Photo of Linda Wall Well known and beloved Kamloops woman, Linda Wall, is reaching new heights this year as a poet and a small business owner. She has thirty years of experience with writing, editing, publishing and graphic design. Linda has been writing since she discovered pencils and paper as a young child. Her creative [...]
Krystian Shaw Owner and founder of The Kamloops Self Advocate Newsletter, Kamloops man Krystian Shaw is passionate about the newsletter business. In fact, he will be celebrating the sixth anniversary of his newsletter this September. A real go getter, Krystian is now launching a new program called the Ability Friendly Accessible Business Program with an [...]
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Here they are! You may have seen them around town this past month, dressed in blue, carrying packs and water, working morning, noon and night. But who are they and what are they doing? The PEER Ambassadors Network is a new, proactive, preventative and innovative approach to the opioid overdose crisis in Kamloops, British Columbia. [...]
“When the flowers, and the sky are blue, then you shall have the mountains rise up and kiss the sky as a mother would kiss her child.” ~ Anthony T. Hincks After 18 months, I have discovered it isn’t the measureless, insurmountable mountain that I struggle to climb. It is the acknowledgment that daily, there [...]
'Compost is wonderful for many things, including enhancing soil and protecting watersheds!'-Addie Have you heard the news? A young woman named Addie de Candole is spreading awareness about the huge benefits of composting. Furthermore, she has been busy lobbying the Kamloops City Council to move faster in providing a community composting system. I [...]
'Art should punch you in the stomach. It should make you feel hard! It should make you think about yourself and the world around you. What’s the point of art if it cannot do this?'- SD When Kamloops man, Stace Dewolf was a kid, he was always drawing regular things like tanks and [...]
