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But council has decided to replace the spray park and washroom/change room building in the park at a cost of $3.25 million

In a report headed to council’s regular meeting, staff note the city was not successful in securing grant funding for the project, which would see an outdoor skating rink built in the same footprint as the current spray park for use in the wintertime at the downtown green space

The City of Kamloops is seeking grant funding to complete a $12.3-million upgrade of the Brocklehurst Recreation Centre. Identified as a priority project, the city has submitted an application to. . .

The applicant, Orak Enterprises, indicated the development would consist of 35 affordable rental units and five social housing units, with ground floor commercial space for Active Care Youth and Adult Services. As per the city’s zoning bylaw, the project requires at least 41 parking spaces, but 25 fewer stalls is proposed by the applicant, with space for 16 stalls of surface parking. Staff recommended council deny the variance and development permit, with options to seek parking arrangements with nearby properties and reapply, as the city’s zoning bylaw will soon be changing, with 33 p...

On Monday (July 5), the board held a special meeting, during which Kamloops South-Thompson MLA Todd Stone told the board more fires started in the same period in British Columbia during the historic 2017 fire year. However, he noted significance of the size of fires this year, loss of life and Village of Lytton being wiped out. The board considered asking for a provincial state of emergency. TNRD board chair Ken Gillis said such a declaration makes a statement — one he thinks the province should have made “long ago.” He also said he is not confident the province could move swiftly, ...