daphane nelson

Bringing fun competition to compassion in Kamloops

KAMLOOPS - If you know what the Hunger Games is all about, imagine the Compassion Games as the exact opposite. Instead of violent self-preservation, think kind acts of selflessness. Organizer Daphane Nelson says the games, which are coming to Kamloops for the second time later this month, are based on a 'worldwide epidemic of compassion.'...

ELECTIONS 2014: Candidate ‘alliance’ emerges

KAMLOOPS - A ‘loosely-knit alliance’ of five city council candidates announced Tuesday morning they are running under the umbrella of Vision Kamloops, but they were not yet ready to say what they stand for as a group. Dieter Dudy, Jenny Green, Brad Harrison, Daphane Nelson and Denis Walsh say they began talking about the possibility...

ELECTIONS 2014: Vision Kamloops building off individual strengths

KAMLOOPS - The loosely knit alliance Vision Kamloops says they will be helping each other by sharing their strengths, but will also be focused on their own campaigns as we head into the November election. The members of the group all identify as being against the proposed Ajax Mine but do not list that as one...