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Secwepemc elder preserving language as university ‘lleqméltn’
KAMLOOPS - Learning to speak our first language is a process we likely take for granted. Our families spoke it from the day we were born, we absorbed what they said and learned to speak, read and write it, and then our schools expanded on that knowledge as we got older. For Mona Jules learning...
Westsyde resident unhappy over pool closure, starts petition
KAMLOOPS – Westsyde Pool is set to shut down for more than a year as the city addresses a failing roof and not everyone is happy about the decision. “I am very upset about it and frustrated," Amanda Cosburn, a nurse and Westsyde resident, says. This week she started a petition in an effort to lobby the...
Kamloops SPCA prepares for FurBall, City Challenge
KAMLOOPS – May will once again be a busy month for the local B.C. SPCA as it pushes forward with its largest fundraiser of the year — the month-long City Challenge, which will include the second annual FurBall and several other events. The City Challenge will once again pit Kamloops against Prince George, this year...
KGHM promises information site with ‘plain language summaries’
KAMLOOPS – The company behind the proposed Ajax Mine is once again assuring council, and city residents, of its commitment to transparency with a promise to make easy to read summaries readily available to the public. In a letter to council KGHM Ajax Mine External Affairs Manager Yves Lacasse says there will be ‘plain language...
Upgrades coming to Pavilion Theatre
KAMLOOPS - Federal funding will help the Pavilion Theatre with renovations and upgrades this summer. The Canada Cultural Spaces Fund has announced $60,000 in funding for the Western Canada Theatre Society. The money will help the 165-seat black box theatre with a new heating, ventilation and air conditioning system for the performance space and lobby....