Category: Community
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What would it take to break the pattern
This series opened with a question. In June 2026, Ottawa and Victoria announced plans to spend up to $1.45 billion to buy roughly 2,200 unsold condominium units and convert them into a rent-to-buy pathway to homeownership. The second column traced the cost: a social housing stock frozen in place while need exploded, and research showing…
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Photos by Robert Koopmans
Oct. 2026 Good News
Still more to celebrate in Kamloops this month! The theme of this week’s Good News is resilience and recovery.Lisa Imeson shares good news about the 4th Annual Nicholas’ Run/Walk for Youth Mental Health at 9am Nov 7th at Pioneer Park – “Nicholas was a young man I got to know while working at a local…
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Oktoberfest fundraiser returns to Kamloops with ski racing in focus
The steins will be raised again this fall as Kamloops Oktoberfest returns Oct. 24 to raise money for the Sun Peaks Alpine Ski Club. The annual fundraiser has been running for 14 years and typically draws between 200 and 250 people, according to organizer Jennifer Davis. The event combines fundraising with an evening of food,…
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You want me to try boxing? You’ve got to be kidding!
What’s this? Oh, we’re boxing now, are we? It’s not enough to go to fitness classes, not enough to work out in the pool and then lift weights, now we’re supposed to go boxing? The Old Broads, Corner Kids and Rusty Gloves all do and love it, and benefit. At one point, the age range…
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Fighting climate change, one bite at a time
When you are planning your weekly meals, be sure to include climate-friendly meatless, chicken and fish dishes. Transition Kamloops has lots of meal planning tips and recipes for you at transitionkamloops.net/climate-action. Chicken is so versatile. It can star on its own, roasted, baked, or barbecued, or cooked chicken can be added to salads, soups, curries, stir…
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Tick tock time travel
It took a quick tug of the handle on the bathroom drawer to propel me on a time-travelling trip, jettisoning me three decades into the past and plunking me down at a table for two at the iconic Club Villa restaurant in Abbotsford. Searching through the bathroom drawer for a usable roll of dental floss,…
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Planting garlic: Yes, you still have time
Master Gardeners are part of a network of not-for-profit associations across North America. Members share a common interest – a passion for gardening and a willingness to share (at no cost) environmentally responsible gardening knowledge within their communities. Operating under the umbrella of the British Columbia Master Gardeners, the Thompson Shuswap Master Gardeners chapter was…
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The Zone 8 Thompson-Cariboo swim team gathered for a photo at the 2026 55+ BC Games. Back row, left to right: Rosemary Kendall, Gail Russell, Richard Forehead, Rudolph Ingehorst, Gregory Hall, Sharon Tracz, Diane Coleman, Amy Tucker. Front row, left to right: Richard Greenwood, Kathleen Aldus, Maureen Thomas, Cathy Thibault. Missing from the photograph: Linda Hall, Sandra Fukushima, Paul Mackey.Sometimes just showing up is good enough
You know the feeling, whatever your sport happens to be. You are the slowest runner in the group, the weakest server on the court, the one who finishes last and still claps for the winner. It shows up on golf courses, curling sheets, cycling routes, and pickleball courts across this province, carrying the same quiet…
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This year’s Terry Fox run is taking place on Sept. 20. From left are Robert Klarich, CFJC TV Midday Host Tania Cronin, and Sue Steenson.Sept 2026 Good News
Still more to celebrate in Kamloops this month! The Interior Authors Group released its latest anthology, Colours of Canada, in July 2026: “In the IAG’s twenty-year history, our writers have created seven anthologies, releasing our Colours of Canada anthology in July. We are eclectic writers who connect during monthly meetings held at the North Shore…
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Kamloops suicide prevention event returns for fourth year
Kamloops will mark World Suicide Prevention Day with its fourth annual community event and optional walk on Sept. 5 at McArthur Island Park. The free gathering will take place from 10 a.m. to noon near the boat launch area at 1655 Island Parkway. No registration is required. The event was first opened to the public…