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MAY 31, 2019 | Volume 32 No. 44
FRIDAY
CANNABIS CONTRABAND?
A cannabis shop on the Tk’emlups reserve is selling illegal items and is not licensed, but the chief says band does not need approval A3
NOMINATIONS
NOW OPEN For details see A21
MUSIC IN PARK We have the entire Music in the Park concert schedule A30
WAGE RISES
Minimum wage increases to $13.85 an hour on Saturday A16
WEEKEND WEATHER:
Sunny and hot High 32 C Low 14 C
PERFORMERS WILL NOT BE LICENSED JESSICA WALLACE STAFF REPORTER jessica@kamloopsthisweek.com
KID-SIZED COMPANY
DAVE EAGLES/KTW
Memphis is a young T-shirt designer in Kamloops. The eight-year-old and mom, Jennifer Marshall, have started a clothing company, Streetside Apparel, which is growing every day. Turn to page A7 for the full story.
It was the day the street music bylaw died. On Tuesday, Kamloops council shut the guitar case on further conversations to charge, vet and regulate buskers, quashing a proposed street performer policy that drew much criticism when it was first floated last month. Council voted 5-4 against a recommendation from the city’s community services committee that staff bring a draft of the street performers policy to a future council meeting for consideration. Councillors Dale Bass, Sadie Hunter, Kathy Sinclair, Arjun Singh and Denis Walsh opposed the recommendation, while Mayor Christian and councillors Dieter Dudy, Mike O’Reilly and Bill Sarai voted in favour. The vote effectively kills the proposed policy. “We’ve already got a pretty strong indication in the community,” Singh said. “They don’t want to go down this road.” The proposed policy initially sought to require licensing of anyone performing on city streets. Performers would have been pre-vetted and paid fees through the Kamloops Arts Council. See INTERNAL, A6
COME AND SEE US AT THE FARMER’S MARKET Saturday, June 1st 10 AM–12:30 PM 245 St. Paul Street (at 3rd Avenue in downtown Kamloops)
Please join us for refreshments and hotdogs. (By donation.) All donations will be given to the Kamloops Food Bank. We invite everyone to join us for this community fundraising event.
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