Love rock spotted near a residential home in Kelowna, BC. Kelowna resident, Crystal Weber, started an inspiring project last year after finding a painted rock during a visit to Nelson, BC. The colorful, painted rock had travelled to Nelson from rock painters in the states. Crystal loved the idea and was immediately inspired to start [...]
For The Kamloops Residents Who Used To ‘Wake Up Beside Peter Olsen’
Red Bridge, Kamloops, BC Peter Olsen is recognized by many as 'The Morning Mayor'. He has held numerous jobs in his life but is mostly known as a morning radio host at NL Radio in Kamloops where he entertained our small city from 1981 to 2018. While still in radio, Peter started his career as [...]
Music, Mexico and Making a Difference: The Gecko Band Is So Much Fun!
Victor and Rosy Vera Victor Vera is a singer and entertainer in Puerta Vallarta. He is a ton of fun, putting out videos from his living room. He looks like a biker and sings like an angel. He has followers from all over the world! In between singing songs with his fellow Gecko Band mate, [...]
Human Trafficking, Jessie Foster Is Still Missing
Jessica Edith Louise Foster went missing on March 28, 2006 from North Las Vegas, Nevada. If you have any information, please contact the North Las Vegas Police Department @ 1- 702-633-1773 or the Kamloops, British Columbia Police Department@ 1-250-828-3293. For long term residents of the community of Kamloops, the name Jessie Foster is a familiar [...]
D’s Lyme Time, Chronic Disease and Covid-19
Dear Healthy People: We understand the spread of a virus can be scary. We thank you for taking precautions to not spread the virus. As the world hides in their homes with freezers full of meat and no shortage of toilet paper, I sit in my backyard in the sun, drinking home made herbal tea, [...]
Undergoing Chemo Amid Covid-19 Pandemic, A Mother's Plea To Others
Dayna Dodding Harrison and her family, 2019. Photo by Milk & Honey Dayna Harrison and her husband Reeve Harrison were both born in Kamloops, BC. Currently they are raising their two little girls they call 'their beautiful miracles' and operating two coffee shops in town (5 Bean Brewbar & Café). Up until six months ago, [...]
A Survivor of Residential School Shares Her Memories
Williams Lake Indian Residential School When Laurine Vilac was just six-years-old she was dropped off by her parents at a residential school in William's Lake. She remembers her mom and dad holding her hands, and she remembers them leaving her there without knowing why: "I didn't understand what was happening. I didn't know why they [...]
