Kamloops

ROTHENBURGER – Back alleys could be people places if we gave them a chance

December 3, 2022 // 1 Comment

THE BACK ALLEYS of Kamloops aren’t anywhere you want to spend a lot of time in. They’re stark, grungy places with busted up concrete, graffiti vandalism everywhere, [Continue]

COLLINS – Commission’s new boundary plans for Kamloops are insane

October 11, 2022 // 1 Comment

THERE’S A REPORT being considered by the B.C. Government that would increase the number of ridings and switch up some boundaries, including the ones in our two Kamloops [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – All together now – ‘We’re Number 18, we’re Number 18!’

July 9, 2022 // 1 Comment

SEEING OURSELVES as others see us can be either reaffirming or disconcerting, depending. So what are we to make of the latest survey that pegs Kamloops as Number 18 on the [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER: Kamloops flirts with population of 100,000, 34 years late

February 12, 2022 // 3 Comments

KAMLOOPS IS GROWING. It doesn’t take a genius to figure that out. Statistics Canada numbers released this week show by how much. The city grew by 8.4 per cent in the five [Continue]

BEPPLE – Making an impression on our streets to honour our past

February 5, 2020 // 0 Comments

THE ANNOUNCEMENT last week of new commercial buildings to be built at Lansdowne Street between 5th and 6th Avenues, and on the corner of Victoria Street and 6th Avenue where [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Canada’s Roma have a rich history, including in Kamloops

November 1, 2018 // 0 Comments

THE ROMANI PEOPLE of Canada have been met with both fascination and suspicion. For more than a century, Canadians have been fascinated by the colourful bands of “Gypsies” [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – We worship at the altar of urban growth but it isn’t all it’s cracked up to be

February 4, 2017 // 4 Comments

AS YOU’RE DRIVING around, do you ever wonder about the massive infrastructure needed to meet the demands of the First World lifestyle to which we’ve become [Continue]