LETTER – A blocked view and other comments on Station Plaza building
Your article of April 27 began with “Sometimes I think there isn’t an architect in Kamloops with imagination…” – overly heavy broad-brush Mel? I [Continue]
Heritage
HERITAGE – Vintage truck planter to grow into Truck Chilling Park
Kamloops will soon be home to the heritage-themed Truck Chilling Park. The park, located at corner of Bunker Road and McGill Road, started out as a passive green space [Continue]
ROTHENBURGER – Will anyone speak up for heritage in the Tournament Capital?
HERITAGE IN KAMLOOPS is in dire straits. There is currently no effective voice for the preservation of heritage in the city. The degradation of advocacy for heritage began [Continue]
CITYSCAPE – Say goodbye to a big piece of Kamloops heritage
To employ a much over-used comparison, it looks like a war zone these days in a square block of a once proud residential neighbourhood. Almost two dozen heritage homes — [Continue]
LETTER – Thanks to the citizens of Kamloops from the Heritage Society
The Kamloops Heritage Society would like to express their heartfelt thanks to the citizens of Kamloops who have supported the Society and its stewardship of St. Andrews On [Continue]
CITY – Council gives green light for historic homes to give way to towers
Kamloops council gave the green light today (Dec. 14, 2021) to the largest residential development permit in the city’s history, one that will see the destruction of an [Continue]
LETTER – There was nothing anyone could do to change City Gardens project
Re: City Gardens project (Editorial – Heritage groups have failed us on downtown high-rises) I agree with everything you said but take exception to dissing the Kamloops [Continue]
LETTERS – There is no advocate for heritage in Kamloops
I agree with Mel Rothenburger about the loss of our heritage in Kamloops. But he should know that the Kamloops Heritage Commission and the Kamloops Museum are departments of [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Heritage groups have failed us on downtown highrises
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. WHERE HAVE ALL the heritage advocates gone? I can’t get excited about the fact an old house on Nicola Street is being moved up to McLure [Continue]
ROTHENBURGER – City Gardens housing project presents a Hobson’s Choice
TWENTY HERITAGE HOMES will be bulldozed if a major new downtown development goes ahead, which it probably will. The Kelson Group unveiled plans this week for a $140-million, [Continue]
ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – City’s heritage is being turned into brick fireplaces
The Armchair Mayor is on staycay this week. In place of his usual editorials and columns we present some blasts from the past. The following column was originally published [Continue]
HERITAGE – Chateau Laurier addition is an affront to the property’s history
The proposed addition looks like a giant air conditioner or shipping container. It’s ugly and entirely out of place By RAYMOND J. deSOUZA Senior Fellow, Cardus [Continue]
ROTHENBURGER: Hat Creek Ranch shouldn’t be swept up in Reconciliation
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. A NEWS ITEM about the management of the Hat Creek Ranch tourist attraction raises cause for concern. The ranch has special meaning for me [Continue]
Chair says heritage group not consulted on sale of CN building
NEWS — The City’s decision to sell the historic CN station building to a private developer for $1 was made without asking the Kamloops Heritage Commission what it [Continue]
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