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by Sid Kandola, 2nd generation Paul Kandola brings Ashley HomeStore back to Kamloops at 150 Oriole Road, while also managing construction of the new 35,000 sq.ft. showroom slated to open end of 2018.

Our Customers are our reason for being! Without their support over the years we wouldn’t be able to reinvest in another furniture store, create more jobs, and contribute to the economic development of our city, Kamloops. “We have reinvested our returns into the very city that has invested in us, and that’s why this project means a lot to our family.”

Our commitment is to make beautiful home furnishings affordable and give consumers more value for their money which is why Ashley controls the entire process from design to delivery. We understand the customer wants stylish and durable furniture, with enough selection to help them create a home that suits their style. With over 7000 items available to Ashley Homestore, designed in house from rustic to modern, or small spaces to large and more product testing and quality control than any other furniture company, makes Ashley HomeStore the preferred choice.

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For over 41 years and for many years to come, City Furniture products have helped to turn houses into homes. Each store includes an ever expanding showroom, where we display the most current trends. Our selection of dining, bedroom, and living room furniture is exceptional.Our product offerings address the requirements of both small spaces such as condominiums, to grand living, kitchen, and dining and bedroom spaces at competitive prices while providing quick delivery and set-up. Exceptional customer service complements the wonderful selection and designs in our showrooms. We help you make your selections, updates on your order, and finally, the delivery of your personally selected furnishings. If you require assistance with your furniture set up and assembly, our customer service department can arrange for our experts to visit your home.We are constantly introducing our customers to new and innovative styles of the highest quality. It’s exactly this thoughtful blend of the new and the tried-and-true that makes City Furniture location another go-to furniture destination.

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he cry here and around the world to launch 2018 was, “Let the Games begin!’

In Pyeongchang, South Korea, Kamloops speed skater Josie Morrison skated for the Tournament Capital and the Maple Leaf in the Olympic Winter Games.

In the River City, more than 1,000 athletes pushed for gold in the BC Winter Games, with a healthy contingent of Kamloops and area athletes leading the way.

The Games of the Olympiad and the Games of British Columbia are efficient ways to measure, at predictable intervals, the progress of one’s performance, gauging where athletes have been, where they are now and where they will likely be in the future.

Kamloops This Week’s annual Progress magazine offers us a chance, within its 72 pages, to measure where Kamloops was, is and is going in business-related competition.

There have been challenges, with more on the horizon.

From the fallout from last summer’s 6 Kamloops This Week PROGRESS 2018

unprecedented wildfires to the new B.C. NDP government’s controversial MSP payroll tax and decision to hike the minimum wage in significant annual increments, businesses and organizations in Kamloops are adjusting on the fly.

Progress touches base with Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc Chief Fred Seymour, who updates us on the rapidly growing business ventures happening there (page 26).

We have a message from Kamloops-South Thompson MLA Todd Stone, who speaks to the city’s emergence as a tech hub (pages 66/67).

Ken Christian offers a mayor’s eye view of the city as it continues to transform daily among the 90,000-plus residents who call the Tournament Capital home.

We check in with the Thompson-Nicola Film Commission for a look at how the area draws motion picture and commercial productions (page 52).

We highlight the amazing array of golf courses getting set for the season (page 47) and highlight all that Kamloops Art Council does to make this city all the more vibrant.

Progress is intended to give readers a look at the state of business in the Kamloops area and to share what many organizations do in their dayto-day operations.

Included are visits to some small businesses, such as Murphy’s Meats and Deli in Westsyde (page 28) and Leon John’s Deli on the North Shore (pages 50/51) to get a street-side view of the local economy.

Kamloops is indeed Canada’s Tournament Capital and that program helps keep the city’s economic engine humming along, as can be seen by checking out the statistics on page 65.

The dual Games in February captured the collective attention of Kamloopsians, but there will be many more events — sports and otherwise — dominating the city landscape in the coming weeks and months as 2018 marches on.

Please take a moment to leaf through these pages to get an update on the business climate in Kamloops and to perhaps learn a bit about the myriad organizations that work to maintain the city’s vibrancy.

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PROGRESS 2018 Report on Economic Development City of Kamloops CAO David Trawin is hoping a significant restructuring in city hall will lead to fewer instances in which multiple departments are working on the same files.

Major changes come to city hall

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ith a civic election set for Oct. 20, City of Kamloops chief administrative officer David Trawin said there won’t be much in the way of new projects coming from city hall.

Staff will instead be working to wrap up council initiatives before the end of the term, including finalizing the city’s updated Official Community Plan and continuing to work on affordable-housing initiatives.

But, behind the scenes, a major change is taking place, as the city’s departments undergo their first major restructuring since previous CAO Randy Diehl turned public works into its own department back in 2004.

When corporate services and community safety director David Duckworth left for a position with the City of Calgary in early March, remaining directors opted to divide his portfolio amongst themselves rather than hire a new person for the position, said Trawin.

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“The other directors wanted more to do, they’re keen on doing more. We sat down and reviewed the whole city operation and we’ll basically be creating four departments,” he said.

Former parks, recreation and cultural services director Byron McCorkell becomes director responsible for public-facing civic services such as Kamloops Fire Rescue, Kamloops RCMP, bylaw services, as well as recreational programming and social and community development.

Staff responsible for day-to-day parks and facilities operations will move to public works director Jen Fretz’s portfolio, which is now city operations.

Director Kathy Humphrey has added information technology and legislative services to her finance duties, creating an internal services division, and director of development and engineering services Marvin Kwiatkowski has taken on parks planning and sustainability.

Human resources and communications staff will continue to report to the CAO.

Trawin is hoping the changes will lead to fewer instances where multiple departments are working on the same files — such as issues related to homelessness, where staff in parks, community safety and planning could all be involved — and promote similar standards for similar types of operations.

Trawin said some physical relocation is also likely in the works.

The city is considering moving the Kamloops Sports Council to McArthur Island Sports Centre and using Cunliffe House on Lorne Street as a sustainability house for staff working on that file.

The city is also due to return to the bargaining table soon, as its contracts with its unionized CUPE staff and management expire this year.

But, with a new council coming to power before the end of the year, Trawin said he will be holding off until after the election to seek a mandate to bargain.

In the meantime, the city is preparing by researching pay for various positions in other municipalities.

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Spacious new digs await BC SPCA animals in summer 2019 By the summer of 2019, the Kamloops branch of the BC SPCA will be operating out of brand new spacious facility in Brocklehurst.

As the snow melts and spring sets in this year, Kamloops-based A&T Project Developments Inc. will continue its work as the contractor for the new community animal centre and spay/neuter clinic.

The 10,500-square-foot centre at 2815 Tranquille Rd., across from Kamloops Airport, will include a 8,160-square-foot community animal centre and a 2,340-square-foot clinic for spay/neuter surgeries.

Total cost of the project is approximately $6.5 million, with the provincial government chipping in $1.5 million. The BC SPCA still needs to raise approximately $740,000 through community support.

The Kamloops & District branch of the BC SPCA now operates out of a 4,000-square-foot, 30-year-old building at 1211 Eighth St. on the North Shore.

The society also operates a spay/neuter clinic in leased space at 391A Tranquille Rd. on the North Shore.

Last year, the Kamloops & District SPCA cared for more than 1,500 abused, neglected, injured and lost animals in the region. The agency found homes for more than 700 animals, including 304 kittens, 201 cats, 122 dogs, 78 puppies, 16 exotic birds and12 rabbits.

The new SPCA facility will include 12 spacious indoor-outdoor dog kennels, five large cat rooms, a dedicated small animal area, an assessment room, office space for animal care, humane education and cruelty investigations staff, a volunteer area and a large multipurpose/community room for workshops,

training, summer camps and animal-related events.

The spay/neuter clinic will include three examination rooms, a surgical suite, an area for feral cats and separate waiting areas for cats and dogs.

“We are delighted to take this next step and look forward to serving animals and pet guardians in the region and expanding our humane education and youth programs through this exciting new facility,” said Craig Daniell, chief executive officer for the BC SPCA. The new Kamloops facility is part of the BC SPCA’s $60-million plan to replace or refurbish aging SPCA buildings in 12 B.C. communities.

To donate and to learn more, go online to spca.bc.ca/highfive.

Second Chances for our pets A thrift store that raises money for the BC SPCA is coming up on its first anniversary.

Second Chances opened in June of last year downtown at 634 Victoria St., next to the Noble Pig. Bonnie and Kevin McBride are behind the venture, which helps provide stable funding to the local BC SPCA branch.

Privately owned and operated thrift stores raise more than $100,000 annually for BC SPCA shelters throughout the province. They operate under a licensing agreement allowing the stores to use the BC SPCA name in exchange for a percentage of store revenue. More than 10 such stores operate in B.C., including two in Kelowna and others in the Lower Mainland and on Vancouver Island.

For more information about Second Chances, go online to secondchanceskamloops.wordpress.com or search for the store on Facebook.

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Taking in sights of city’s new direction

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t’s in my not-too-distant memory: driving down the Summit Connector and seeing the shell of the Hudson’s Bay Landing development seemingly frozen in time as construction stood at a standstill.

Now, as I see that development re-start and take shape, it’s a visual indicator of the progress Kamloops is making and our city’s new direction.

The revitalization of our downtown core in concert with the commercial and residential growth in the downtown, Tranquille Corridor and TRU precinct are coming to fruition and advancing our city into a municipality with multiple hubs for all citizens to enjoy.

For example, good things are happening downtown, anchored by BCLC at one end of Victoria Street and the new development at 580 Victoria St. at the other.

With new streetscaping along Lansdowne Street, the eventual

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extension of Victoria Street and downtown pedestrian improvements — combined with the reclamation of our downtown alleys with mural art and the development of more affordable housing units — Kamloops is taking large strides toward making our

downtown core vibrant, thriving and pedestrian-friendly.

Sahali continues to reinvent itself with the rediscovery of large commercial spaces, including the relocation of Value Village to Sahali Mall, along with new retail tenants Jump 360 and Planet Fitness. In addition, a new development, The Reach, promises a big future for Thompson Rivers University and Kamloops alike.

TRU, under the well-informed leadership of Alan Shaver, is spearheading a shift in Kamloops from a historically resource-based community to a knowledge-based economy by training the bright minds of our future.

This shift is also prominent north of the river, where the Kamloops Innovation Centre continues to be a technology beacon for Kamloops, bringing new and exciting ideas to fruition.

In the heart of the North Shore, the redevelopment of Spirit Square and the

development of affordable housing on Tranquille Road continue to fuel the revitalization of the area.

While 2017 was a tough year for many due to the unprecedented wildfires that ravaged our province, Kamloops Airport saw steady numbers and is moving forward with innovative ideas to further expand its entrepreneurial and commercial opportunities.

Overall, 2017 saw new business licences increase and business closures decrease, indicating a strong and stable business climate in Kamloops.

These are just a few of the larger projects on the books in 2018.

Throughout it all, city staff are working hard to ensure our streets are paved, our neighbourhoods are safe and our residents and visitors have an abundance of cultural and recreational opportunities that exemplify Kamloops as Canada’s Tournament Capital.

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Sun Peaks growth continues Since it changed its name from Tod Mountain to Sun Peaks, the resort community just north of Kamloops has continued to expand — and its most recent announcement is a game-changer.

With the second-most skiable terrain of 16 square kilometres and an annual snowfall of more than six metres (18 feet), the winter season is well-established, Mayor Al Raine said.

Spring, summer and fall seasons could use some work in maintaining visitor numbers and Raine expects the planned sports centre recently announced will do just that.

The $7.1-million project will see the existing refrigerated outdoor NHL-size ice rink expanded to create a multi-purpose indoor facility that will hold 3,000 people, creating a venue large enough to host concerts, significant sporting events and trade shows.

The municipality has received $6 million through the federal gas tax program and has already raised $1.8 million that was earmarked for the land, rink and ice-making plant.

Raine said he can see the facility being used for a host of events, all benefiting the community during those months when Sun Peaks is not all about the snow.

The project will also help with employment and encourage growth, Raine said, as Sun Peaks takes a “big step towards a stronger local economy and sustainable year-round community.”

“It’s an important turning point,” he said. “Our goal is to make Sun Peaks a strong summer and off-season resort and this project gives us the tools to succeed.”

He said he hopes to see construction start later this year and completed by 2020.

The new centre will join other amenities in the resort municipality, including a bike park with more than 2,000 vertical feet of terrain, an 18-hole golf course that is at the highest elevation — 1,200 metres above sea level — in B.C. and 12 ski lifts.

The sports centre project follows an announcement in December that Sun Peaks will spend $30 million on improvements, including on chairlifts and adding to the stock of beds and restaurants in the village.

The 2016-2017 winter season was a recordbreaking one for Sun Peaks, with 400,000 unique visits tallied. The 2017-2018 winter season, which is coming to a close, is expected to produce new record number of visitors.

Last summer, the resort spent $3.5 million on upgrading facilities for skiers and snowboarders, an endeavour that included a retrofit to Bento’s Day Lodge (now known as The Annex).

In addition, the community’s health centre welcomed its first full-time doctor, Shane Barclay, this year.

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IH touts varied access to care Royal Inland Hospital augmented by several other Kamloops facilities For more than 100 years, Kamloops residents have looked to their hospital on the hill to provide the majority of their health-care needs.

But the future of health care means you don’t always need to go to the hospital. Today, medical care in Kamloops can be accessed in several different places. There’s Royal Inland Hospital, to be sure, for those needing treatment for serious illnesses, injuries and surgeries. However, for less urgent needs or complex and chronic illnesses, many Interior Health healthcare services are offered at different locations around the city.

Most services are by appointment, but many patients can self-refer.

Patients needing home health services call a central intake number at 250851-7900. People with mental-health and substance-use concerns call 250377-6500 during the day and 250-3770088 after hours.

