News Items tag as: Kamloops recreation

Hobbyists not happy with spring closure of Kamloops gold panning hot spot
April 03, 2025 - 6:00 AM

Tranquille River near Kamloops is famous for its gold panning activity, but for the second year in a row it has been closed for the spring, right at the prime time for gold panning.
Fee increase coming in new year to Kamloops recreation facilities
October 22, 2016 - 1:12 PM

KAMLOOPS - The city is reminding residents that recreation fees are going to be bumping up a bit in 2017.
Recreation is going to cost you more in Kamloops next year
May 18, 2016 - 5:00 PM

KAMLOOPS - Recreation is about to get more expensive in Kamloops, with fees set to increase five per cent next year, and every two years after that.
Universal pass for all Kamloops' recreation facilities still in the works
April 19, 2016 - 4:30 PM

KAMLOOPS - A universal recreation pass which would allow residents to use all city recreation facilties and possibly even transit is still being looked at by city staff, but continues to encounter snags.
Fee increase coming for Kamloops recreation facility users
April 18, 2016 - 4:30 PM

KAMLOOPS - City council has given the nod to increasing parks and recreation fees in Kamloops.
Dragon boats hitting Kamloops waters this week
April 05, 2016 - 11:36 AM

KAMLOOPS - The dragons are about to be let loose on Kamloops.
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JONESIE: When 'journalists' help themselves, they don't help anyone
OPINION Gaze with me for a moment at the soft navel of the dwindling news and media business of Kamloops and the Okanagan. Kelowna Now had a good get this week. At least until they did Kelowna Now things with it. They got t

Fun festivals for foodies in Okanagan, Kamloops
Foodies in Kamloops and the Okanagan might want to mark their calendars for some unique upcoming festivals in the region celebrating pickles, garlic, tomatoes and hot peppers. The inaugural Farmstrong Cider Pickle Festival in Armstrong ki

Massachusetts sheriff arrested on charges of pressuring cannabis company over stock purchase
BOSTON (AP) — A sheriff in one of Massachusetts' largest counties was charged Friday with allegedly pressuring a Boston-based cannabis firm to sell him stock in the company. Sheriff Steven Tompkins, 67, who oversees about 1,000 em

Kelowna year ahead of province's push for more homes to be built
A year into the province’s push to get cities to build more homes, Kelowna is already a year ahead. The City of Kelowna’s housing target report said there were 3,467 new homes built in the city since June 2024. The target set ou

Hobbyists not happy with spring closure of Kamloops gold panning hot spot