Kamloops

BEPPLE – We’re now 100,000 strong, and we need more ‘gentle density’

July 28, 2023 // 2 Comments

WITHOUT A FANFARE. Without a hullabaloo, Kamloops passed the 100,000 mark in population. The 2022 annual report for the City of Kamloops released earlier this year [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Stop insulting Kamloops and be thankful for a great city

July 19, 2023 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. WHEN TOURISM KAMLOOPS reported that visitor numbers are rebounding but are still slightly lower than they were, a certain segment of [Continue]

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]