Category: Community
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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…
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What is the cost of not building?
The BC condo bailout Part 2 This is the second part of a planned three-part piece on the B.C. housing crisis. Part three will follow. In June 2026, the federal and provincial governments announced a plan, potentially worth up to $1.45 billion, to purchase roughly 2,200 unsold condo units and convert them into a rent-to-buy…
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Alpenglow Arts Festival part of five-year event strategy for Sun Peaks
Jann Arden will headline the 2026 Alpenglow Arts Festival at Sun Peaks, an event Tourism Sun Peaks hopes will help establish the mountain community as a destination for arts and entertainment beyond the winter season. The festival begins Sept. 18 with Arden and her trio performing at Sun Peaks Centre Stage from 6–9 p.m. The…
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Nobody told them it was over
Fire season teaches us to measure things by their absence. We learn what a horizon is worth by losing it for three weeks. Then the wind shifts, the world hands it all back without ceremony, and we are left holding a gratitude with nowhere to put it. September gives us somewhere to put it, and it…
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Fitness in the time of smoke
Watching our beautiful summer, once more stolen by wildfire smoke, is depressing. Even more so hearing that it could extend into the fall and return next year. We wait all year for summer and then — this!? Dr. Michael Koehle knows, in minute detail, what the complex wildfire smoke recipe does inside your body. Not…
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Good News Aug. 2026
Still more to celebrate in Kamloops this month! The Kamloops Courthouse Gallery Artisan’s Co-Op is proud to announce the successful conclusion of “The Lost Earring Project,” an inspiring initiative that raised $4,058 for the Kamloops Y Women’s Emergency Shelter. The Kamloops Chronicle collected Post-It Notes on a good news board at our booth during Canada…
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65,000 menstrual products headed to Thompson-Nicola-Cariboo
The United Way BC provincial drive surpasses collection goal, but demand for menstrual products continues to outpace supply More than 65,000 menstrual products are being distributed to organizations across the Thompson Nicola Cariboo region through United Way BC’s 2026 Period Promise campaign, helping improve access to essential supplies for people experiencing period poverty. The regional…
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The BC Wildlife Park’s splash park has been reimagined as part of the 60th anniversary. Photo by Olsen ImagingBC Wildlife Park marks 60th anniversary with major Rotary investment
The BC Wildlife Park is celebrating six decades of wildlife conservation, education, and community support while looking ahead to a new chapter with a reimagined splash park funded in part through local Rotary clubs. The park officially opened on Aug. 16, 1966, and has grown into one of British Columbia’s best-known wildlife facilities. The first…
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Photo by Maria CollinsKamloops’ mystery snake — the Rubber Boa
People living in Kamloops are fortunate to share the landscape with six of the nine snakes found within BC. We have two types of garter snakes, the fast (and well-named) Racer, and the impressive Gophersnake and Rattlesnake; however, the most ancient member of the Kamloops snake community is the Rubber Boa, which also happens to…