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The stately ambience. The lavish service. The superlative food. The R.M.S. Titanic.

To mark the Centennial Weekend of the shipwreck, Dale and Connie DaCaire of the equally regal establishment, the Brownstone Restaurant, are skillfully combining their expertise in food production to create an unforgettable evening. They are pleased to be hosting a once-in-a-lifetime experience - a very special re-creation of the last meal served to First Class passengers aboard the Titanic. This historic, sumptuous eleven-course meal served on that fateful night, as well as details of the evening have been meticu-lously researched and will be authentically replicated with accompanying wines.

The Titanic will have been resting at the bottom of the ocean for 100 years when April 13, 14 and 15 come up on the calendar. Tickets to feast upon the epicurean dinner were in such demand two more evenings were added. Traveling back in time, guests can look forward to being a part of “liv-ing history” as they relive the elegance, grandeur and luxury of the R.M.S. Titanic, enjoying a gastronomical extravaganza from another era - without losing their lives. What should one wear as part of this illustrious crowd? Guests are encouraged to

dress in the style of the period.How the passengers lived their final

moments is the stuff of universal interest. It took just two hours and 40 minutes for the Titanic to sink and guests can expect to linger just as long at the table. The feast served to first-class diners began with oys-ters a la russe and cream of barley soup. The third course was a poached salmon with English cucumber, dill and mousse-line, followed by a vegetable marrow farci with Mission figs, eggplant, pork belly and balsamic vinegar. Diners then forked and knifed their way through a tenderloin filet and squab, with four courses still to come.

Wrapping up the dinner was an aspara-gus salad served with champagne vinai-grette and radish, as well as a torchon of

foie gras on buckwheat blini. The dessert courses featured eclairs with dark choco-

late lavender ganache and cheese. While James Cameron may have painted a

picture of what it was like to be aboard the seemingly unsinkable luxury liner, the way to really experience the end of the mother of all shipwrecks is to dine like its first-class travelers. The Brownstone team is known to tempt and tantalize the palate and focus on the entire dining experience. You won’t leave disappointed. Indeed, a wonderful way to honour the 100th Anniversary of that fateful voyage. Reserve your seat by calling 250-851-9939 for tickets. Leo DiCaprio is not included in the dinner unfortunately.

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Connie and Dale DaCaire, owners of the Brown-stone Restaurant, hope to make their re-creation of the Titanic’s last meal a tremendous success.

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As of Monday, April 16, the City will have tree coupons val-ued at twenty dollars available to the public. Residents who would like a tree coupon can pick one up at City Hall at 7 Victoria Street West, or the Public Works Cen-tre at 955 Concordia Way, during regular business hours, Monday to Friday, 8:30 am to 4:00 pm.

There are one thousand coupons available and they are on a first come, first served basis, at a limit of one coupon per household. The coupon can also be used towards the purchase of fruit trees.

The City has other tree plant-ing incentives for residents,

which include:Boulevard Tree Planting Pro-

gram – This program allows neighbourhoods to apply for trees to be planted on their street if homeowners agree to be respon-sible for irrigating them.

Kamloops Community Forest – This is a Communities in Bloom Legacy Project where people can dedicate a memorial or celebra-tory tree in the area set aside be-tween Riverside Park and Pioneer Park or in other park areas.

For more information or to ap-ply to participate in any of these programs, please visit www.kam-loops.ca/trees.

In celebration of April 4, Refugee Rights Day, the Kamloops Immi-grant Services would like to officially announce the sale of their inter-national cookbook, “Ethnic Flavours in My Kitchen”.

This cookbook was the creation of clients and contacts of the agency that lovingly supplied recipes from their home countries.

Books are available at the Kamloops Immigrant Services office, 109 Victoria Street with all proceeds going back into helping newcomers, minorities and refugees in our community.

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Are you ready Kamloops? It’s officially the start of year two for Roller Derby. After such a successful first year, and some amazing league building during the off season, the Tournament City Derby Dolls (TCDD) are ready to take their second year head on. Literally.

It seems like yesterday for Kamloops’ only Roller Derby league, that their humble be-ginnings started with a handful of girls and a dream, to introduce a new and incredibly ex-citing and entertaining sport to the Tournament Capital. With a great group of women and a pile of hard work, the first year was a smash-ing success, bringing upwards of 800 people to each home game or “bout” in town.

Kamloops went derby crazy! The city em-braced this unique and very real sport. Fast forward a year later and the numbers have grown to 56 league members. The Dolls now have enough girls to form two teams within the TCDD league. The teams will be broken up into a Team A with its veterans and a Team B with its rookies and up-and-coming stars. This season promises not to disappoint.

Starting with the Dolls’ first home bout on Saturday, April 21 against The Anarchy Angels of Vancouver at Memorial Arena, Purple Pain is the theme we can all enjoy with a classic 80’s vibe. We can also expect something different from the TCDD this year. Kamloops will see its first doubleheaders. This means two “jam” packed games full of what everyone comes to see; an incredibly athletic, hard hitting group of

women in great outfits. Let’s not forget the beer gardens and entertainment as well.

