Kamloops Graffiti Task Force

Anti-Harper graffiti continues in Kamloops despite Conservative election loss

KAMLOOPS - The election was over more than two weeks ago but taggers in Kamloops either haven't heard or just want to make sure their delayed political message, while sometimes misspelled, is still heard. Anti-Harper graffiti was around before the election started, but according to Graffiti Task Force director Ronnie Bouvier, the tagging has increased...

Kamloops Graffiti Task Force recognized for inclusive workplace

KAMLOOPS - Staff at the Graffiti Task Force headquarters managed to put their rollers down long enough yesterday, Nov. 5, to receive a certificate which recognizes the efforts made to create a inclusive workplace in the city. Task Force director Ronnie Bouvier says she was honoured to receive the workplace diversity and inclusion award from...

Goodbye graffiti: Kamloops acquires new tool in fight against vandalism

KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Graffiti Task Force has a new weapon in their arsenal which promises to improve their response to the inappropriate things painted around town. After staff pitched in to take on extra tasks to make some more money on the side, $20,000 was raised to purchase a Tornado ACS, a machine which...

Task Force signs deal with Canada Post for graffiti clean-up

KAMLOOPS — There are plans to have every graffiti covered mailbox in Kamloops clean before the end of September after Canada Post signed a three-year agreement with the city’s Graffiti Task Force. Ronnie Bouvier with the Task Force says the agreement came after a communication failure between the city, Canada Post’s Ottawa office and the...

Graffiti tagging hits all time high in Kamloops

KAMLOOPS - The amount of graffiti tags being cleaned up on a daily basis in Kamloops is roughly equivalent to the entire outside of two 1,000-square-foot homes, including the roofs. While crews were even out regularly cleaning graffiti-covered surfaces during the winter months this year, the Graffiti Task Force has had to increase the number...

How you can help catch the people vandalizing a Kamloops daycare

KAMLOOPS – The next time you pass by Puddle Jumpers on York Avenue, bring your camera; you could help catch whoever has been tagging the daycare almost every weekend for the last two years. “We need the community’s help to identify (the vandals),” Ronnie Bouvier of the Kamloops Graffiti Task Force says. “People know who...

Sun Peaks taggers might be motivated by media attention

KAMLOOPS – A certain someone has gained notoriety by spray painting tags all over the Sun Peaks resort, but the director of the Kamloops Graffiti Task Force is hoping the exposure will stop. “The more media coverage they get, the happier they are,” Ronnie Bouvier says. “The challenge will be to get your tag in...

UPDATE: Who has been tagging Sun Peaks?

SUN PEAKS - The Sun Peaks community is trying to figure out who is damaging their village after more than two dozen signs, posts and electrical boxes were tagged since the beginning of February. With more than 100 incidents of tagging reported already this month - many of which were reported Feb. 12 - rural...

Graffiti still a growing problem in Kamloops

‘WE’RE NOT GETTING URBAN ART, JUST SCRIBBLES’ KAMLOOPS - The graffiti removed by the local task force in 2014 could have covered nearly two and a half Canadian football fields, and that was before taking into account tagging on more than 630 utility boxes as well. How does the Graffiti Task Force know it was...

STAHN: Community needs to step up to stop tagging

There’s urban art, known as graffiti to many, and then there’s tagging—the ugly scribbles, words and obscene pictures that end up on our buildings, on murals and even in tot lots. This has been a growing issue throughout the region and in the past year has hit some pretty low lows. Penises drawn on playground...

Young artist adds visual impact to city park

KAMLOOPS - A recent high school graduate is beautifying the city one concrete barrier or utility box at a time. Haley Hughes has volunteered her time and talent to help add colour and life to the more mundane objects at Riverside Park, the objects often targeted by graffiti tags. The 18-year-old just graduated this year...

Graffiti destroying city parks, art and daycares

KAMLOOPS - It’s in our parks, on our signs and even adorning every last piece of art in Riverside Park, not to mention the number of fences and retaining walls recently hit with by graffiti. Ronnie Bouvier, the executive director of the Graffiti Task Force, is outraged by the recent change in the graffiti scene....

City calls vulgar graffiti vandalism, not art

GRAFFITI STILL A PROBLEM IN KAMLOOPS KAMLOOPS –  There may be less graffiti in 2013 than 2012, but vulgar messages still dominate tags city crews have been busy removing this year. Ronnie Bouvier, the Executive Director of the Graffiti Task Force, says obscenities made up 95 per cent of all tags in 2012 and 2013...