Some clients will be referred to the Diabetes Education Clinic in the Alumnae Tower of Royal Inland Hospital or to home health in Lansdowne Village. Others may be referred to Interior Health Primary and Community Care Services, which opened a year ago on the second floor of the North Shore Health Science Centre (NSHSC) at 376 Tranquille Rd. Others may have to see a physician or nurse practitioner for referral to the right service for their medical condition.

The NSHSC second floor features specialized care services that target patients with complex medical conditions, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, heart failure, diabetes and mental-health and substance use illnesses and are provided by a multi-disciplinary team of health professionals, including respiratory therapists, registered nurses, diabetes educators, dieticians, mental-health clinicians and social workers.

Interior Health’s Primary Care Clinic on the first floor of the NSHSC

offers more access to primary care for Kamloops residents. Operating six days a week and into the early evening, patients are seen by appointment (this is not a walk-in clinic) by either physicians or nurse practitioners, who provide diagnostic, promotion and prevention services that help people avoid hospitalization.

Patients here have been connected to a care provider through the HealthLink BC 8-1-1 Kamloops primary care waitlist.

In the last year, the 8-1-1 waitlist has connected more than 6,000 patients to either a doctor or a nurse practitioner. Those without a care provider are encouraged to call 8-1-1 to register with the Kamloops primary care waitlist.

Meanwhile, the IH Primary and Community Care Services at Northills Centre is home to a primary care clinic for older adults, a lab collection site, community nursing

and rehab services, a community bathing program and a seniors health and wellness centre for frail seniors referred by physicians, nurse practitioners or specialists.

The centre is a partnership between Interior Health and the Thompson Region Division of Family Practice, bringing together family physicians, a geriatrician, a geriatric psychiatrist and an inter-professional team of IH clinicians, including a registered nurse, dietitian, speech and language pathologist, occupational therapist, social worker, respiratory therapist, rehab assistant, mentalhealth nurse, as well as pharmacy services.

The lab at this site is drop-in, no appointment necessary, for people of any age requiring blood work, providing they have a requisition order from a doctor or nurse practitioner.

Plans are also under way to open

an urgent primary care centre in Kamloops, which will help keep people out of the emergency department for minor treatment issues and provide service to people in the community who need same-day appointments.

Home health services in the lower level of Lansdowne Village include a new home health community clinic, which opened last fall and provides wound care and IV therapy services.

The Public Health Unit on Columbia Street also provides a wide variety of public and population health services, including audiology, speechlanguage, nutrition, immunization and pre and post-natal care.

Then there is Royal Inland Hospital, where many exciting things are also afoot. In the last year, new outpatient clinics in the RIH Clinical Services Building have enhanced access to expedited specialist appointments and diagnostic testing, both at the Rae Fawcett Breast Health Clinic, which opened last June, and at the new Rapid Access Clinic for cardiology, neurology and general internal medicine patients that opened in January.

The Rapid Access Clinic was made possible in large part due to the successful recruitment of new cardiology and general internal medicine specialists — also great news for patients in the Kamloops region.

Most of the buzz, though, is reserved for the new patientcare tower project, a two-phase construction and renovation project that represents an approximate $417 million investment in the Kamloops hospital. RIH is working through a request for proposals to three shortlisted teams. It is anticipated that a preferred proponent will be selected by the fall, with construction on the first phase of the project to follow. The patient-care tower will open to patients in 2022. Phase II renovations will begin in 2022 and will be completed in 2024.

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Welcoming newcomers Last year, Kamloops Immigrant Services focused on helping refugees settle into the area.

Fifty-nine refugees — making up between eight to 10 families — came from Syria or refugee camps in other countries to the River City. Eleven are government-assisted and 48 are semi-private and privately sponsored refugees.

“If you can imagine, you’re new to Kamloops and you don’t speak the language,” said longtime Kamloops Immigrant Services executive director Paul Lagace. “You also don’t know about the medical services. Everything is new. Not only that, you’re not familiar with language, customs, cultural norms. These are all the things that we are providing.”

A report issued at the organization’s most recent annual general meeting detailed more than 13,000 visits to the North Kamloops non-profit society in

the 2016-2017 fiscal year.

Lagace said the numbers reflect “steady growth” in recent years, with about 200 newcomers coming to Kamloops each year. Comparatively, the agency tracked between 10,000 and 11,000 visits in 2012.

In response to that growth, two new employee positions were added in January and renovations are coming to the Kamloops Immigrant Services building on Tranquille Road.

An employment support worker and a school settlement worker were hired with federal funding.

The latter works with refugee students and families in School District 73, facilitating links between school staff, increasing involvement, raising awareness, connecting to support services and resources and increasing understanding.

The goal is to strengthen a student’s ability to cope with the challenges of

adjusting to a new school setting and life in Canada.

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office space, which will be used for private tutoring or other drop-in services.

“We have been fundraising for some time,” Lagace said.

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A little more about the work KIS does During the 2016-2017 fiscal year, Kamloops Immigrant Services offered a variety of programs and activities. The major areas of programming included: • Settlement and integration; • Language instruction for newcomers to Canada; • Language support service connecting tutoring volunteers to language learners; • Co-ordinating workshops and events; • Diversity outreach and training for schools, businesses, agencies, community groups, municipal organizations and more; • Employment services in collab-

oration with Open Door Group; • Computer lab for clients during operating hours, including some tutoring.

Top 10 countries of birth for clients who received at least one settlement service at KIS: • India • Philippines • People’s Republic of China • Syria • Republic of Korea • Thailand • Mexico • Japan • Iran • England

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SUSTAINABLE SPORT AND COMMUNITY INITIATIVES he Kamloops Sports Legacy Fund is truly a sporting community legacy of the 1987-2007 Kamloops Blazers hockey teams. The first allocation of grants occurred in 2009 following the $6.1 million private sale of the franchise in 2007 and a contribution of $1.4 million with the dissolution of the Kamloops Blazers Foundation in 2008. The Fund is a long term investment and is based on the experience that the grants provide for organizational capacity building and volunteer support. With the completion of the fiscal year, 103 Kamloops and region sport organizations will have been recipients of over $3.26 million in grants. The principle has been retained and a significant portion of these funds have been leveraged by the community groups to extend the value of the investment in equipment purchases, capital improvements, scholarships or coaching development.

The nine-member Board of Directors oversees the administration of the Fund and in January of each year allocates the grants, either as a result of the application process completed in November or as Board initiatives, which currently are multi-year commitments to PacificSport Interior BC, Kamloops Chapter of KidSport and TRU athletic scholarships.

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2018 GRANT RECIPIENT HIGHLIGHTS The 2018 allocation of $425,000 is directed to 32 sport organizations. This year, 28 organizations were selected from the applicants to receive grants totaling $238,800. In addition, the 2018 funding allocation will also include a grant of $75,000 for the Kamloops Rugby Club to complete the construction of its clubhouse at Exhibition Park. The Board initiatives total $111,200.

The Overlander Ski Club will receive $50,000 as a contribution to the replacement of the trail grooming machine and the Kamloops Tennis Centre grant of $20,000 will assist them complete a much needed interior lighting upgrade. The Kamloops Track and Field and the Kamloops Aquatic Club will maintain their capacities to host revenue producing meets with the receipt of $11,370 for equipment and $15,266 in timing upgrades.

The Kamloops 2018 BC Winter Games Society grant of $13,946 is directed to diving board replacements at the Canada Games Pool, a gymnastics vault for the Kamloops Gymnastics and Trampoline Centre, and a rock hawk and laser device at the Kamloops Curling Club. In addition, the Greater Kamloops BMX grant of $10,000 will replace the start gate at the club’s facility.

Coaching development is an integral component of the vision of the Sports Legacy Fund. Receiving funds this year are Adapted Sports at Sun Peaks ($11,050), Kamloops Therapeutic Riding Association ($5,000), and the Kamloops Minor Hockey Association Coaches Conference ($5,000).

Support for TRU athletic scholarships was maintained at $25,000, which is 100% matched by the university.

REPRESENTATIVE 2017 GRANT COMMUNITY IMPACTS Within a year of receiving the grants, the recipients submit a community impact report, which provides the Society a process to evaluate the grants and determine if the funds are well invested and meet the expectations envisioned by the Sports Legacy Fund vision, mission and guiding principles.

The outcomes are reflections by the organizations based on the funding impacts and the goal to strengthen their capacities. The 2017 grants of $384,362 were allocated to 33 Kamloops and region sport organizations.

KAMLOOPA CLUB

The Kamloopa Club (including member clubs Kamloops Canoe and Kayak Club, Kamloops Rowing Club, and Kamloops Water Ski Club) received funding of $18,427.50 to support the

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All Kamloopa member clubs serve a critical role in supporting the local sports community through various levels of membership but also support the broader Provincial Sports Organizations. The grant was expended for roof shingle replacement, fascia replacement, and soffit repair to the clubhouse and boathouse buildings, providing support for critical infrastructure and equipment for years to come. This funding supported much needed repairs to ensure the continued legacy of the facilities that were initially built to accommodate the Canada Summer Games in 1993.

In addition, the funding will assist Kamloopa member clubs host events in the summer months that are drawn to Kamloops (e.g. 2011 Western Canada Summer Games, Provincial Championships, and regional training clinics). Throughout the operating season the facilities draw approximately 2000 people.

This investment provided timely support to maintain facilities that would otherwise have been extremely financially burdensome to the member clubs. The funding has strengthened the operational viability of Kamloopa member clubs to successfully sustain and grow the sports of canoe and kayaking, rowing and water skiing.

KAMLOOPS TRACK AND FIELD CLUB The Kamloops Track and Field Club received a grant of $12,000 to purchase an Etherlynx Vision new photo finish timing camera, a laptop, bib camera, three new computers, a computer switch and a network storage device. The purpose of this equipment is to time track events, run a photo finish timing camera, identify runners in races, enter and get results from computers, store results and have a

proper timing system to be able to host track meets.

These results are used for many reasons, but most importantly, letting the competitor know their placing. Athletes make teams based on results and the performances records are essential to organizations and individuals. No athlete wants to perform without a time in track events and hand timing cannot be accurate.The benefit of having this equipment is the opportunity for the club to host competitions and in return, receive funding from the competitors. Each year they host a minimum of six major competitions, two indoor and four outdoor, and also volunteer their time to the elementary schools (five competitions).

The reputation they have as a club, provincially and nationally, for hosting meets is very good and KTFC has received many bids based on the fact that they have the equipment and resources to fulfill that bid. The Sports Legacy Fund will have contributed $106,026 to the club with the completion of the 2018 grants.

KAMLOOPS VENOM JR. B LACROSSE TEAM The Kamloops Venom started in 2008 for junior aged players aged 16-21 to continue playing competitive lacrosse.

Throughout the past nine years, the team has been very successful at an interior, provincial and national level. With the funding of $13,146 from the Sports Legacy Fund, the team purchased two new sets of jerseys (home and away) plus helmets and masks.

The Venom does a significant amount of fundraising for team travel for league games, playoffs and provincials. However, replacing jerseys and ensuring all players have safe helmets and masks is at times a struggle. One of the team goals is to

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keep this junior age group playing high level lacrosse. Therefore, the grant helps keep growing the game and not excluding players due to balancing work and school or financial barriers.

SPECIAL OLYMPICS BC SUMMER GAMES

The 2017 Special Olympics BC Summer Games in Kamloops were an outstanding success. Over 1.550 athletes and coaches from across BC had a wonderful experience and left with a lifetime of memories. Many won medals.

Many achieved personal bests. But all had a great time, competed hard, and grew as individuals.

The athletes and their coaches will reflect on the Games, the friends made, the medals won, and the fun things they got to do. But as important, these athletes were celebrated in Kamloops. They were treated with outstanding competitive venues, enthusiastic and well-trained officials and volunteers, and media coverage. As much as these athletes were inspired by the Games, they inspired so many others.

While the Games may be over, Special Olympics is not. Special Olympics BC provides opportunities year round in 18 sports for people as young as two to those in their 80’s. The $7,231 grant purchased games equipment which remain as a local legacy of the games.

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THE FUND IS INTENDED TO SUPPORT • The improvement of amateur sport facilities and sport activities.

• Funding the purchase of land, buildings and equipment.

• Funding for training, education and research pertaining to amateur sport.

• Funding for organizational capacity building, leadership development and volunteer support.

The Legacy Fund will support fledgling organizations establish themselves within the sport community on the understanding that oversight expectations and due diligence are increased until the organization is established and sustainable.

Smaller sport organizations, which are not incorporated under the BC Society Act, are encouraged to apply for funding and will not be restricted by the application requirements.

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The B.C. Lions have been holding training camp in Kamloops since 2010 and will remain in the Tournament Capital through the 2020 CFL campaign.

While it costs the city money to have the football team train here for the season — $45,000 in 2018, $50,000 in 2019 and $55,000 in 2020 — the estimated annual economic spinoff is $300,000, according to Jeff Putnam, the City of Kamloops’ parks and civic facilities manager.

That figure is arrived at by looking at money spent by players and staff during the time they are in Kamloops, be it at restaurants, pubs, theatres or malls.

There are also the local companies with which the Leos do business, from ental companies for vehicles, scissor-lift companies for camera crews and photographers.

Also factored in are the tourists who come to Kamloops each year for training camp’s FanFest, with hotel and restaurant visits considered.

Add to that national exposure.

TSN 1040 broadcasts live during camp and on-air personalities often sing the city’s praises.

Terms of the deal dictate Kamloops is promoted in game programs and on the Jumbotron at Lions’ home games at BC Place Stadium in Vancouver, while the city also receives $10,000 in tickets, which are sold or given to charities for fundraising.