Also new this year, 100 lucky fans can pur-

chase season tickets for $40. At this price you get one doubleheader game for free. Only 100 will be printed and they will only be sold until May 1.

Kamloops is but one city that has had a der-by explosion. There are currently 52 teams in BC alone. This number is up from six teams just three years ago. The only thing holding this incredible sport in Kamloops back is the lack of practice space in the off season.

The TCDD continue their endless search for a permanent, year round facility. It is only then that the greatness that surrounds this sport can flourish.

“We would love to expand and introduce a junior derby league for the aspiring young athletes, but we just can’t make that move un-til we have the means to do so,” says media liaison, Jayne Allen a.k.a. Lucky 13.

The hope is that very soon, this ongoing problem can be rectified and roller derby in Kamloops can become what it is meant to be, a viable and lucrative sport for the city. The Tournament Capital will one day become the derby meca, bringing thousands of players and fans to our city.

Tickets for Purple Pain are $10 in advance or $15 at the door. Tickets can be purchased at the Ruby Room (265 Victoria Street) or Columbia Springs Water Company (797 Notre Dame). For more information on the Tournament City Derby Dolls, find them on facebook at www.facebook.com/tournamentcityderbydolls.

Big hits. Little shorts. Dolls in it to win it!

Dana Kushner, a.k.a. Purple Kush, and the rest of the Tournament City Deby Dolls are ready for their first roller derby bout of the season on April 21.

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Policing priorities announced

After a month of con-sultation sessions, open public forums and meet-ings with community groups, civic leaders, the business improvement associations and with the members and staff at the Kamloops RCMP detach-ment, the policing priori-ties for the 2012/2013 fis-cal year have been identi-fied as follows:

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The priorities were out-lined by Superintendent Yves Lacasse during a meeting held with Mayor and Council on April 2. In associated correspon-dence to the civic lead-ers, Supt. Yves Lacasse stated, “After a careful review of all information, we identified the follow-ing priorities we will be focusing on over the next year. These are not enu-merated in order of prior-ity, we will treat them all with the same level of importance and focus.”

Kamloops has been identified as one of the safest BC communities in which to live and the RCMP is committed to working with all its part-ner agencies to maintain public peace and security in all our neighborhoods.

RIVER CLEAN-UP!

The Thompson River Interior Paddle Sports Club (TRIPS) in Kamloops launched a major river cleanup from Riverside Park to Thompson Drive Boat Launch on April 5 to 7.“This is a mammoth effort to get the river banks cleaned up. When you paddle along the river you can notice the trash that is dumped down our river banks; it is quite disturbing what people throw out in our natural areas,” said Darryl Spencer.Pictured here is Darryl Spencer and his grand kids helping to clean up the river bank. A few of the carelessly discarded items found were a lawnmower in the river as well as a couch and carpet.


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LIVING EXHIBIT SEEKS TATTOOED MODELSOne of BC’s most innovative art exhibits is back. Kamloops Arts Council’s Body Beautiful: Art Redefined, which takes place April 26, 6:30 to 8:30pm at Instinct Adornment, 319 Victoria Street, will showcase the tattoos and body art of live models, such as Shanda Sampson, pictured here in last year’s exhibit.The exhibition acknowledges the body as art, in and of itself; the body is the canvas, the medium is ink. Models will be staged with a free-hanging body-sized frame in front of them, presenting a live exhibition.The Body Beautiful: Art Redefined originated in Kamloops in 2006. This year’s event is hosted as the opening of the Kamloops Arts Council’s Downtown Artwalk and is a part of BC Arts & Culture Week from April 22 to 28.Do you have a tattoo, bold hairstyle, or other body adornment you’d like to exhibit? Email [email protected], phone 250-372-7323, or download the application form.

Day of Caring builds relationshipsThe United Way Day

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build a fence all while learning about the pro-grams and services the organization has to offer.

BCLC has been a long-time supporter of United Way and a great partner in both the annual cam-paign and working to-wards a strong, healthy and inclusive community. The United Way thanks BCLC’s employees for their hard work and gen-erosity in raising nearly

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On April 21, the Karla Pearce Art Gallery will celebrate the opening of its new 950 square foot art gal-lery and its working studio, which is rapidly becoming a creative resource for the area. Nine special artists will inaugurate the newly opened downtown gallery.

Karla Pearce will be featuring several locally inspired large-scale abstract paintings as well as some of her plein air landscapes. Colourist Ken Farrar will be show-ing his colourful Phosphorescent Landscapes and Tim Francis will be showcasing his unique Kamloops inspired paintings, as well as new works by Deborah Swain and Ann Cormack. Amanda Buder Eccleston will be showing her never-seen-before collection of newly fired ceramics. Also show-ing are the intricate Mosaics by William Frymire, fractured glass by Vinessa Scherrer and hand made jewellery by Dianne Leiskau

and Deborah Swain. “ I wanted to open a gallery in

Kamloops that created opportuni-ties both as a vibrant place for learning and inspiration for stu-dents as well as a cultural destina-tion, showcasing the talented and diverse wealth of quality art that exists right here in Kamloops,” says gallery director Karla Pearce. “This show will allow visitors to experience great art through the eyes of its local artists, and to see works that have never been shown publicly.”

