Downtown

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]

ROTHENBURGER – Where should City put its money getting us from A to B?

June 20, 2020 // 2 Comments

LET’S TALK, as the City of Kamloops likes to say. Specifically, let’s talk about transportation priorities, and then you can tell me if you think City council is being [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Taking restaurant patios to the curb could have benefits

May 27, 2020 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. AT FIRST GLANCE, the plan to allow restaurants to extend their patio areas all the way to the curb sounds a bit Rube Goldberg but it could [Continue]

BEPPLE – Some suggestions for mayor’s task force on economic recovery

April 29, 2020 // 2 Comments

THE ANNOUNCEMENT this week (Tuesday, March 28), that mayor of Kamloops Ken Christian has formed an economic recovery task force of 15 business leaders, businesses, and [Continue]

BUSINESS – New ‘business district’ called ‘the Hive’ to rise downtown

January 29, 2020 // 1 Comment

A new “business district” will rise between Victoria and Lansdowne Streets and between 5th and 6th Avenues, developers announced today (Jan. 29, 2020). [Continue]

COMMUNITY – Mustard Seed reopens live-in support program

January 20, 2020 // 0 Comments

The Mustard Seed Kamloops has reopened a live-in support program, a 17-bed Men’s Sober Living Centre at the Outreach Centre at 181 West Victoria Street. The Centre will [Continue]

EDITORIAL – ‘Big Moves’ Downtown Plan a mixed bag of old and new ideas

October 29, 2019 // 4 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE ALMOST FINISHED DOWNTOWN CENTRE PLAN goes in front of City council today for a look and it includes plenty to think about. If you [Continue]

WALSH – Now is the time for a serious talk about our one-way traffic network

August 11, 2019 // 4 Comments

AS YOU MAY BE NOW AWARE, I am actively advocating to have a serious discussion on the possibility of converting some of our one-way streets to two-way usage, in the process [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER: Busking bylaw was a solution looking for a problem

June 1, 2019 // 1 Comment

It was an attempt to increase the quality of busking, but what about the quality of panhandling? THE ‘STREET PERFORMANCE’ issue appears to finally be put to rest and [Continue]