Legendary coach Wally Buono, entering his final

season at the helm, is a big fan of Kamloops.

“It’s always tough because you don’t want to be locked into one place because people feel they’d like to share what you’re giving to Kamloops, but you also have to look at your own needs, the club’s needs, the players’ needs and the relationships,” he told KTW when the latest camp contract was extended with the city..

“When it comes to the combination of facilities, community support and climate, there is no comparison to being in Kamloops each June.”

The Canadian Football League’s season will start earlier this season to give teams a third bye week and to afford players additional rest.

The Lions will begin training camp at Hillside Stadium on May 20 and break camp on June 2.

FanFest is set for May 26.

B.C. opens the regular season on June 16 when the Montreal Alouettes visit BC Place Stadium.

For more on the Lions, go online to bclions.com.

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Hotels not troubled by smoke While some tourists avoided smoky skies in the Tournament Capital last summer as fires raged throughout the Interior of B.C., Kamloops Accommodation Association past-president Tim Rodgers said some of the empty rooms were used to house wildfire evacuees.

“I don’t have the final stats whether we increased or decreased,” Rodgers said.

During the wildfire season, Rodgers helped navigate the process for association members (hotels) to get paid by the provincial government, which he said was an issue during the 2003 wildfires.

Last summer also marked the beginning of a new agreement to better market the city during the shoulder season.

Every five years, the municipal regional district tax — which is charged

to hotel guests and given to Tourism Kamloops to promote the region — is reviewed. In July 2017, the tax was raised to three per cent from two per cent, which equates to about $500,000 in additional funding to Tourism Kamloops.

The money, Rodgers said, is being used to draw tourists to Kamloops in the off-season.

“We already have a lot of business in the summer,” Rodgers said. “Sometimes you just replace one guest with another.”

That three per cent tax will also soon be charged on short-term rental stays in Kamloops and throughout the province.

The provincial government reached an agreement with Airbnb to collect the tax, in addition to an eight per cent provincial sales tax that will be

earmarked for affordable housing.

“What that does is it levels the playing field,” Rodgers said, noting hotels are required to charge customers the taxes.

Rodgers anticipates the federal government will make a similar deal with AirBNB and other short-term rental platforms.

The association looked at Airbnb listings in the Kamloops region and found 37 properties — mostly rooms for rent. Rodgers said they have so far not caused any issues.

“It’s not 4,500 or 5,000 like Vancouver,” he said.

In 2018, the association expects to be working with Kinder Morgan to accommodate an influx of workers on the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project, which will triple the line’s capacity to move oil from

Alberta through B.C., including in the Kamloops area. Approved by Ottawa, the B.C. NDP have vowed to fight the project. Rodgers said the company is working with communities to ensure they shut down construction on long weekends to allow clients access to their regular hotels.

“They [Kinder Morgan] recognize how much of an impact their construction will have,” Rodgers said.

In 2017, the association committed to backing Scott’s Inn owner Al Patel’s ICCHA Wish Foundation, which is raising money to improve cardiac care at Royal Inland Hospital. It continues to work toward a $500,000 fundraising goal.

Maike Mayden, general manager of the Four Points by Sheraton, was elected association president in February.

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Arts council celebrating 50th Association was founded in 1968 as a collective of local visual artists Last year, the Kamloops Arts Council looked to Canada’s sesquicentennial, completing a communal mural project with help from Chris Bose to be installed when the snow melts in 2018.

This year, the organization supporting local artists will celebrate its own birthday.

“It’s the 50th anniversary for the Kamloops Arts Council,” said executive director Kathy Sinclair.

Though it incorporated as a charity in 1970, the council was founded in 1968 — a collective of visual artists who set out to help each other market their work.

The arts council grew over the years, refocusing itself as a multidisciplinary organization, with a broad range of art groups, events and

programs under its umbrella, including the Rivertown Players, Art in the Park, the Children’s Festival and Crossing Bridges.

The latter — a program that sees professional artists stage workshops throughout the community — was particularly successful in 2017.

Eighteen local social-service agencies took part the workshops, including the Chris Rose Centre for Autism, Kamloops Immigrant Services, Canadian Mental Health Association, Kamloops Brain Injury Association and MS Society.

“We take artists workshops to children, youth and adults who may be facing challenges,” Sinclair said.

“Our approach is we all go through challenging times and art can help us express ourselves.”

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The program peaked last year and will be scaled back to ensure long-term sustainability. Sinclair said the arts council recently received a $25,000 cheque from Boogie The Bridge organizers. The funds will be split over the next five years to ensure program viability.

More than $42,000 in funding has also been secured through the Koerner Foundation and B.C. Arts Council.

“They really caught our vision,” Sinclair said, noting the idea is to replicate the success of Crossing Bridges in other communities as part of the program’s long-term vision.

Last year also marked the launch of the Art in Public Spaces program.

Local artwork made its way onto the walls of the clinical-services building at Royal Inland Hospital, with the idea

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“The whole idea is to get art out in places where people hang out,” Sinclair said.

She is also excited about building on last year’s “buzz” surrounding Art Exposed, an annual art exhibition showcasing artists from throughout the Thompson-Nicola Regional District.

Last year’s event displayed works from 140 artists.

“It’s hard to compare year to year,” Sinclair said. “I think it’s just the buzz about the event and what we love about it is so many artists are involved.”

A video will be released later this year to commemorate the art council’s 50th year, a retrospective featuring people who have come and gone from

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One arts council event has become synonymous with Canada Day celebrations in the city, for which Sinclair is particularly proud as she looks back on her six years with the organization.

Art in the Park began more than 40 years ago, initially on Father’s Day. Henry Small, who formerly worked at the Arts Council, was instrumental in moving it to July 1, developing a partnership with the Multicultural Society and the City of Kamloops.

“Local artists have become such a big part of such a well-loved event in Kamloops,” Sinclair said.

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A grape grows in Kamloops The Kamloops Wineries Association was created in fall of 2014 and today includes Harper’s Trail Winery, Privato Vineyard and Winery and Monte Creek Ranch.

The association is led by director Trish Morelli.

The not-for-profit association markets and promotes the rapidly emerging wine region.

The B.C. wine industry generates $2 billion for the province and $476 million in tourism and tourismrelated businesses, with $180 million generated in direct revenue from B.C. wine tourism.

Sagewood Winery forged the path for grapegrowing locally when it planted vineyards in 2005 and farms the oldest vineyards in the region.

Harper’s Trail followed in suit in 2008, but was the first to make the investment to build an operating winery and tasting room.

Privato was the second to establish itself as an operating winery and harvested its first crush in 2010.

Monte Creek released its first vintage in 2015.

Kamloops is ranked third in Canada for most growing-degree days, 166, and 2,000 hours of sunshine.

With average 30-degree summer temperatures, warm days and cooler nights promote balance in the wines. The region is experiencing increasingly milder winters, although early frosts.

Overall, there are many parallels between the Okanagan and Thompson valleys.

Although Kamloops lacks the large moderating lake, the river helps create a lot of airflow and provides a bit of moderation.

Kamloops shares similar heat units to Burgundy in France. The average heat accumulation, used to compare regions and vine-growing conditions, is referred to as growing-degree days. The degree-day average in the Kamloops region is 1280, while the Dijon, Burgundy, area of France is 1279.

Built on a bed of limestone, volcanic rock and clay, soils range from loam — a clay, silt and sand combination — to dominantly gravel. According to the Kamloops Wineries Association, such soils offer good drainage, which controls moisture levels.

The cool-climate wines are high in brightness, acidity and balance, most like wines from Alsace and Burgundy. Dominant grape plantings include pinot noir, cab franc, marechal foch and gamey noir for the reds.

Amongst the dominant white grapes are chardonnay, riesling, pinot gris, gewürztraminer, kerner and marquette.

The association continues to develop the Kamloops Wine Trail as a destination activity, bringing tourists into the city, where they can also experience the rest of what Kamloops has to offer.

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SUCCESS IS A TEAM EFFORT New Gold’s New Afton Mine would like to thank our employees, the community of Kamloops and our First Nations partners for the support we received in 2017. The mine completed its fifth year of commercial production and exceeded targets, producing 90.6 million pounds of copper and 86,163 ounces of gold.

At New Afton, we understand that responsible mining starts with a safe, healthy and engaged workforce. We value doing what’s right above all else, in alignment with our corporate values of integrity, commitment, creativity, developing our employees and teamwork.

In 2017, New Afton contributed $172,803 to local charities, community initiatives and area programs including $30,000 for the Mount Paul Food Centre and $20,000 toward the purchase of a new Para-Transit bus for People in Motion.

New Afton’s Fire and Mine Rescue team provided support to firefighting efforts in the Thompson-Nicola Regional District during what was truly an unprecedented wildfire season across the province. Our operation was awarded the Safest Large Underground Mine Award for Mines in BC and the Environmental Stewardship Award at the Business Excellence Awards - both symbols of New Afton’s commitment to safe and responsible mining. We believe that an operation is only as good as the community it’s part of and we are proud and honoured to be able to contribute to the success of Kamloops and its residents.

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k’emlúps te Secwépemc is a high-performing culture designed to achieve excellence. Equity and merit are the fundamental principles to achieve full potential of all staff.

Tk’emlúps has strengthened its organizational capacity with five new departmental managers and a new CEO, Miguel Romero.

We have assembled a collaborative team and are poised for the future. We continue to seek qualified, motivated and dynamic team members.

Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc is proud of its partnerships with the City of Kamloops and the Thompson-Nicola Regional District, inclusive of its municipal-type service agreements focused on fire protection, sanitary sewage treatment and transit access on reserve, coming in the fall.

Semi-annual community to community meetings continue to build momentum on how to work together on new initiatives.

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evacuees, families and animals during the 2017 flood and wildfire emergencies.

The Chief Louis Centre business and government complex includes Tk’emlúps entities such as Little Fawn Nursery, Sk’elep School of Excellence and dominant retail brands such as Tk’emlúps Car Wash, Tk’emlúps PetroCanada and its new quick-service restaurant expansion for Chester’s Chicken. Other private/public sector businesses include All Nations Trust Company and Professional Offices, the RCMP Rural Detachment and band member-owned Tim Hortons.

Tk’emlúps government buildings include 200 employees, collectively contributing a significant spinoff to the local economy. The Tulo Centre of Indigenous Economics and band-owned grocery store are also planned for this site.

Residential construction values exceeded $15 million for the past year, while the Mount Paul Industrial Park hosts more than 300 businesses involved in diversified commercial and industrial activities.

Indeed, 2018 will see the completion of the Seven-Mile Masterplan and construction design for a 205-acre business and industrial park, well suited for big box retail and commercial- and rail-related business opportunities centred around a sustainable energy plan.

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access off Highway 5 North.

As a result, Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc is accepting land lease applications for the new business park expansion.

The largest capital project will include the north water reservoir to service all property north of the Mount Paul Industrial Park.

Multiple long-term joint venture and partnership agreements are now in place with our construction partners to address capacity needs for most capital projects within our lands.

These new relationships have delivered supportive training and employment events, preparing community members with occupational health and safety level three and basic security training certificates required by industry.

More news will follow.

Through Stk’emlupsemc Enterprises Inc., we are working with neighbouring First Nations partners (Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc and Skeetchestn Indian Band) with a focus on mining procurement opportunities.

The economic development department activities engage with the entrepreneur and private sectors, which is supported by both the joint council and individual chief and councils.

We are open for business.

For more information about economic development opportunities, visit us online at tkemlups.ca/.

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Wildlife park looks to rebound Traffic was down in 2017 due largely to the smoke from summer fires A smoky summer and cold winter led to a slight decline in attendance numbers at the B.C. Wildlife Park.

In 2017, the park welcomed 97,000 visitors, a few thousand short of its record-breaking attendance two years ago.

“In a nutshell, it was slow,” park manager Glenn Grant said.

Grant said the park lost money due to the decline in admission, but he expects that loss will be recuperated in 2018.

The numbers are still higher than the park’s seven-year-average, Grant noted, which is 88,000 annual visitors.

The attendance growth in recent years is attributed to an increase in tourism.

“Overall, we’re still happy with the year,” Grant said.

While park management will

be keeping a close eye on weather forecasts in 2018, Grant outlined several priorities for the park, located in east Kamloops.

A nature trail, which was partly washed away last spring when Campbell Creek flooded, has yet to be repaired. Grant hopes to work with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans to navigate the complicated riparian work for the protected waters.

Grant estimated costs between $25,000 and $30,000 to repair about 100 feet of trail. He hopes to reopen the route in the summer.

“We’ll work it into our budget one or another,” Grant said. “It’s a great attraction.”

The park won’t be welcoming any new animals this year as staff work to

repair or upgrade animal habitats.

Bear enclosures will get shade shelters, while upgrades are planned to better display birds of prey.

“It’ll be a year of fixing some of the stuff we have,” Grant said.

Two major projects on the park’s radar include paving all pathways to make the park accessible to people with mobility issues and building an education centre.

Grant said the park turns away a lot of school groups due to lack of space and staffing.

“It’s really tough to tell a teacher, ‘I’m sorry, but we can’t take your class today or this week,’” Grant said.

“We want to try and get that concern addressed as well. If we get those two things done this year, I think that would be hugely successful.”

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We expanded to a larger location at 912A Laval Crescent in 2017.

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Murphy’s Meats and Deli staff enjoy providing quality products and outstanding service from their Westsyde neighbourhood. From left: soup cook Ginger Rauch, owners Tom and Gayle Murphy and son Dylan Murphy.

‘Expertise’ and service Murphy’s Meats in Westsyde goes ‘over and above’ owner says Progress sits down to talk business with Gayle Murphy, co-owner of Murphy’s Meats and Deli in Westsyde. She co-owns the shop with husband Tom Murphy.

