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Ajax foe upset council denied delegation request
An anti-Ajax organizer said it’s “unacceptable” that the head of a national mining watchdog organization wasn’t allowed to speak at Tuesday’s city council meeting. But, City of Kamloops staff say their...
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Poster child for Earth Day
Seven-year-old Mischa Grover of Lloyd George elementary school points to the poster that won her and a partner first prize in the Earth Day Poster Contest. Kids’ artistic creations were displayed in...
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Faith: Saved by the blood of someone else
It was 1959. I was three years old, sitting between my father and one of his employees in the front seat of his 1957 Plymouth station wagon. It was the era before seatbelts. My three older brothers...
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KLASSEN: City Hall: Director’s Cut
Coun. Pat Wallace has a simple dream: a hot dog, served from a truck, in downtown Kamloops. As the city’s food truck owners gathered at 7 West Victoria St. for a public hearing in late April, that...
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When in the city, Town was there to help
Editor: On May 4, another woman and I had an unfortunate accident outside the office of TownBrothers.com, Royal LePage realtors on Seymour Street in downtown Kamloops. Matt Town of this company...
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Register for bug course
Master gardeners Bill Davies and Elaine Sedgman will show how to build a bug hotel on Saturday, May 23, from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at McDonald Park’s public-produce pavilion. People interested in...
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EDITORIAL: Hot and Not of the week
Kamloops This Week looks at the stories of the week — the good, the bad and all in-between: HOT: The response by employers and sports teams to the louts who verbally assault female reporters with crude...
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FOULDS: City’s sewage saga silence stinks
The city’s sewage fiasco has much more to do with the processes not followed and less to do with how damaging the sewage may have been to the environment. The focus of this sorry saga should be on the...
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Clover the Kermode’s coming-out party
When John Stark looks out on the fenced-in compound, he doesn’t see 2.7 acres of trees, pools, boulders and shrubs. He sees a palace. “I call it the Bear-Mahal,” the B.C. Wildlife Park business and...
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Clean it up, now
Editor: Last week, I came into Kamloops on the Rocky Mountaineer train. Your fine town would look much nicer if the trash, including an abandoned shopping cart, along the rail line were removed. Susan...
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We should all be like Karen
Editor: Re: (‘The Garbage Whisperer,’ May 12): I would like to thank and compliment Karen Kopec-Repka. She is one awesome lady and I wish the rest of our city was populated with people like her. I can...
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Up in smoke forest policy has to stop
Editor: Thank you to KTW reporter Cam Fortems for his May 1 article on wood waste (‘Up in smoke’). I am pleased to see the discussion around wood waste in our area and province starting again. In 2008,...
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Q: With reconstruction of Overlanders Bridge there’s been a lot of talk about...
A: Randy Lambright, the city’s community-development manager, said the current plan foresees a new roadway beside Sixth Avenue extending from Columbia Street to Summit Drive in Sahali (at Springhill)...
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LISTINGS: May 15 to May 21
Friday, May 15 Art • High Tea, Thompson Valley Potters Guild, Old Courthouse Cultural Centre, 7 West Seymour St., now to May 30. Music • Wheelhouse, Blue Grotto, 319 Victoria St. Doors open at 8 p.m.,...
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The costs of growth
Assessing development cost charges The city is assuring home builders and developers their industry won’t be charged an arm and leg for continuing to grow the city. Speaking to the central Interior...
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Evening songs with Roxanne Potvin
Roxanne Potvin is keeping it simple. When KTW reached the Juno-nominated and Montreal-based singer songwriter over the phone, she was preparing to head out on the road for a solo tour with a few new...
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Calling all Kam High grads circa 1965
Kam High grads from 1965 are invited to attend a 50th-anniversary reunion on Sept. 18 and Sept. 19. Registration is required by June 1. Email kamhigh65@gmail.com or call 250-376-5622 for details and a...
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Drug enforcer suing province for jailhouse attack by rival gangsters
Kamloops Regional Correctional Centre (KTW FILE PHOTO) A convicted Kamloops drug enforcer wants the provincial government to fork over $25,000 for injuries he suffered behind bars, allegedly at the...
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1,000-foot slip and slide coming
IN THE PHOTO: A 1,000-foot — the size of three football fields — vinyl slip and side is coming to Kamloops this summer. Imagine ripping down a 1,000-foot slip and slide in the sunshine this summer....
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Thompson Valley tea
The Thompson Valley Potters Guild has works on display at the Old Courthouse Cultural Centre. The exhibit, entitled High Tea, features ceramic teapots crafted by guild members, who use a variety of...
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