Downtown

TRAFFIC – Stage Two of Lansdowne project on schedule for late June

June 18, 2024 // 1 Comment

Beginning June 28, 2024, traffic impacts from stage one of the City Centre Sanitary Upgrades Project will return to normal operations. Stage two of the project will move [Continue]

JOHNSON – A few short but hot takes on traffic and politics

June 9, 2024 // 11 Comments

A NEW FEATURE for this column, a short list on a few annoying / niggly things that don’t warrant their own column, but still at the level of … A Hot Take. Downtown [Continue]

TRAFFIC – City seeks feedback on changes to 1st Avenue intersection

January 15, 2024 // 5 Comments

The City’s Transportation Division is seeking public input on traffic flow improvements at the intersection of 1st Avenue and Lansdowne Street. The proposed intersection [Continue]

BEPPLE – The 15-minute city aims at easy access to services for everyone

February 22, 2023 // 3 Comments

LIVING IN A 15-MINUTE CITY sounds like a great place to live to me. The concept of a 15-minute city is that everything one needs for regular life is available within a 15 [Continue]

BEPPLE – Kelson Hall the beginning of a transformation in downtown Kamloops

November 30, 2022 // 2 Comments

THE DOWNTOWN of Kamloops is being transformed. On Monday, Kelson Hall was officially opened. What was a bunker style building for Telus equipment at 330 St. Paul Street [Continue]

EDITORIAL – The pros of sidewalk patio extensions far outweigh the cons

September 27, 2022 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE LOGIC OF DOING AWAY with the extended sidewalk patios in front of restaurants and coffee shops escapes me. Originally intended to soften [Continue]

COMMUNITY – Walkable, self-guided tours to look at Kamloops up close

July 12, 2022 // 1 Comment

A new way of looking at Kamloops will feature walkable, self-guided tours with a sustainability theme starting Thursday, July 14 at 10 a.m. “Sustainability [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Sure, they take up parking, but sidewalk patios are worth it

June 20, 2022 // 4 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IF YOU WATCHED a TV movie called Love & Where to Find It last week, you’ll have noticed several things. The first is that it’s one [Continue]

JOHNSON – We buy what we can locally, Mr. Walsh, but often have to go online

March 29, 2021 // 0 Comments

By DAVID JOHNSON RECENTLY ON THIS same media outlet, Coun. Denis Walsh dropped the conversation of buying local as opposed to buying online. Obviously, all Kamloopians will [Continue]

DOWNTOWN – Revised plan for City Gardens boosts number of units

March 25, 2021 // 0 Comments

The City Gardens development in downtown Kamloops is moving ahead, but with some changes, the Kelson Group announced today (March 25, 2021). The company stated in a media [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Keep patio extensions, lose the Fourth Avenue mall idea

November 18, 2020 // 4 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. WOULD YOU sit outside on a downtown or Tranquille Corridor patio in the middle of December or January sipping a latte or having a sandwich? [Continue]

LETTER – Downtown Kamloops is a mess and breathing its last breath

September 16, 2020 // 5 Comments

In your Armchair Mayor article of Aug. 15, you reference a quote by (former) Vancouver Mayor Philip Owen, who said that Kamloops has a “…downtown that’s dying.” [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – ‘Beautiful hills, a beautiful view, asphalt and a downtown that’s dying’

August 15, 2020 // 1 Comment

‘IN KAMLOOPS, YOU GET IN YOUR CAR, you go to Chapters, there’s four acres of asphalt, then you get in your car and you drive to Overwaitea, because that’s two blocks [Continue]

ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – Downtown core may have no choice on Sunday opening

June 30, 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]