Q: For the first time since the Great Recession of 2008, all the world’s major economies (14) are growing at the same time. Have you noticed the worldwide growth with your business?

GAYLE: We’re just finished our first year of business. The first year is a little tough, right? I’d have to say because of that, it hasn’t really applied to our business. We

opened a year ago in January.

Q: What is the outlook for your business in 2018? Anything new on the horizon? Any major events/ developments?

GAYLE: We’re hoping to gain more customers, not only from Westsyde, but all of Kamloops. We’re working hard to be innovative with our meat packs. We’re steering towards selling in bulk. We’re going to be offering a café now.

We have soups and sandwiches available and coffee and a place to sit and enjoy a soup and sandwich.

In bulk buying, you buy six, you get

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two free. Also our meat packs, the meat packs we have all different price points.

Ones we have that are really being successful, selling lots of, are what we call our meat packs. It’s seven days of meals, meat for each day of the week. We also specialize in custom cutting and game cutting and sausage baking.

Q: What are the advantages of doing business in Kamloops?

GAYLE: We’re a growing community and we’re located in Westsyde, which is continually growing. Kamloops is community-based and we’re finding

that Westsyde is community-based, with friendly supportive people.

Q: Why should someone in Kamloops shop at your store rather than shop online?

GAYLE: We have great customer service. We are a customer-based business. We go over and above for the customer. You can actually have meat cut here on site. Most grocery stores, all of the grocery stores actually, don’t have butchers on site anymore. My husband has been a meat cutter for 35 years, so his expertise and his customer services skills set us apart.

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Your #1 Recruitment Agency for over 25 years, Excel Personnel Inc. has proudly operated its recruitment services throughout British Columbia and Canada with our team of professional recruiters standing by to work with you.

With offices in Kamloops, Kelowna and Prince George, Excel Personnel offers clients an in depth knowledge of the regions and understands the importance of using a local firm in touch with the diverse economies and industry trends.

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International And National Recruitment Partnerships Excel Personnel is proud to be a recruitment partner with global organizations looking to work with a recruitment team based in the Interior of BC. We understand the growth of industry sectors and have built successful relationships with international firms looking to hire a local workforce in the region. We are the experts in Permanent, Temporary, Contract & Payroll Staffing, Executive Search Services Recruiting in Mining, Forestry, Banking, IT, Automotive, Accounting & Finance, Safety, Warehouse, Administration, Sales & Marketing to name a few.

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Colliers Kamloops provides commercial real estate services to the cities of Kamloops, Merritt, Salmon Arm and all surrounding areas in the Thompson-Okanagan and Interior of BC. “Investing in commercial real estate is very rewarding, but it requires experience. It’s a smarter choice to work with commercial real estate brokers who have the reliable expertise and are aware of the market trends.”

- Mona Murray, Associate Vice President & Managing Broker Unit 315 - 546 St.Paul Street, Kamloops, BC, V2C 5T1 + 1 250 372 22 77 www.collierscanada.com

• Water Damage Clean Up • Asbestos & Mould Testing and Removal • Odour Removal • Bio-Hazard Clean Up We are a family run company, actively helping Kamloops to shine.

We work on large scale construction developments to small back ups in residential and commercial properties.

Kamloops is our home and we are here to help.

We restore, You recover.

Office: 778-470-2237 www.rainbowkamloops.com

Our office provides real estate services for residential and commercial sales. We specialize with project marketing new builds and new developments.

We offer more than just helping people buy and sell homes and investment real estate. We like to work hand in hand with other professionals such as mortgage brokers, accountants and lawyers to find the best possible value for our clients.

Brendan Shaw Real Estate 109 Victoria Street, Kamloops BC Cell: 250-319-4737 | Office: 778-471-1498 brendanshawrealestate@gmail.com www.brendanshaw.com Marissa Moore, BC Land Surveyor TRUE Land Surveying TRUE Land Surveying provides a wide range of legal and construction surveying services for both residential and commercial properties in Kamloops and the surrounding areas. This includes simple surveys such as Building Location Certificates, property line surveys and house layouts, as well as more complex surveys for large-scale developments, subdivisions, highways, and Crown Land surveys.

TRUE Land Surveying is a new division of TRUE Consulting. Although we are a relatively new land surveying firm, our staff have over 40 + years of combined experience working in Kamloops. We pride ourselves in making all of our clients feel valued and providing them with solutions and deliverables efficiently and accurately.

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Orchards Walk Developments is a single family , multi family builder and commercial developer and builder. We are currently working on a new multi phased development, which consists of 37 larger single family homes, 14 - 2 story townhomes, 13 duplexes units and 15 smaller single family homes.

We are also currently under construction on a Pharmasave and Orchards Walk Medical Clinic, a Kamloops Kidz Early Learning Center, which are both commercial buildings, and a Amenity Building for the Orchards Walk Community. There will be many more exciting developments in future Phases of the Orchards Walk overall Master Plan.

Orchards Walk Developments is known for building quality, attractive, affordable houses for a “place to call home”. Orchards Walk Developments also works with our Trade Partners and Suppliers to ensure we have the best trades in the Industry working on our homes and quality building products being installed in all our homes. Our last 104 suite Seniors Residence condo building speaks for itself for the quality and workmanship in every detail. Jere Lorenz - Master Home Builder

Having 50 years of experience building single and multi-family residential, commercial land development and property management, we look forward to the next 50 years serving Western Canadians.

Plainsman, founded in Saskatoon, has operated in Western Canada from Manitoba west since 1968. Our head office is now in Kamloops and has been since 1987. We are pioneers and leaders in energy efficient construction and have built many R2000 homes as well as LEED certified commercial buildings.

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the people behind the memberships ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORElectrical Contracting for new construction

& renovations for the following sectors of the electrical industry • Fire alarm installation & maintenance • Commercial installations • Multi residential buildings

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We are a full service flooring store, what that means is we will meet with clients to learn their needs/wants/budget and then assist them in picking the flooring that best fits these items. We sell ceramic tile, hardwood, laminate, vinyl plank, linoleum, and carpet. We also have professional installers for each item that we sell.

We have been in business since 2006 and during that time we’ve grown our business through our desire to meets our customers needs and to supply them with quality products and service at a reasonable price. We work very hard to help our customers with their selections, color choices and we have very capable installers that can install anything from a custom shower to a bedroom in carpet all with the same attention to detail that our customers deserve.

We specialize in fire alarm installations & maintenance of fire alarm systems.

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Motivo Design Group Inc. is an award-winning design firm that offers clients professionally designed building solutions. Our services include custom home, multi-family, and renovation building design services as well as interior design services for residential and commercial spaces. A strong emphasis is placed on constructability and cost effective building solutions.

Collaboration with clients and careful review of municipal and site constraints, results in creative concepts and functional solutions.

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Provincial building codes are becoming more stringent and complex in the coming years. With a mandated goal of high energy efficient homes by the year 2022, it will become even more important to work with an experienced designer. Motivo Design Group approaches each project with a strong knowledge of building science in conjunction with an artistic approach.

We believe in positive community growth, through sustainable design and responsible construction.

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Ask me how to buy your first home, build your dream home or renovations to create your dream home (with everything else in between ).

A&T approaches each project with a “client – first” approach. This ensures all decisions are made with the discipline and focus needed to provide an exceptional service.

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Access Countertops is your qualified fabricator of premium countertop products. We are committed to providing the highest form of customer service to our clients, their designers, and builders, throughout the British Columbia Interior and the Okanagan.

We’re pleased to welcome Dave Reid, Project Superintendent, to Juniper West Builders.

We expanded to a larger location at 912A Laval Crescent in 2017. Visit our beautiful large showroom to meet the sales team. We will guide you every step of the way, from design to installation. We also serve the Okanagan Valley from our showroom in Penticton.

“I’m proud to be part of a team with a focus on quality built homes that families will enjoy for years to come.”

We stand behind our product with quality, service, and warranty.

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Our family owned company is a reputable electrical business for residential and commercial projects that also offers a full suite of smart home solutions, including audio, video, home theatre, comfort and security.

I provide my clients with full disclosure and advice regarding everything about Real Estate sales and purchases. Simple as that. Long term interests of my clients supersedes all else.

Being an active parent and part of the community is hugely important. A client’s financial future is greatly changed by their real estate decisions.

We take our role extremely seriously.

We offer many different solutions for specific needs, desires, and budgets. We provide service from the design and pre-wire phase, to installation, education and support, so it’s easy for clients to use their smart home systems.

“Your smart home begins with SA Electric.”

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I work full time as a Real Estate professional and provide residential Real Estate Services. I help first time buyers find their first home, new buyers moving Kamloops, buyers looking for a vacation home, clients just moving across or the buyers that are looking to downsize and upsize. I also help people sell their homes by doing market evaluations and extensive advertising.

There are over 200 standard actions, research steps, processes, and lots of paper necessary for a successful residential real estate transaction. These are normally provided by a full service real estate professional in exchange for their sales commission. Depending on the transaction, some of these steps may take a few hours, or even days to complete.

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Dean, Trades and Technology, TRU This year is shaping up to be one of the biggest ever for TRU’s School of Trades and Technology with the Industrial Training and Technology Centre (ITTC) opening in the coming months and with it, new and expanded programs.

We train nearly 1,600 students each year in certificate, diploma and apprenticeship programs. The ITTC will increase our capacity by another 500 students and will allow us to expand programs, such as electrical and millwright, and offer new ones, including refrigeration, instrumentation engineering technology and power engineering.

We are proud of our long history of meeting the needs of employers with locally-trained professionals and are honoured to be building on those relationships through new and enhanced programs that are in demand now and will be tomorrow.

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Juniper West Builders, a division of Juniper West Developments, is launching a new phase of the neighbourhood with contemporary familiy homes on spacious flat lots!

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the people behind the memberships Commercial Insurance with a focus on Road Maintenance, Construction, Logging and Non Profit Organizations.

What is one thing you want people to know about/understand about your business?

We Care & We Help. We take being an insurance adviser to the next level, providing risk management solutions for our clients as well as putting together the best insurance programs for them.

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Commercial Insurance with a focus on Construction, Hospitality and the Automotive Industry I am with Wilson M Beck Insurance in Kamloops and we are focussed on service first.

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Habitat for Humanity Kamloops brings our community together to help local families build strength, stability and independence through affordable homeownership. We believe that access to safe, decent and affordable housing is a basic human right that should be available to everyone. Deserving families are provided a hand-up and not a hand-out. We provide a chance at home ownership by offering an affordable no-interest mortgage and we do not require a down payment. Families are required to commit 500 sweat equity hours towards building their own home. To date, Habitat for Humanity Kamloops has completed 10 homes. Our most recent build will be completed in the spring of 2018. A duplex providing shelter for two families with 9 children in total.

We can help you out on anything to do with your new home construction or home improvement project. From Doors, Windows, Insulation and Drywall to Flooring and Paint. We can also help you with other larger projects like your kitchen renovation or the roofing project you’ve been putting off!

You can support Habitat for Humanity Kamloops by shopping at the Kamloops ReStore, donating and volunteering!

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We’re a 100% locally owned and operated family business that have called Kamloops our home for the past 21 years!

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Mark your calendars Festivals in the Tournament Capital take place year-round KAMLOOPS COWBOY FESTIVAL Mid-March The Kamloops Cowboy Festival says it’s the biggest festival of its kind in the entire country.

A big part of the festival is its western art and gear show, which features exhibitors like the B.C. Cowboy Heritage Society, the B.C. Rodeo Association, the historic town of Barkerville, Cariboo Saddlery, Farmhouse Collectibles, Kactus Western Wear, silversmith Richard Tenisch of Merritt and more than 20 others.

If you’re just looking to be entertained, you’ve got some options, as well. Dinner is served each evening with a show, plus there’s music and entertainment on the schedule every day.

You’ll also be able to see the induction of cowboy notables into the B.C. cowboy hall of fame.

For more information, visit bcchs. com/festival.html KAMLOOPS FILM FESTIVAL Early March The Kamloops Film Festival takes place over 10 days and features around 20 films each year. Hosted at the Paramount Theatre, 503 Victoria St., the festival features award-winning films on the festival circuit from directors all over the world.

This year’s festival also featured films with a Kamloops connection.

Indian Horse is based on the book of the same name, written by Richard Wagamese, who lived in Kamloops, and Tomato Red was filmed in and around

the River City.

The festival also features two subfestivals, the Kamloops Independent Short Short (KISS) Film Fest, which features local filmmakers’ short film productions presented on the big screen, and DarkFest, which features a selection of terrifying flicks from the horror genre.

The festival is typically held at the beginning of March each year.

For more information, visit kamloopsfilmfest.ca.

HOT NITE IN THE CITY August Every year, six city blocks are blocked off for hot rods, customs and classic cars of all types to line the streets for Hot Nite in the City.

If you’re a fan of American muscle,

sport-compacts, tuners, collector and vintage cars, motorcycles, race cars and more, you’ll want to make your way downtown during this weekend.

Don’t miss the show and shine and awards, typically held on the second day of the event.

For more information, visit hotniteinthecity.com.

KAMLOOPS RIBFEST August This annual smorgasbord of beef, pork and chicken typically features a half-dozen “ribbers” from all over the country, who come to the River City to cook up some smoky BBQ goodness.

Vendors are judged by a panel for best ribs and best sauce, with voting for people’s choice taking place throughout the event.

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The CHBA has a strong tradition of excellence.

All CHBA Members abide by a strict Code of Ethics. Prior to gaining membership in the Association, all companies undergo a thorough review process, which includes multiple background and business checks.

All CHBA Builders provide third-party warranty coverage. This is a mandatory condition of membership.

CHBA Members are constantly learning. They have access to Continuing Education offered through the CHBA, studies, reports, technical updates and seminars that keeps them up-to-date on building better homes in B.C. Not all homebuilders in are CHBA Members. That is why it is important to look for the logo when choosing a homebuilder, supplier or renovator.

