Statues, reconciliation and Canada Day 2021

June 12, 2021 // 0 Comments

WE’VE SAID BEFORE that societies don’t erect statues of people they want to simply remember; they erect statues of people they want to celebrate, to venerate, to hold up [Continue]

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]