St. Andrew’s on the Square

HERITAGE – City will temporarily suspend new St. Andrew’s bookings

December 30, 2021 // 0 Comments

The City will suspend new bookings at St. Andrew’s on the Square in the new year while it figures out how to manage the facility. In a media release today, the City said it [Continue]

BEPPLE – The dedicated people who saved St. Andrew’s on the Square

December 1, 2021 // 1 Comment

ST. ANDREW’S ON THE SQUARE at the corner of 2nd Avenue and Seymour Street is such an iconic building in Kamloops that we could easily forget that its fate could have [Continue]

HERITAGE – Society turns reins of St. Andrew’s on the Square back to City

November 30, 2021 // 2 Comments

The Kamloops Heritage Society is bowing out of its management contract with the City for operation of St. Andrew’s on the Square. In a letter in today’s (Nov. [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Reluctant council gives Heritage Society a reprieve at St. Andrew’s

April 25, 2020 // 1 Comment

MEANWHILE, OVER AT ST. ANDREW’S, there are developments. You will recall there was a major public outcry a few months ago over the City’s inexplicable determination to [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Frootloops council looks ahead to a brand new decade

December 21, 2019 // 2 Comments

FROOTLOOPS COUNCIL gathers for its last meeting of the decade. His Wordship Mayor Ken Kringle bangs his gavel. MAYOR KRINGLE: I call the meeting to order. May I first [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER: Door still open a crack to friendly resolution on St. Andrew’s

December 7, 2019 // 1 Comment

HOPE SPRINGS ETERNAL in the St. Andrew’s on the Square case. Just when you think the ship had sailed (to use Coun. Dieter Dudy’s description), new possibilities emerge. [Continue]

EDITORIAL – City’s action in pointing finger at heritage society is shameful

November 27, 2019 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE ST. ANDREW’S ON THE SQUARE mess reached a new low point Tuesday with a lengthy news release from the City attempting to point the [Continue]

ST. ANDREW’S – Council rejects reconsidering takeover in 7-2 vote

November 23, 2019 // 10 Comments

An attempt to reconsider the City’s takeover of management of St. Andrew’s on the Square was defeated by a 7-2 vote at a closed-door meeting, in-camera council minutes [Continue]

ST. ANDREW’S – ‘The reconsideration ship has sailed,’ heritage society told

November 14, 2019 // 6 Comments

By MEL ROTHENBURGER The president of the Kamloops Heritage Society reacted with frustration today (Nov. 14, 2019) at the news “the reconsideration ship has sailed” on the [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Council must lift dome of silence and explain itself on St. Andrew’s mess

November 6, 2019 // 5 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. TIME FOR KAMLOOPS CITY COUNCIL to lift the dome of silence from the St. Andrew’s on the Square mess. It’s been a month since it was [Continue]

BEPPLE – The power of building community

October 16, 2019 // 0 Comments

LAST WEEK, I was part of something almost magical. On Thursday, Oct. 10, I was one of an audience of about 200 who came together for the Stand Up for Mental Health comedy [Continue]

LETTER – Giving thanks for support of Heritage Society, St. Andrew’s

October 12, 2019 // 1 Comment

Dear friends and supporters of St. Andrew’s On The Square: I am humbled by the response from all of you and the support we have been given. I never dreamed that our [Continue]

ST. ANDREW’S ON THE SQUARE – Dome of silence over City-society meeting

October 11, 2019 // 0 Comments

No news might be good news as the City and Kamloops Heritage Society met today to discuss future operation of St. Andrew’s on the Square. City cultural manager Barb [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – An update on the St. Andrew’s on the Square disagreement

October 10, 2019 // 2 Comments

I HAD A LONG CONVERSATION yesterday (Oct. 9, 2019) with Byron McCorkell, the City’s Community and Protective Services director, about St. Andrew’s on the Square. I worked [Continue]