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Tents are set up in Riverside Park for refuge from the summer heat.

For more information, visit kamloopsribfest.com.

KAMLOOPS INTERNATIONAL BUSKERS FESTIVAL July 26 to July 29 Previously hosted in Victoria, the International Buskers festival has come inland to Kamloops. The familyoriented festival will be held over four days, welcoming street performers from across Canada, Europe and Australia.

Performers include acrobats, magicians, jugglers, hula hoops, musicians and more. Don’t miss acts like the Hockey Circus Show, Bendy Em, the Silver Starlets and others.

There are two stages planned for Riverside Park, plus a number of “busk stops” along Victoria Street.

Shows will run from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. each day. The event also runs concurrently with Music in the Park, which begins each night at 7 p.m. at the Rotary Bandshell.

The event is free to attend, but gratuities to performers are encouraged.

For more information, visit kamloopsbuskers.com.

WILDLIGHTS AT THE B.C. WILDLIFE PARK Dec. 14 to Jan. 6

Each year around the holidays, the B.C. Wildlife Park dazzles visitors with brilliant light displays and special attractions all around the park. The series of family-oriented events makes for a great opportunity to enjoy winter.

Other attractions at the weekslong event include a bonfire and hot chocolate, wagon rides to the North Pole, entertainment from Uncle Chris the Clown and the Wildlife Express, a miniature train families can hop aboard.

For more information, visit bcwildlife.org/eventslist.htm.

KAMLOOPS WINE FESTIVAL May 5 to May 12 This year, the Kamloops Wine Festival will celebrate its 20th year.

In past years, the event has offered tastings with local wineries, including Harper’s Trail, Monte Creek Ranch, Privato and Sagewood Winery throughout the festival, food events with canapés, tapas and multi-course meals and events related to the arts.

The festival will run from May 5 to May 12 at the Coast Kamloops Hotel and Conference Centre.

For more information, visit kag. bc.ca/events.

KAMLOOPS WRITERS FESTIVAL November Organizers for the Kamloops

Writers Festival say it’s the only event of its kind in the area.

Each year, guest authors from the region and beyond gather to meet with readers and other writers to talk about their craft. Through panel discussions, mix and mingle events and readings, those attending can gain some insight into the writing world.

Last year, authors Alix Hawley, Chris Bose, Karen Hofmann and Patrick Blennerhassett were at the event.

Other past authors include Richard Wagamese, Anne DeGrace, Lorna Crozier and Michael V. Smith.

Watch for more information about the Kamloops Writers Festival in the fall.

For more information, visit kamloopswritersfestival.com.

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BREWLOOPS Late September It’s a beer, bike and live music festival that says it’s here to celebrate Kamloops culture. And there’s food, too.

Featuring events like the bike pub crawl and block party, the festival features events all around the River City, all stocked with local brews and food.

There’s also seminars, live music and last year, even a homebrew competition.

For more information, visit

KAMLOOPS DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL August 11 With the convenience and beauty of the Riverside Park launching area and the challenge of the flowing Thompson River, the Kamloops Dragon Boat Festival has a lot to offer competitors and viewers alike.

Catch dozens of teams of paddlers racing on the Thompson over the weekend event as they compete for the gold.

For more information, visit kamloopsdragonboatfestival.com.

KAMLOOPS KOMEDY FESTIVAL Mid July Join some of the industry’s “best and brightest” stand-up comedians from across Canada and the United States as they gather in the River City to deliver some laughs.

Last year’s three-night festival lineup included Shaun Majumder, Mike Delamont, Erica Sigurdson, Leland Klassen, Matt Falk and more.

This year will mark the third annual festival, which was started by comedian Leland Klassen.

Watch for ticket information and this year’s lineup in June or July.

For more information, visit kamloopskomedyfestival.com.

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KAMLOOPS ABORIGINAL 1972

Dedicated towards empowering Aboriginal

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Kamloops Aboriginal Friendship Society has a fundraising raffle going on to raise money to build a new building.

Purchase your ticket for $20.00 for a chance to win one of the following prizes.

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NEW 2018 INDIAN “CHIEF VI NTAGE” MOTORCY CLE 2 Adult- Raleigh Kodiak, Full Suspension, Mountain Bikes

Draw date is June 21, 2018 at Riverside Park at 1:00PM.

Come & join us on Aboriginal Day!

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Visitor numbers keep going up Tourism Kamloops says the sector put $449M into the local economy in 2017 Tourism is a big economic driver for the Tournament Capital and the surrounding area, and Tourism Kamloops is now looking to grow that impact in shoulder seasons.

Tourism Kamloops spokeswoman Monica Dickinson said tourism brought $449 million into the local economy in 2017 — up from $377 million two years earlier.

“Tourism is a crucial economic generator for Kamloops,” she said.

“It’s a sector that’s driving good business into the community.”

In the same two-year period that saw that significant jump in spending, Dickinson said, visitor numbers also increased by 200,000 to 1.8 million.

Dickinson said the bulk of visitors to Kamloops fall into one of five

“passion-based” categories: mountain biking, golf, sports, fishing and winter experiences.

She said one of the areas Tourism Kamloops is hoping to expand to fill in some of the shoulder season gaps is meetings and conferences.

“We’re looking at proactive business development with regards to meetings and conferences,” she said, noting a new staffer has been hired to focus on growing the sector. The focus will be on using existing facilities.

Overall, Dickinson said, things are going well for Kamloops tourism.

“We’re poised for another great year in 2018 and Kamloops is in line with results we’re seeing across the province,” she said. “So, Kamloops is trending in place.”

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SD73 plan drives local learning Five-year plan intended to define district’s direction, guide actions As this school year winds toward an end (and it will be here sooner than we think), it’s a good time to reflect on what’s happened since September.

It has been, without question, a busy year. School District No. 73 (Kamloops/ Thompson) saw an increase in enrolment of more than 350 students, the hiring of more than 100 teachers, the addition of eight portables and the re-purposing of many classrooms.

Teachers have been busy implementing B.C.’s new curriculum and planning for changes to the graduation program. We’ve seen a new government take the helm and set its own priorities for education.

In times of change, it’s important that everyone on a team knows the playbook. It’s why SD73 set out to create a strategic plan — to ensure everyone understands the objectives, goals and priorities and the steps needed to achieve them.

The process of developing the district’s strategic plan started almost two years ago. Teachers, parents, students, staff and administrators engaged in a comprehensive year-long consultation process that included dialogue with 18 focus groups and 3,500 people.

It’s a dynamic plan designed to define our direction and guide individual actions and organizational change as we adapt to the changing needs of our students. It will help staff make key decisions, such as how we introduce B.C.’s revised curriculum and how best to support the staff who provide front-line services to our students.

The plan has six key priorities, each of which is accompanied by a set of specific goals and actions. The plan is more than just a high-level guide to principles and ideals; it is intended to serve as a practical blueprint for great local education.

Our key priorities and accompanying goals are: • Ensure each student acquires strong foundational skills and core

SD73 is always looking to strengthen partnerships with community groups and agencies that can help improve the educational experience of students. Here, Const. Mark Janus of the Kamloops RCMP rural detachment gives canoe carving a try at Aboriginal Days at Kay Bingham elementary in June 2017.

competencies; • Connect students to their interest and passions; • Honour the First People’s principles of learning and Aboriginal worldviews and perspectives; • Foster an inclusive, adaptable and accountable district culture; • Strengthen partnerships to enrich

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the way we lead, learn and work; • Ensure the sustainable uses of our resources.

Through it all, we will ask our students, “Where do you want to go?”

And we intend to offer them an answer: “We’ll get you there.”

The question and answer perfectly frame how the strategic plan will

impact the educational experiences of our students and our role in getting them to their preferred future.

We want students to define a future for themselves based on their interests and passions and we’ll make sure they get there with the skills they need to succeed in the 21st century.

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The business of show Mastermind CEO says film work has remained steady Progress sits down to talk business with Peter Cameron-Inglis, CEO of Mastermind Studios, which operates on Laval Crescent in Southgate.

Q: For the first time since the Great Recession of 2008, all the world’s major economies (14) are growing at the same time. Have you noticed the worldwide growth with your business?

PETER: No. This industry has stayed relatively stable and on a continued upswing in British Columbia. I won’t say that the motion-picture and video-production industry is recession-proof, not by any stretch of the imagination, but it is the way people want to consume information today. So because of that, and because of the huge demand for content development and the lack of skilled professionals that are available to produce that content, there’s been a steady demand on the industry to be able to service that growth.

The only challenge is that traditionally, there have been some challenges doing that in Kamloops.

Kamloops has traditionally lacked two major things. Number one is facilities, number two is crew. So any savings that a particular production would realize by coming to the Interior where the tax incentives for film production are at their highest — those savings are lost in having to bring in all of the crew from elsewhere and put them up here.

If anything, a strong economy for a film industry has pulled talented professionals in the industry away from Kamloops because the industry is not here. It’s in Vancouver, it’s in Los Angeles, it’s with the likes of Netflix and other broadcast streamers and the ever-changing model of content delivery. We’re seeing production centres grow in other areas of the globe that are drawing away whatever talent or experienced professionals we have here.

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On the studio production side, it may not be a very big deal, but the fact that we have leveraged so many things to make this a possibility for that film to come here has been a big deal. What we’ve treated this particular production as is our advertising. This industry is very much who you know and to take a risk to come and produce a major production in a place like Kamloops, it’s a major risk and that needs to be mitigated. So we need to roll out the red carpet — we need to impress.

There’s not a lot of direct economic benefit to us. The film industry is primarily a freelance model. What we’re doing with Mastermind Studios is a huge risk. The majority of productions that come here are shooting on location, not in-studio work. They want the studio to be here for availability, but the lion’s share of the spend is out on location.

So, having said all that, we’re taking a huge risk because the only time we make money is when they’re in the studio.

It is the community of Kamloops themselves, the business owners, the individuals that work and reside and play in Kamloops. If we want that economic driver to be part of our economy in Kamloops, we need to step forward and make it happen.

Mastermind Studios has invested a considerable amount of money in Kamloops in the past year to build a new film studio. That is to answer the question of no facilities.

The soundstage allows them to film uninterrupted and not have any loss of production time as a result of inclement weather or noise. We’ve answered the beginning of that call.

We plan to build three facilities — we’ve built the first.

And now we’re addressing the second problem, the lack of crew. It’s not enough to just have the skills to do the job, you also have to be certified

to operate within the motionpicture industry. There are two basic beginning-certification courses. The first is the motion picture industry orientation certification, a day-anda-half program. We had one of those in late February. We had 75 people attend that, which is our cap, and because of the reception for people who want to get involved, we’re going to hold it a second time.

Q: What is the outlook for your business in 2018? Anything new on the horizon? Any major events/ developments?

PETER: All I can share right now is that we definitely have a couple of major motion pictures coming here. I can’t officially say who because of the non-disclosure agreements, but the first one will be arriving in May and there are no less than three Academy Award-winning individuals involved.

Q: What are the advantages of doing business in Kamloops?

PETER: Filming in the interior of B.C. offers the highest level of film and television tax credits, both federally and provincially. It could be as much as twice the tax credits that you would normally see down in Vancouver. There are a lot of people who want to work here in Kamloops in the film industry if it were here.

That’s what we’ve got to change.

The tax credits, you can see as much as 30 per cent, as opposed to 10 or 15 per cent in the Lower Mainland. So, when you’re talking about a million-dollar production or more, that might be up to $350,000 rebate instead of a $100,000 rebate.

But traditionally, productions have burned through those savings in the extra costs of bringing all of the crew up here, so that’s what we have to answer.

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After a summer impacted by wildfires across the B.C. Interior, the airport is now anticipating growth throughout 2018.

In fact, January 2018 saw the airport set a record for monthly passenger traffic — 32,963 passengers — toppling the record previously set in 2015, thanks to strong performance by airlines WestJet, Air Canada and Central Mountain Air. In June 2018, the airport will welcome new non-stop seasonal service to Toronto from Kamloops via Air Canada Rouge. The service will connect Kamloops to three of Air Canada’s Canadian hubs: Vancouver, Calgary and Toronto, opening up the Kamloops region to travellers from across Canada and around the world through Air

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Travellers on both ends of the route stand to benefit as the flight makes new vacations in both the ThompsonOkanagan and Greater TorontoHamilton areas possible.

The new service is a result of efforts

by the airport, in partnership with Tourism Kamloops and Tourism Sun Peaks.

The local economy will also benefit as the new service provides local jobs and access to new markets for regional businesses. It is estimated Kamloops

Airport generates $72.2 million in total economic output and supports more than 850 jobs in the community.

Airport managing director Heather McCarley landed at Fulton Field last September, succeeding longtime manager Fred Legace, who retired.

While McCarley said safety and security remain a top priority, she added the passenger experience is another essential component of a positive airport experience. To that end, there has been the addition of a new food truck operated by locally owned Slow Smoke BBQ on airport property, along with rotating exhibits of local art in the terminals.

Another topic of interest for airport officials and the community is land development in and around Kamloops Airport.

While still in very early stages, a number of options are up for review, from retail development and a business park to an airport hotel and other community amenities.

Regardless of which options move ahead, McCarley said the ultimate goal is to complement city plans and add value to the community for locals and visitors alike. Airport officials will engage with the community as plans progress.

To stay up-to-date on all things Kamloops Airport, follow @kamloopsairport on Twitter and Facebook.

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The business has expanded in four years from one vehicle to a fleet of 11, growing from being Kamloops’ first tour operator to an enterprise providing tour packages and shuttle services.

