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Aerial light show part of plans National Indigenous Peoples Day in Kamloops
June 17, 2024 - 4:30 PM

Tk?emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation is organizing a day of festivities including an aerial light show in Kamloops for National Indigenous Peoples Day..
Rehabilitation project unveiled at historic Old Men's Provincial Cemetery in Kamloops
September 22, 2023 - 3:30 PM

A beautification and identification project involving the final resting place in Kamloops for more than 1,000, mostly men, dating back to the late 1800s has been unveiled by the city.
Kamloops Tourist Information Centre to remain closed, perhaps indefinitely
July 22, 2022 - 7:00 PM

The tourist information centre in Kamloops closed when the COVID-19 pandemic hit, but tourists shouldn't expect it to open up again any time soon.
PICKLE LOVERS WANTED: Quirky Kamloops tourism campaign launches on April Fools' Day
April 01, 2022 - 7:00 PM
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Pickle lovers in Kamloops can now go on a city-wide food tour as part of a quirky and unique campaign that launched today, April 1.
Something peculiar planned for Kamloops people with a passion for pickles
March 19, 2022 - 10:29 AM
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Tourism Kamloops is reaching out to fans of fermentation for a curious surprise.
Pilot project to rent kayaks on Thompson River in Kamloops didn’t hold water
September 11, 2021 - 6:02 PM

After a hopeful and ambitious start for a project to rent water sports equipment at Riverside Park in Kamloops, the results at the concession stand this summer left much to be desired.
Food trucks, sports equipment rentals on the way for Kamloops's Riverside Park
May 19, 2021 - 8:38 AM

A pilot project to welcome commercial activity at Kamloops’s Riverside Park raised a few eyebrows at council yesterday, but was largely supported.
Tourism Kamloops shifts permanently to street engagement teams
June 30, 2020 - 5:28 PM

For those visiting Kamloops, learning about the best sights, restaurants and hikes will be quite different this year.
iN VIDEO: Kamloops YKA Strong's video campaign celebrates innovative businesses, organizations during COVID-19 pandemic
May 28, 2020 - 11:46 AM

Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, some Kamloops residents stepped up to the plate with unique and effective strategies to keep their businesses afloat.
Tourism Kamloops launches survey to gauge reopening comfort levels
May 27, 2020 - 4:13 PM

As COVID-19 pandemic restrictions are lifted and Kamloops prepares for businesses to begin using sidewalks and parking lots, residents are being asked what they think of the reopening process.
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$5M for wind machines, heaters to protect tree fruit in Okanagan, Kootenays
Following some extremely challenging years for B.C. farmers the provincial government has allocated $5 million for tree fruit growers in the Okanagan and Kootenay regions so there can be more local fruit for everyone to enjoy. “Earlie

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Penticton company building 60 tiny homes for Kelowna's homeless
One of Penticton’s longstanding construction contractors has landed the contract to build 60 “tiny homes” to house the homeless in Kelowna. Greyback Construction Ltd. landed the contract with the City of Kelowna and BC Hou

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