aggregated from: Tourism British Columbia Blogs

Riverside Park is a large city park with a number of amenities not offered at the other Kamloops beaches including: washroom facilities, concession stand (varying hours), beach with a life guard, a number of picnic tables and benches, kids water park...

topics: beach, beaches, kamloops, park, restaurants

aggregated from: A Closer Look

I'm co-ordinating Homelessness Action Week events this October on behalf of the Greater Victoria Coalition to End Homelessness, including our second annual Project Connect. Here's the press release that will be going out tomorrow - if you're interest...

topics: downtown, elected, housing, kamloops

aggregated from: A Closer Look

Muddy waters hide true level of cuts in BC budgetThe devil's in the details, as the saying goes. But good luck trying to find them in the revamped provincial budget if you're looking to understand where the cuts to provincially funded services are go...

topics: attorney-general, kamloops

aggregated from: A Closer Look

Throne Speech foreshadows cuts to comeMaybe you'll be one of the lucky ones and barely feel a blip when the provincial government reveals its retooled budget next week. But in the capital city, in a region dependent on government jobs and provincial ...

topics: housing, kamloops, olympics, provincial-government

aggregated from: A Closer Look

The upside of mental illness - creative brillianceNice to see mental illness finally getting some good press. The latest news is of a genetic link between creativity and mental illnesses, which seems to confirm once and for all what many other studie...

topics: business, design, kamloops

aggregated from: Bill Tieleman

John Les and Ida Chong - two BC Liberal MLAs with the lowest vote percentage - and potentially easiest to recall over the HST.The HST is going to be good for all concerned, but there are exceptions. - B.C. Tourism Minister Kevin KruegerThere is only ...

topics: business, election, kamloops, liberal, liberals

aggregated from: GungHaggisFatChoy

Vancouver is called one of the most livable cities - kite flyers, sailboaters enjoy English Bay from Spanish Banks - photo Todd WongVancouver vs San Diego? vs Logan Lake?Vancouverism is an architectural concept for which diversity of use, diversit...

topics: business, chinatown, downtown, kamloops, kite

aggregated from: GungHaggisFatChoy

Gung Haggis Fat Choy dragon boat team at the start line for 5th Annual Vernon Dragon Boat Races. Steven Wong is steering our first race on Saturday. Vernon Dragon Boat Races are one of our favorite races of the year. We love the hot weat...

topics: beach, kamloops, kayaking, surfing, white-caps

aggregated from: A Closer Look

Too-efficient parking enforcement no way to lure people downtownAs a general rule, I try to avoid being self-serving in my column. I try not to use my public platform to write about issues that I've got a personal stake in. But - and there's always a...

topics: business, downtown, elected, kamloops

aggregated from: Tourism British Columbia Blogs

Stories of New Hazelton's history flow as plentiful as the water that runs through the rivers that surround the Hazeltons. One story, which I find particularly fascinating, is the story of the arrival of the first car to Hazelton. In mid- 1911 the r...