Increased demand for services have also required an expanded management team. TasteFull Excursions founder: Maatje Stamp-Vincent, CEO and Tour Director, Gordon Stamp-Vincent CFO and Shuttle Director will be joined by Tim Foster as Director of Operations with many years of ski resort management experience. Also joining the team is Joyce Wegner who will serve as Director of Administration and Business Development.

Joyce is a Kamloops native with 20 years of management experience with B.C.’s first wine tour company in Kelowna and is the Vice President of a new organization forming to provide a voice for tour operators with governments and industry – Thompson Okanagan Tour Operators Association (TOTO).

Maatje is also a founding director of TOTO which is expected to be operational by mid-April 2018.

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Going fore-ward on the links Kamloops has become a golfing mecca, with ideal weather and an assortment of courses to suit all levels of play.

Five courses — Bighorn Golf & Country Club (formerly known as Sun Rivers Golf Course), Kamloops Golf and Country Club, Rivershore Estates and Golf Links, Talking Rock Golf Course and Tobiano Golf Course — make up the Golf Kamloops consortium.

Tobiano ranks 11th in ScoreGolf’s 59 Public Courses in Canada and consistently falls within the top 11 courses in the nation as ranked by Golf Digest.

Kamloops Golf & Country Club is in top shape thanks to a complete overhaul a few years ago and offers players a parklike course that is easily walkable.

Talking Rock, located on the shores of the Little Shuswap Lake about 40 minutes east of Kamloops, takes golfers through a mature forest, offering breathtaking views throughout.

Bighorn is one of only a few true desert courses in the nation, featuring rolling hills, bent-grass fairways and views of the Thompson Valley.

Rivershore, designed by Robert Trent Jones Sr., the godfather of modern course architecture, has a proven PGA pedigree, having hosted the Canadian Tour’s Western Championship, among other high-calibre events.

Go online to golfkamloops.com to read more about the courses, destination golf packages and accommodations.

Tobiano (above) and Talking Rock are two courses in the Kamloops area that offer stunning views and challenging tracks. Kamloops is the golf capital of the B.C. Interior, with enough courses to satisfy the most determined duffer.

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here are courses that do not belong to Golf Kamloops that bring tourists to town.

The Dunes at Kamloops and Eaglepoint Golf Resort are both full-size, high-quality destinations.

Lush fairways and well-kept greens are highlights at the Dunes, located in Westsyde, and Eaglepoint in Barnhartvale offers spectacular views, rolling terrain and

elevation changes.

Sun Peaks Resort is home to B.C.’s highest-elevation course, an ideal location for summer golf, with mountain air providing cooler temperatures when blistering heat blankets the valley.

Pineridge Golf Course and Mt. Paul Golf Course are perfect locations for casual golfers to enjoy a day on the links.

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’m happy to be writing my first contribution to Progress as MLA to offer some perspective on how I view our economic situation in Kamloops, the North Thompson and B.C. Writing this now, we have some degree of economic uncertainty with everything that is happening in the U.S. Our economies are certainly tied together closely, but I believe cooler heads will prevail and B.C. will continue to do well and lead Canada in most, if not all, economic categories.

It has been an interesting challenge moving from my role as mayor to MLA and opposition critic for environment and climate change in the legislature.

My colleagues in Victoria have welcomed me and I am happy to say I’ve been tapped on the shoulder in question period a fair number of times already.

I’ve come to recognize and appreciate just how crucial the opposition is to shape policy and hold the government to account.

There are a number of projects in infrastructure and health that were promised by the previous government that should prove to be a boon for Kamloops and its satellite communities, provided they are followed through with.

The hospital’s new patient-care tower will provide people with well-paying construction and operational jobs and will no doubt provide a multitude of economic spinoffs for the communities in which people live and work.

The new buildings under construction and program expansions that will come with them at Thompson Rivers University will further solidify its importance to providing a highly skilled and educated workforce for Kamloops and area business and industry.

The wildfires of last summer were a historic event that showcased the resiliency and courage of the people in Kamloops-North Thompson and across the province.

The individuals who volunteered

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their time, their food, their compassion and their homes for those in need speaks volumes about the people who live here.

Ski season is winding down and all indications are that it was an impressive year at Sun Peaks. The new Sun Peaks Health Centre has opened and ensures tourists and residents alike are safe and confident their health is in good hands.

I am keeping my eye on the housing crisis in Vancouver. There are indications people are moving from the Lower Mainland into our communities.

I think this is a good thing for the city; it will provide additional spending in the community, which will help local businesses and add cultural diversity.

That being said, I am working closely with Kamloops-South Thompson MLA Todd Stone to make sure there is sufficient supply to meet demand so housing remains affordable.

Kamloops is becoming increasingly attractive to new businesses in the tech sector, while forestry and mining continue to support our region with great opportunities. I am excited to hear about the innovations taking place in heavy industry as the world embraces environmentally responsible ideas that both respect our natural world and provide economic growth.

I am enjoying meeting with constituents to hear about what’s happening in the community and I’m happy to have my assistants, Kirsty and Zach, working with me to form a strong and able team. Government policy is important, but making sure the needs of our constituents are met is my foremost concern.

We’re always happy to hear from you and will assist in any way we can.

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Police kept We Help busy in 2017 We When outgoing RCMP Supt. Brad Mueller looks back on his tenure in Kamloops, he sees a detachment that’s taken tremendous strides forward.

The most recent example was effectively managing a surge in gun violence Kamloops Mounties encountered last year.

Mueller said there was an unprecedented number of high-risk incidents involving drug trafficking and shootings in 2017 compared to the previous years he’s been at the helm of the Kamloops detachment.

“It’s certainly been a busy year for us,” he said.

“Certainly the statistics show that.”

He noted a standoff with a shooter in a trailer park last October, a shooting incident involving an RCMP member at a local hotel on Nov. 5 and the armed hijacking of a semi-truck a few days later as examples of an unprecedented string of gun violence in Kamloops last year.

“I was very proud of our members and how they responded to those incidents, throughout we maintained a good tactical response, we ensured we minimized any risk to the public and took great steps to ensure no one was injured as a result of those,” Mueller said.

Highlighting the past year for the detachment, Mueller lauded city council’s decision in December to approve funding for additional officers.

“That’s allowed us to remain proactive and deal with the biggest pressures we’re dealing with in the community,” Mueller said.

He also praised the relationship Kamloops Mounties have with the city’s bylaw officers, working in partnership to tackle public safety and social issues.

“We’ve formed a partnership with them dealing with our street enforcement and foot patrol teams, and that’s been very significant,” Mueller

said, noting that program restarts in April.

Another highlight of 2017 was the RCMP’s continued community engagement, Mueller said.

“We continue to be actively involved though neighbourhood watch associations, Citizens on Patrol [we’re] very active in the schools engaging with the youth,” Mueller said.

Having taken over the superintendent position in 2013, Mueller said the local detachment continues to provide excellent service delivery.

“I think if you look at our track record, in terms of solving homicides and the major cases that we’ve entered into investigations and brought to court, there’s been a great deal of success,” Mueller said.

Mueller said the detachment’s crime prevention and community safety initiatives is indicative of the success and progress the detachment’s made in the community over the years.

Looking ahead at the detachment’s future — soon to be without him — the Kamloops RCMP needs to continue to build on the work it has done, Mueller told Progress.

“I think the priorities remain. We’re going to have to continue to deal with the individuals that are involved in the drug trade and associated to organized crime, we’re also going to have to continue to work in partnership in terms of how we’re going to deal with those individuals in our community that are marginalized,” Mueller said.

Mueller said property crime and the drug trade are the major criminal challenges local police continue to combat in the community.

He said the next superintendent of the Kamloops RCMP detachment will need to be to community-oriented, and continue to build on the partnerships developed within the community and with local First Nations.

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Leon John’s strives to be ‘comfortable’ Progress sits down to talk business with Corey Adkin, owner of Leon John’s Deli and Supply on the North Shore.

Q: For the first time since the Great Recession of 2008, all the world’s major economies (14) are growing at the same time. Have you noticed the worldwide growth with your business?

COREY: Keep in mind that I am talking from the standpoint of only being in the restaurant industry for the better part of the past year, but I can tell you that this industry is

tough. The world’s economic state certainly has negative and positive effects on the amount of disposable income people have to go out and eat and do other leisure activities. The restaurant business is a very fickle industry. Restaurants open and close all the time.

Q: What is the outlook for your business in 2018? Anything new on the horizon? Any major events/ developments?

COREY: I just need to keep on providing a good product that people continue to enjoy. I have had an

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COREY: There are many great advantages to doing business in Kamloops. For one, affordability.

This venture just would not have been feasible in the Lower Mainland.

Secondly, the network of people I have here, having grown up here, is very helpful. The people in Kamloops are very loyal. They like to see cityborn businesses succeed whether it’s a mom-and-pop cleaning service or a little sandwich shop like mine. There is a real sense of community here that you don’t get in larger centres.

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amazing response from the people of Kamloops. Old faces and new ones have come in to try my little corner sandwich shop. And, because we are closed on Sundays, it has opened up the door to provide space for other

businesses on a pop-up basis. We had the Waffle Laundry on March 4 and it was an amazing success.

We have Cocoa Dot Cakes coming in to do a wedding event to show off their amazing products later in

March. I am also in talks with other restaurant owners for some food events around the North Shore and elsewhere in Kamloops, but you will have to stay tuned for more information on that.

Q: Why should someone in Kamloops shop at your store rather than shop online?

COREY: I strongly believe that 50 per cent of the dining experience is atmosphere and room. I have created a space that is inviting and a place where people should come in and be comfortable in the restaurant while enjoying the food. Part of what I am trying to create is a dining experience rather than just a place to eat and be full.

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PROGRESS 2018 Report on Economic Development Kamloops and the Thompson-Nicola Regional District has hosted plenty of film shoots, including the major motion picture Power Rangers, which took to the streets of the city in the summer of 2016. The film was released in 2017, earning US$142 million worldwide on a production budget of US $100 million.

Lights, camera, action in TNRD The Thompson-Nicola Film Commission has had a busy year, with a number of films recently released or soon to hit the big screen having been shot in the Thompson-Nicola region.

The TNFC markets the region to the film industry and helps make film, television and commercial production happen here.

That might mean giving tours and assisting location scouts, promoting locations of interest or just making sure filmmakers get what they need when they’re here.

TNFC film commissioner Vicci Weller said once it knows a production is looking for locations that might work for a film, the commission will put a website together and submit it in a sort of bid process for the region to be considered.

“In 2012, they wanted desert looks, a treed area, a location where it looks like a lake has dried up … we went out and scouted those locations, took photos and sent them to the production designer, directors and producers for consideration,” she said.

The TNFC landed that production and 2012, an apocalyptic natural disaster survival film released in 2009, featured scenes shot in and around Kamloops, Ashcroft and Cache Creek.

More recently, the region has seen other 52 Kamloops This Week PROGRESS 2018

productions, including Monster Trucks (2016), Power Rangers (2017), I Am Elizabeth Smart (2017), Maze Runner: The Death Cure (2018), Netflix’s Lost in Space (April 2018) and A Dog’s Way Home (2019).

All told, the economic impact of the region’s film activity over the past five years has been approximately $2.5 million per year, according to Weller.

She said the appeal for the region comes from a number of factors.

“We’re very location-centric,” she said. “The fact that we have a variety within a very short driving time.”

Weller noted the region’s arid landscapes, grasslands and snow-peaked mountains command a lot of attention.

Along with the region’s geography, the abundance of sunshine also helps.

But what really makes the difference, Weller said, is the region’s colour palette.

“Towards the fall, it looks really burnt and dry — they like that. They also like the spring. You’re still desert-looking, but you’re not as burnt and dry,” she said.

Kamloops and its surrounding areas have often stood in for desert locations, including Egypt (Night at

the Museum 3) and Afghanistan (Afghan Luke).

The wide variety of locations available also helps keep productions in the region.

Weller said when Shooter, a 2007 film starring Mark Wahlberg, needed cliffs for one of its scenes, it originally planned to go to Alberta, but instead found a location near Ashcroft that fit the bill, allowing the production to stay in the province.

In the future, the TNFC is looking to get its crew trained — those who have completed the commission’s course offerings, like the Motion Picture Industry Orientation course.

Weller is hoping that having a local crew available will attract the “middle players” in the industry who don’t have huge budgets, but can still stay in town for longer periods of time.

“The mid-sized budgets can do that, but we definitely need local crew,” she said.

In order to get there, Weller said the crews also need experience, which she hopes will be realized if low budget productions take advantage of the region.

The TNFC also tries to show its presence by sponsoring local film-related workshops and events, such as the recent Kamloops Film Festival, which featured two locally shot films this year, Tomato Red and Juggernaut.

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The WolfPack have made a few changes in the last 12 months while at the same time, existing teams continue to improve.

The biggest change is the hiring of Curtis Atkinson as the organization’s new Athletics and Recreation director. Atkinson has experience at all levels: a former university player (hockey goalie), he’s been a sports administrator at both the university and league levels. He has experience in marketing (NHL Carolina Hurricanes) and has coached minor sports as well. Now into his third month at the helm, Atkinson is reviewing the current operations of the WolfPack and looks to build on the previous successes achieved.

One of Atkinson’s first decisions, in conjunction with senior administration was to hire an Athletic Performance Advisor in former NHLer and consultant Peter Soberlak. Soberlak has a unique perspective in helping coaches and athletes deal with the challenges and obstacles they face on a daily basis throughout their university careers.

Athletically, the past year has been one of individual and team success.

TRU’s men’s soccer program won both a bronze medal at the Canada West and USPORTS levels. They won the national bronze medal before a large crowd at Hillside Stadium in November. Mitch Popadnynetz (Nelson, BC) was named a Canada West all-star and player of the year along with a USPORTS all-Canadian.

