Riverside Park

EDITORIAL – Assault on 71-year-old security guard deserves extra punishment

July 8, 2020 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. MEDIA HAVE A BAD HABIT of stereotyping older folks as helpless; others have an equally bad habit of stereotyping them as irrelevant. Anybody [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Nothing inherently wrong with allowing businesses in Riverside

March 10, 2020 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE SPECTRE OF BUSINESS in Riverside Park has raised its head again and will undoubtedly raise the hackles of those who think anything that [Continue]

EDITORIAL – City is dragging its feet on replacing stolen monument plaques

April 9, 2019 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. SPRING HAS SPRUNG and the nicer weather inevitably encourages the graffiti vandals to renew their destructive pastime. They recently tagged [Continue]

EDITORIAL – How easy it is to spend money and delay decisions

March 27, 2019 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IN POLITICS, IT’S SO VERY EASY to put things off, and so easy to spend taxpayers’ money. A couple of unrelated items caught my eye [Continue]

PETERS – There are no sacred public spaces, including Riverside Park

December 22, 2018 // 4 Comments

IF YOU HEAD DOWN TO RIVERSIDE PARK on any given summer day, you’re likely to see members of the Kamloops Society for Creative Anachronism, also known as the Shire of [Continue]

ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – Handling of parkade incompetent or brilliant?

May 4, 2018 // 8 Comments

The following Armchair Mayor column was published Oct. 12, 2011 as the proposal for a parkade in the Heritage House parking lot came to a conclusion: AS THE COUNTING gets [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Theft of commemorative plaques calls for special justice

May 26, 2017 // 2 Comments

An Armchair Mayor editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THERE REALLY ought to be a special place in hell for the contemptible lowlifes who have been stealing plaques from community [Continue]

WHAT’S UP DOWNTOWN – The green spaces of downtown: Riverside Park

May 1, 2017 // 0 Comments

CAN YOU BELIEVE it’s already May!? The trees are finally blooming and the patios are buzzing in the streets and avenues. CAP Team member Jon here with some more tidbits to [Continue]

POLICE – Boy has scare in public washroom from man with cellphone

February 28, 2017 // 0 Comments

An unaccompanied lad had a scare in one of the public washrooms in Riverside Park on Friday, Kamloops RCMP reported today (Feb. 28, 2017). Around 2 pm, the boy went into [Continue]

Gender-neutral loo plan flushed till 2015

October 31, 2014 // 0 Comments

NEWS/ CITY HALL — Installation of a gender-neutral family washroom in Riverside Park isn’t likely to happen for another year. A report to City council from parks, [Continue]

Kayaker falls into river, police and public find him and two buddies safe at park

July 12, 2014 // 0 Comments

NEWS/ POLICE — Three male kayakers were found safe thanks to some fast action by police and public after their overturned kayak was found in the river at Riverside Park [Continue]

Beautification work getting underway on intersection at City Hall; expect some delays

April 8, 2014 // 0 Comments

NEWS — Work is getting underway on utility upgrading and beautification of the streets intersecting in front of Kamloops City Hall. Extreme Excavating Ltd. has the contract [Continue]