{"id":8377,"date":"2026-03-18T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/infonews.ca\/?p=7581250"},"modified":"2026-03-18T17:00:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T00:00:12","slug":"most-kamloopsians-support-booze-in-public-park-survey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/infonews.ca\/inwine\/news\/8377\/most-kamloopsians-support-booze-in-public-park-survey\/","title":{"rendered":"Most Kamloopsians support booze in public park: survey"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A Kamloops pilot project to allow alcohol in a public park will resume for a second summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instead of putting a ban on liquor at Riverside Park, the city gave the OK for park-goers to drink in designated areas last year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

City staff were concerned members of the community were “polarized” on the idea, but a survey found the majority were in favour.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nearly 270 people responded to a city survey and almost two-thirds said they were in favour of allowing alcohol in the park, which hosts Music in the Park every summer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Those opposed said they were concerned about family safety and the “normalization” of substance use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The results were presented to city council last week and although some shared their opinions, it was already planned to start again on May 15 without a council vote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While Coun. Nancy Bepple said she was not in favour of the pilot project, others said they want to see it continue on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coun. Bill Sarai said he heard from friends and family who felt it was “relaxing” not to have to sneak their alcohol to the park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kamloops isn’t alone among BC cities allowing people to bring alcohol to public parks, with cities like Kelowna<\/a> and Vancouver adopting similar policies in recent years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The city pilot project will be renewed this summer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":426,"featured_media":8378,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"guid":"","source":"","byline":"","published":"","updated":"","_infotelid":"","_prepressid":"","_multisite_post_sync":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1810,706,704],"tags":[],"region":[547,548,549,550],"class_list":["post-8377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-local","category-topnews","region-kamloops","region-kelowna","region-penticton","region-vernon"],"blocksy_meta":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/infonews.ca\/inwine\/news\/8377\/most-kamloopsians-support-booze-in-public-park-survey\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Most Kamloopsians support booze in public park: survey","url":"http:\/\/infonews.ca\/inwine\/news\/8377\/most-kamloopsians-support-booze-in-public-park-survey\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/infonews.ca\/inwine\/news\/8377\/most-kamloopsians-support-booze-in-public-park-survey\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/infonews.ca\/inwine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/inwine-hd-mediaitemid44301-6141.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/infonews.ca\/inwine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/inwine-hd-mediaitemid44301-6141.jpg"},"articleSection":"Featured","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Levi Landry"}],"creator":["Levi Landry"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"iNwine","logo":"https:\/\/infonews.ca\/inwine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/06\/logo-inwine.png"},"keywords":[],"dateCreated":"2026-03-19T00:00:00Z","datePublished":"2026-03-19T00:00:00Z","dateModified":"2026-03-19T00:00:12Z"},"rendered":"