Popadynetz was also named to the USPORTS Nationals all-star team along with teammates Ryan Glanville (Williams Lake, BC) and Colton Walker (Sicamous, BC). Glanville and Finlay McPhie (Vernon, BC) were named to the Canada West second all-star team while Joshua Banton (London, England) and Jan Pirratas Glasmacher (Barcelona, Spain) were named to the Canada West rookie team.

TRU’s men’s basketball and men’s volleyball teams both made the first round of the Canada West Playoffs. Pat Hennelly’s volleyball squad set a franchise record by winning eight straight matches in the second half of the year to make the post season. Tim Dobbert (Aichelberg, Germany) was named to the Canada West second all-star team in volleyball. Tyus De Vries (Chilliwack, BC) of men’s basketball was named to the all-rookie team.

Two other athletes, Jordon Haggerty (Saskatoon, SK) and Anastaisya Muzika (Poltawa, Ukraine), were both named to the Canada west rookie all-star team in basketball and volleyball, respectively.

A new program started at TRU this year in women’s rugby sevens. After playing in two tournaments, the program is being evaluated by university administration to determine if the team will compete in the final year of the Canada West test project.

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Kamloops builders kept busy CHBA says construction values were up 19 per cent for the year in 2017 Winter isn’t traditionally the busiest time of year for Kamloops’ homebuilders.

This year, however, members of the Canadian Home Builders Association’s Central Interior chapter have been braving chilly temperatures.

“The market has just been really good,” said CHBA executive officer Rose Choy.

“Usually in the winter time with the cold. things would slow down, but in November, December, January with the mild winter, everybody was working. Everybody was so busy.”

Choy said December 2017 saw a 70 per cent increase in residential construction value in the city, with values up 19 per cent for the year overall. The Thompson-Nicola Regional District saw good growth

as well, with construction values up about 14 per cent.

Choy said Kamloops is catching on as a city of choice for Lower Mainlanders fleeing the area’s housing prices, but added builders are also seeing plenty of interest from buyers in Alberta.

The boom doesn’t appear to be limited to the Tournament Capital.

Choy said she has heard similar reports from CHBA chapters in the Central Okanagan and Fraser Valley.

She said the organization is hoping to see the trend continue through 2018.

“Right now, everybody’s still busy,” Choy said.

For its part, CHBA Central Interior is focusing more on providing educational opportunities for

members, in response to a legislative change a few years ago that made continuing professional development a requirement for builders looking to renew their licences.

“It’s very busy, so they don’t have the time to take an extra course.

With the CHBA, we want to make sure they have lots of options to get that education,” Choy said, noting educational opportunities can be especially important for the city’s smaller builders.

Choy said the building boom in the city has led to one complication — with so much to do, builders are once again struggling to find enough tradespeople.

“They cannot keep up,” she said.

“There is not enough and everyone needs their houses done.”

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An award-winning CHBA chapter She’s the glue that holds everyone together.

The Canadian Home Builders’ Association of B.C. has named CHBA-Central Interior’s Rose Choy as executive officer of the year. She received the provincial award in recognition of her leadership, dedication and professionalism in her role with the local chapter — one of nine in British Columbia.

“It’s such an awesome feeling because you’re being recognized provincially,” Choy said. “It’s such a privilege to be honoured. Everybody is doing an amazing job across the province.”

CHBA-Central Interior president Rob Lemire said Choy’s work with fellow chapters is one of the reasons she was recognized.

“She’s always there for all the other chapters when they need her as well,” Lemire said.

As executive officer, Choy oversees every aspect of the local chapter’s operations.

“She runs the events, she creates some of the events — everything from our education portion to our dinner meetings. She’s basically the stickhandler of all of it,” Lemire said.

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Interior, Choy said she acts as the glue holding everything together when it comes to the organization’s various projects and events.

The flagship project for CHBA-Central Interior is the Training House it constructs each year with the help of trades students from Thompson Rivers University before being raffled off as the Y Dream Home to support the YMCA/YWCA. Choy works with the project manager and the other organizations involved to ensure everything runs smoothly.

“That’s the biggest part of my job,” she said.

In addition to various fundraisers, the CHBACentral Interior also hosts the Keystone Awards, recognizing \projects built in the region.

“It’s like the Oscars for the construction industry,” Choy said.

CHBA-Central Interior is also the voice of professional residential building in the Central Interior region.

“We advocate for our industry. We have a very good relationship with the City of Kamloops and TNRD,” Choy said.

Lemire described Choy as an integral part of the local chapter and deserving of the award. “[I’m] really glad that she got that recognition,” Lemire said.

Choy’s dedication to her job is evident by the fact the award comes just a few months after Choy was officially named the chapter’s executive officer — after 11 years as office manager.

As executive officer, Choy said she has taken on a more “vocal role” with CHBA-Central Interior by acting as the chapter’s representative at media events, which is one of the reasons for her change in title, Lemire said.

In addition to Choy’s accolade, the CHBA-CI also received the provincial award for outstanding achievement in membership recruitment, with the highest percentage increase for 2017.

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Our community is thriving, growing

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s the member of Parliament for Kamloops-ThompsonCariboo, I am proud to say Kamloops has developed a reputation of being a destination for developing businesses and innovation.

With each passing year, our entrepreneurial spirit builds momentum.

Many local businesses have been honoured with awards for their excellence, innovation and dedicated service to the community.

For example, Startup Kamloops — a local network that brings together entrepreneurs, resources, and the organizations that support them — was recently honoured for its impact on the environment for entrepreneurship with Startup Canada’s Community of the Year Award.

It was my pleasure to attend the awards ceremony and to see Kamloops Innovation’s executive director, Lincoln Smith, accept this award on behalf of Startup Kamloops. In his words, “This award elevates Kamloops as a hub for entrepreneurship both regionally and nationally.”

In September, Kamloops hosted the B.C. Regional Startup Canada Awards.

Our own Hummingbird Drones won the Innovation Award and Vicky Collett, co-owner at Harper’s Trail Winery, was named Senior Entrepreneur of the Year.

Large and small businesses have always been the backbone of our economy, bringing more people to our community and providing them with quality service.

As you may know, this past year we also faced immense challenges.

In July 2017, the government proposed increasing taxes on farmers, small business owners and doctors.

This was in the middle of an extremely difficult summer for those impacted by the wildfires throughout our region.

Many small business owners and doctors reached out to my office to express their concerns about the proposed tax measures. Their message was clear: higher taxes will result in businesses having to cut costs, crippling their ability to expand and hire more staff. This is bad for businesses, for the job market and for our economy.

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On Aug. 30, I held a roundtable with our leader, Andrew Scheer, and met with local accountants and small business owners who shared the direct impact the tax changes would have on their businesses. We heard the changes will result in layoffs, make it harder for Canadians to find a doctor, make life more difficult for farming families and make Kamloops (and Canada) a less competitive place to do business.

After relentless pressure from the Conservative party and an outcry by small business owners, many from our riding, the government promised to revise some of its proposals. We saw these updates in Budget 2018.

The finance minister climbed down significantly on taxing passive investment income. Instead of the proposed 73 per cent tax, the government will gradually withdraw eligibility for the small business tax rate for companies with investment income greater than $50,000. Once investment income reaches $150,000, a business will no longer be eligible for the small business tax rate.

This means that thousands of local businesses will no longer qualify for the small business tax rate — or will see it reduced.

It should be noted the Liberals, after flip-flopping on a small business tax rate for the last 2.5 years, have reinstated tax cuts originally created by the former Conservative government.

The small business rate was dropped to 10 per cent on Jan. 1 and will go down to nine per cent on Jan. 1, 2019.

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Kamloops residents Jessie Taylor (left) and Bonnie McBride helped organize animal care for evacuees during the wildfires in the summer of 2017.

I will keep standing up for local businesses and all those who depend on them.

Another vital driver of our economy is the homebuilding industry, the largest single investment for most families in our riding. As calculated by Will Dunning Inc. Economic Research for the Census Agglomeration in 2016, it is a major source of employment, offering more than 1,400 jobs, $82 million in wages that feed our local economy and $316 million in investment value.

Since Jan. 1, the government made significant changes to the stress test on uninsured mortgages. The finance minister imposed a one-size-fits-all response on Canadian consumers and the mortgage industry. The potential negative impact of this change on young Canadian families hoping to become homeowners and on the homebuilding industry is worrisome.

Moreover, it is disappointing that this significant policy change was imposed on consumers and the mortgage industry with no consultation or notice. I believe Canada’s banks, not government, should be determining how to qualify buyers.

I have met with mortgage professionals, homebuilding associations and many other stakeholders to hear their concerns.

My colleague, MP Pat Kelly, has brought this issue up in the House a number of times. Moreover, this issue was discussed in the finance committee.

Recognizing the impact of the new stress test regulations on our economy, we will continue to encourage the government to listen carefully to those it failed to consult prior to imposing change.

Over the past year, our city and economy faced many challenges, whether government-imposed or resulting from natural disaster.

However, Kamloops has persisted and continues to thrive. For me personally, the best of Kamloops was revealed last summer.

Volunteers stepped up to the plate, providing food, shelter and a safe space for thousands of wildfire evacuees.

Others worked 24/7 to move animals, big and small, to safety.

RCMP officers and firefighters bravely fulfilled their duties under very challenging conditions. Our business community, including the Kamloops Chamber of Commerce, stepped up to the challenge in this time of need by coming up with innovative ways to feed, support and rebuild.

I am proud of our community and have full confidence in its ability to persist, thrive and grow.

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TRU is maturing as a university More than a decade has passed since the University College of the Cariboo became Thompson Rivers University. In those years, TRU has grown and come into its own as an institution.

Change is happening: new leadership, the physical transformation of the campus and innovative programs. TRU is ready for change, knowing there will be challenges, but also progress.

The university will be under new leadership in 2018. President and vice-chancellor Alan Shaver retires in August after eight years and the search for his successor is under way.

Whoever is selected will put his or her own stamp on the university and will affect TRU’s direction in the coming years.

Physically, the campus itself is undergoing massive change, which has become obvious to anyone walking or driving around the campus and its construction zones. The payoff will be new buildings and new programs.

The site for the new Nursing and Population Health Building is being prepped. When this $37.3-million building is completed in spring of 2020, it will feature multi-disciplinary simulation labs, classrooms and study space.

Closer to completion is the $30-million Industrial Training and Technology Centre. Ground broke on that project in February of 2017 and the first students are expected to be in the classrooms this fall.

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TRU will be able to expand its trades and technology programs by 550 full-time equivalent spaces.

Construction has also begun on The Reach, which heads commercial and residential market development on 90 acres of land at TRU. In accordance with the 2013 TRU campus master plan, The Reach’s mandate is to enrich campus life and return funds to support student scholarships and bursaries and research initiatives. TRU and the TRU Foundation received more than $1.5 million from the first proceeds this year.

Similar to UBC’s Wesbrook Mall and Simon Fraser University’s UniverCity, The Reach is expected to draw 7,500 residents and 16,723 square metres of retail and commercial services to TRU in the next 30 years. Ground broke on the first residence in late 2017 on Creston House. This four-storey project consists of 56 condominiums that will be ready for occupancy in fall 2019.

An apartment building, to be built by Kamloopsbased Kelson Group, will rise adjacent to Creston House and is due to open in late 2019. The Reach is working with developers on the last two parcels in that area and on the mixed-use (residential and commercial) development at the corner of Summit Drive and McGill Road.

Beyond construction, TRU is growing in terms of students and more programs.

Enrolment figures show the university marked a new record for winter semester enrolment on campus in January. It jumped 11 per cent from winter of 2017, reaching 8,555 students. Of those, 5,958 are Canadian and 2,597 are international.

Those students are getting more programs to choose from. In addition to the broad range of choices from trades to upgrading to undergraduate to post-grad programs, TRU recently added a software engineering degree and a master of nursing.

Research is getting a higher profile as TRU partnered with UBC Okanagan and UNBC to share research efforts and information by creating the Interior University Research Coalition. After more than two years of discussions, the three universities signed a memorandum of understanding in late 2017 that allows them to collaborate in new ways.

TRU’s research will be further boosted by the largest personal donation it has ever received.

In October of 2017, Dr. Sherman Jen gave TRU $5 million to go toward student scholarships, research and equipment.

Those funds will not only put more students into classrooms, but they will enhance resources and the learning experience as a whole.

Progress is impossible without change. Thompson Rivers University is changing and, with that, it is definitely progressing.

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Bringing biz to Kamloops Venture Kamloops courts new companies and keeps them happy Kamloops’ convergence of roads, rails and rivers has, at times, earned the community the nickname Hub City.

It’s Venture Kamloops’ job to make sure that monicker sticks.

Venture Kamloops is funded by the City of Kamloops, but it doesn’t necessarily act like a city department.

City council does set some of the organization’s priorities, but it is generally up to Venture Kamloops to be a go-between if businesses experience communication difficulties with the city’s development services and

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The organization’s work is shaped by a panel including the mayor, two councillors and a handful of senior city staffers, all of whom are responsible for selecting the nine-member community board that directly oversees the operation.

Venture Kamloops works to attract new business to Kamloops, as well, informing potential companies about the local labour force and some of the city’s perks — including its central location in southern B.C.

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TogeTher We’re BeTTer Kamloops Immigrant Services (KIS) is a nonprofit society devoted to welcoming immigrants and newcomers to Kamloops and the surrounding areas. The agency provides a host of confidential services free to eligible participants.

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Expecting a $180-million year After a blockbuster 2017, the City of Kamloops is predicting another strong year for development.

The city issued more than $224 million in building permits last year, a record total. Previously, the highest value of permits issued in a single year was in 2008, before the financial downturn, when $208 million in permits went out the door at city hall.

By comparison, the city issued $157.7 million in permits in 2017.

Director of development, engineering and sustainability Marvin Kwiatkowski said the city has predicted it will issue about $180 million in permits for 2018.

After the first month of the year, the city had issued $14.5 million in permits, up from $4.5 million in 2017.

Residential construction remains strong, with nearly $6 million of permit value, up from $3.3 million in 2017.

But, as Kwiatkowski noted, commercial construction values are beginning to make a comeback after several years when homebuilding has dominated the scene.

In the first month of the year, the city issued just

over $8 million in permits, well above the $616,373 issued in January of 2017.

Much of that figure came from a single $6.8 million permit for a community care facility at 3255 Overlander Drive which will add 64 residential care beds and a day care to the neighbourhood.

Kwiatowski said he is also expecting to see several other large-value commercial building permits issued in the coming months, including a three-storey U-Haul moving and storage facility on Kingston

Avenue, a mini-storage facility and car wash on the former Brass Kettle property at Pacific Way and Hugh Allan Drive and an expansion at Sun Country Toyota on Cariboo Place.

A pair of new buildings for engineering and nursing at Thompson Rivers University will also add to the commercial tally, as will site preparation and earthworks permits for a patient-care tower at Royal Inland Hospital.

The planning department also expects to issue permits for as many as eight multi-family housing projects in 2018, including Cross Developments’ ongoing rental development on McGill Road across from the university, which will eventually offer 375 rental units in six buildings.

Other housing projects include TRU’s luxury housing project The Reach, further expansions in the Orchards Walk area in Valleyview and, downtown, a six-storey mixed-use development with about 100 units on St. Paul Street and a 70-unit development on Lorne Street.

Kwiatkowski said permit applications for singlefamily housing projects are also likely remain steady throughout the year.

Making a Difference for Individuals with Autism The Chris Rose Centre for Autism (originally known as Giant Steps West) is proud to provide a variety of services including education, life skills, occupational therapy, speech therapy, music therapy, vocational skills, social skills, yoga, emotional support, community integration programs, family support, and so much more.

Each individual receives a program tailored to his/her needs. We serve children, youth and adults from all demographics. For over two decades, the Centre has developed a strong and supportive reputation in our community through our quest for excellence both in the classroom and beyond. Many families have relocated to Kamloops to participate in our program. The Chris Rose Therapy Centre for Autism wishes to thank the community and all the businesses in Kamloops for their support.

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Kamloops Chamber adding members The Kamloops Chamber of Commerce continues to grow following a hectic wildfire-fuelled summer of 2017.

Last year, the chamber added 88 members to its roster — which now totals 750 member individuals, businesses and non-profits.

The chamber offers development opportunities, value-added programs, marketing tools and governmentrelations services to businesses looking for some support. It also hosts a number of events and workshops throughout the year.

Along with its annual Business Excellence Awards, which received a record number of nominations in 2017 with 742, the chamber hosted 61 events last year with a combined attendance total of 4,614.

Much of the chamber’s work last year was focused on proposed federal tax changes that would have had a negative impact on small businesses.

Chamber president Paul Ross recalls conference calls and meetings with small business owners and advocates from across the country, making sure they were heard by those in government.

“They tried to attack the top one per cent, of course, but we all know how

those policies affect everybody,” he said.

Ross said the turnout of people looking to protect small businesses was “amazing to watch,” adding that groups across the country, including the chamber, will continue to watch if new Meet Dr. Perry Vitoratos issues emerge, especially around income Mother Teresa once said, “Let us always splitting. meet each other with smile, for the smile Last year was also notable because is the beginning of love.”

The team at Sunny Shores Dental is of what the local region endured: one all about making sure your smile is an of the worst wildfire seasons in the extension of who you are. province’s history.

Sunny Shores is led by Dr. Perry Vitoratos and supported by a team of primary When thousands of evacuees made dentists, hygienists and administrators their way into the city from evacuated who will always greet you with a smile.

Dr. Vitoratos received his Doctor of areas, those in Kamloops, including Dental Surgery degree from McGill the business community, came out to University in 1997. While at the Montreal university, he received the Paul A. support them. When Ross saw what Marchand Award, an honour bestowed businesses were doing, he said the on someone demonstrating the highest chamber decided to step in and try to degree of professionalism in clinical dentistry. Dr. Vitoratos also has an add some organization to the chaos of extensive background in Immunology, charity. gained through McGill University’s evolving his comprehension of dentistry Faculty of Science. During his post“What we did as a chamber was we techniques alongside the evolution of graduate program at McGill, Dr. Vitoratos dentistry itself. noticed all our members coming up to completed a hospital residency at the Like the rest of the Sunny Shores team, Montreal Jewish General Hospital. During Dr. Vitoratos is a family man first and he bat offering discounts and services,” he this time, he was able to further his treats his patients as he would his kin. said. knowledge of surgical dentistry and the He is multilingual, able to converse in “We ended up scrambling and, administration of anaesthetic dentistry.

English, French, Italian and Greek as he He learned proper care techniques for within 24 hours, put together a onetells you all about his wife, Martine, their treating children and people with physical two young children, their pair of energetic place go-to list so that evacuees and and mental hindrances. dogs and the family’s lethargic, privileged Dr. Vitoratos also learned about IV businesses could jump on this one page.” cat. sedation dentistry. He was the department Dr. Vitoratos and Martine moved to The list the chamber came up head of dentistry at Cariboo Memorial Kamloops after practising in Williams Hospital in Williams Lake, a title he with included names and locations Lake, where they had a successful dentist held for over 15 years. Along with office for more than 17 years. Their of businesses and what they had on his involvement at Sunny Shores, Dr. children are exposed to new educational; offer for evacuees — discounts, meals, Vitoratos is currently the department head opportunities in Kamloops, where the of dentistry at Royal Inland Hospital and waived fees and more. Ross called it family delights in their love of the the Kamloops Surgical Centre. outdoors. When spending time in nature, a “one-stop shop” for anyone looking Dr. Vitoratos is a graduate of the Kois the Vitoratos family enjoys triathlons, Centre for Advanced Dentistry and is a to get a little extra support during a swimming, mountain biking, skiing, member of the British Columbia College kayaking, golfing, fishing, hunting and stressful time. of Dental Surgeons, the Canadian Dental hiking.

Association and the Academy for Sports Now that evacuees have returned For a slower pace, they participate in the Dentistry. He also holds his fellowships arts, especially music and painting. home, business has returned to normal degree from the Academy of General Dr. Vitoratos is proud of his and the chamber is continuing to press Dentistry. accomplishments in his field and he Dr. Vitoratos is passionate about the on with its usual activities. wants to put them to use in the Kamloops education and execution of surgical and area, providing quality, family-oriented In October, the chamber and TD cosmetic dentistry, including implant dental care for which he is known. dentistry. He has dedicated himself to will unny host theShores 32nd annual Businessis very excited Dental to welcome our newest dental hygienist and educator Excellence Awards.

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City living up to its name The Canada’s Tournament Capital moniker is not for nothing Kamloops proclaims itself Canada’s Tournament Capital — and for good reason. In 2017, more than 100 events were held here, bringing in excess of 25,000 people to the city.

The economic injection is substantial, as can be seen when looking at the numbers: 105 events 26,838 visiting participants 9,062 local participants 86,857 participant days $11,725,695 in direct spending

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s another year has gone by, it is time once again for me to reflect on the privilege it is to represent Kamloops–South Thompson in B.C.’s legislature.

I continue to enjoy meeting incredible people, celebrating achievements and advocating for community and regional priorities.

Our traditional industries of mining, forestry and ranching are what Kamloops was built upon — and they still represent the foundation of our economy and community.

In complement to these industries, our economy is growing and diversifying all the time.

Emerging sectors like technology, tourism and wine are attracting people and investments into our region.

To put our local tech economy into perspective, I was a tech CEO

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in Kamloops for 15 years before running for office in 2013.

At that time, my company was one of only four in Kamloops.

Today, the Kamloops tech sector has grown to more than 200 companies that employ approximately 1,500 people.

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This emerging tech sector will be bolstered by the recent announcement of a full four-year engineering degree in software at Thompson Rivers University, helping to keep homegrown talent at home.

To date, the engineering program at TRU required students to transfer to another university to complete their degree.

Moving forward with this fullfledged engineering degree program in Kamloops means the city’s tech businesses will have a greater supply of local graduates, many of whom will stay and work in Kamloops.

As our city’s population increases, a correlated spike in student enrolment and increased demands for health are putting tremendous pressure on our schools and hospital.

This added pressure highlights the importance of strongly pursuing much-needed capital for school capacity in Kamloops, as well

ensuring construction of the new patient-care tower at Royal Inland Capital, a project I am proud to have championed from Day 1.

We must advocate tirelessly to ensure this project remains on scope and schedule to open in 2022.

While it has been a tumultuous year in B.C. politics, I will continue to fight for the people, jobs and services for those living in Kamloops and the Thompson Valleys.

My wife, Chantelle, and I continue to be grateful for the blessings which come with living in such a vibrant city, so well suited for raising a family, At right: The team from Startup Kamloops has fun at the Startup Canada B.C. Awards, which were held last September at The Rex Hall downtown. The tech sector in the city has exploded to house more than 200 companies.

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Kamloops is a weather winner Those who live in the Tournament Capital already know the weather is one of the many fringe benefits that come with calling Kamloops home.

And, the favourable climate has not gone unnoticed by the folks at Environment Canada, which has drawn up what it calls Weather Winners.

Using 30 years of weather data for Canada’s 100 largest cities, Environment Canada has crunched the numbers, resulting in a plethora of facts that will provide further fodder for inter‑city rivalries.

For example, Kamloops is king of the summers, laying claim to having the hottest summer in the entire country with an average temperature of 26.94 C. Our envious brethren in Kelowna limped in at fourth spot.

Kamloops is also the second‑driest city in Canada — only 279 millimetres of precipitation, behind Whitehorse — while the Thompson‑Okanagan’s second city is much soggier, sitting in ninth position.

The peculiarities of Canadian weather are evident throughout the data: Only a two‑hour drive separates Canada’s second‑driest city (Kamloops) and the country’s third‑wettest burgh (Chilliwack).

More reasons to enjoy the remarkable River City: We are a comfortable 13th in mildest winters, a shovel‑free 94th in snowiest cities and 14th in fewest snow days, a scene‑setting 17th in clearest skies in the summer, a good‑hair day 73rd in windiest cities and seventh in most days with light wind, a bountiful third in most growing‑degree days, a sparkling 20th in sunniest summers and a T‑shirt‑wearing 11th‑warmest city year‑round.

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West Highlands, Aberdeen's Signature Address and one of Kamloops' largest master planned communities continues to grow in fashion and in substance. Located at the top of Aberdeen, the community is growing at a steady controlled pace with well thought out streets optimizing the outstanding views; the inclusion of distinct and varied housing styles and numerous housing options to suit all age groups, lifestyles and incomes is second to none.

Located within a five-minute walk west of Pacific Way Elementary, young families are predominant in the neighbourhood, taking advantage of the proximity to the school, park, childcare, shopping, services and their places of employment. Empty nesters favour the views, parks and open spaces, fresh air and the variety of housing options. West Highlands Park amenities now include a paved and year-round lighted walking path around the Links subdivision, two large soccer fields and new clubhouse allows for many community activities. Final landscaping around the clubhouse and pond are underway to create a relaxed picnic style setting.

Aberdeen Highlands Development Corp., land developer for the community, is very pleased with the look and growth of the community; the original vision having become a reality. Community minded, owned and operated, the company is economically vested and supportive of the local economy and only deals with local contractors, suppliers, and service providers, but their investment in local infrastructure and job creation doesn't stop there.

The West Highlands community provides a steady supply of residential lots and multi-family sites to local residential builders and developers which in turn provides steady job opportunities to many local manufacturers, suppliers, construction trade workers, and professionals involved in all aspects of residential construction and real estate.

West Highlands, now entering its 9th year of development, has become home to over 300 families with that number increasing almost daily. The builder/developers working in the community have great reputations and are happy to be building a product they are proud of, with many living in the neighbourhood. Each development, whether it is a single­family home or multi-family project, is distinct and well built. Purchasers can expect move-in-ready homes with everything done, right down to the landscaping.

West Highlands' latest development was the extension of Linfield Drive and Kinross Place adding 52 single-family lots and a 34-unit multi-family site in November of 2016. The spectacular views and larger lot sizes sold out in record time. Many lots were purchased by builders for spec or custom homes, prospective purchasers can ask their realtor for home availability; drive through the neighbourhood and talk with the builder directly or check out the aberdeenhighlands.ca website for more information.

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About Glover’s Our pharmacy was opened in 2005 by Aaron Glover, after several years of working at other

local Kamloops pharmacies. Since his graduation from UBC in 1997, Glover has worked toward his goal of running his own pharmacy. As a compounding pharmacist, he takes pride in creating the right medication for his customers. It’s his biggest reward. Oftentimes, Glover finds he’s able to create a medicine that chain or big-box retail pharmacies aren’t able to.

Supporting our Community At Glover’s Medicine Centre Pharmacy, we believe in giving back to the community.

We recognize that these type of actions help build a stronger community in Kamloops and allow us to get involved to make an impact!

“If there is a problem, we fix it. I truly am proud of my highly qualified and caring pharmacy team. They really do exceed customers’ expectations and have built close relationships in the community.”

Some of the organizations we support include: • RIH Foundation • TRU Sports Foundation • SPCA • Kamloops Hospice • Kamloops Brain Injury Association • Kamloops Minor Hockey Association

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Often chain or big-box pharmacies won’t carry a less popular medication and have no means of concocting it if someone requests it. These pharmacists are only able to dispense manufactured drugs and medications. With our compounding services, we can customize medicines, antibiotics, supplements, and other drugs to your specifications.

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