The gallery will also be showcas-ing select paintings by Kamloops most promising emerging young art students.

The Grand Opening of the Karla Pearce Art Gallery will be held Saturday, April 21 from 6:00 to 8:30pm at 607 Victoria Street. Refreshments will be served. For info phone 250-828-2032 or www.karlapearcegallery.com.

The International Humanitarian Hope Society has a group of 19 people going to Beijing to volunteer in the largest Blind Orphanage in China. These people are from the USA and Canada and the society is holding a fund-raiser on April 26, a chicken and spaghetti dinner including dessert and tea/coffee at Mount Paul Golf Course Restaurant.

They are raising $25,000 to open a blind orphanage and clinic in the province of Henan, China - this will be the start up fees for this home.

The International Humanitarian Hope Society volunteer trip will be to the largest blind orphanage in China, outside Beijing (the first home for the blind). They will be working with the children as well as many jobs on the 17-acre property, including yard work, spring cleaning etc.

Anyone interested in attending this fundraiser dinner at Mt. Paul Golf Course can get tickets at the clubhouse or call 250-572-3321 for tickets.

Some of the magnificent artwork that can be viewed at the new Karla Pearce Art Gallery on the 600 block of Victoria Street.


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After a two-year hiatus, up-and-coming pilot Brendan Lan-glois recently made a return to the driver’s seat. Taking to the New Smyrna Speedway, a half-mile high-banked asphalt oval in New Smyrna Beach, Florida for his Pro Late Model 100 de-but, Langlois picked up right where he left off. Returning to racing action with Tim Russell Inc. (TRI), Langlois and the en-tire TRI crew quickly reestab-lished their bond and impressed during his racing comeback.

Pre-event testing showed Lan-glois’s talent had not diminished despite being out of a racecar for the last two years. Posting consistently strong and fast laps, Langlois was determined to not let lost time hold him back. With his great car control and quick adaptability, the Kamloops na-tive looked like a seasoned vet-eran and proved to be one of the fastest cars during official prac-tice on Saturday. Keeping up his quick pace during qualifying, Langlois capped off his official return to racing by posting an excellent lap of 18.03 seconds, only .14 off the leader. Choos-

ing to run on the sticker tires due to the benefit gained during the scheduled 100 lap event, Lan-glois’s time placed him fifth on the grid but surely could have went for pole had he been on scrubbed tires.

With a solid qualifying effort complete and Langlois set to take on the challenging wheel-to-wheel action of the Pro Late Model 100 season opener, rac-ing was not to be as officials had to call the race due to rain just minutes before cars were to take to the track. While not surprised since rain was in the forecast, Langlois was left dis-appointed but still encouraged for the future.

“Despite the race being rained out I’m really happy with how everything went at New Smyr-na Speedway for my first time in a Pro Late Model,” ex-plained Brendan. “I learned a lot about the car and was able to get right back into the swing of things after a two year break from racing.”

With the event rescheduled for the following weekend, time constraints and availability of team personnel made it impos-sible for Langlois to contest the make-up race. Another more suitable date will be chosen for Langlois to return, once again to the driver’s seat. The Tim Rus-sell Inc. team was extremely pleased with the performance of their newly acquired develop-ment driver, with Langlois cer-tain to continue his comeback in due time.

Langlois has plans to run up-wards of a dozen more races in 2012 with TRI.

For more information about Brendan Langlois, please visit his website at www.Brendan-Langlois.com.

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Kamloops race car driver, Brendan Langlois, recently made a return to the drivers seat in the Pro Late Model 100 ranks. Photo: Jim Jones

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Kamloops Symphony presents Clarinet and Company to be held on April 14 at 7:30pm at the Calvary Community Church, 1205 Rogers Way. Kamloops Symphony principle clarinet-ist Sally Arai is well known to Kamloops audiences. The string quartet is made up of violinists Cvetozar Vutev and Annette Dominik, violist Veronique Saucier and cellist Olivia Walsh.

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ten for the combination of first and second violin, viola and cello include some of the best-known works in the classical music reper-toire, with most major composers having written string quartets start-ing in the 18th century. Some typi-cal variations remove or replace one of the violins with piano, or add piano in the case of a piano quintet. The clarinet quintet con-sists of string quartet and clarinet.

Tickets for this performance are available through Kamloops Live Box Office at 250-374-5483.

The Kamloops Central Business Improvement Association has invited your Kamloops Arts Council to its Spring Festival! For the second year in a row, they have been asked to coordinate a one-day exhibit of art-ists and artisans during this three-day outdoor street event (May 10 to 12). Art on the Street will be held on Saturday, May 12 from 10am to 4pm, taking over the entire 300-block of Victoria Street. The Kamloops Arts Council is looking for artists and artisans to sell their work and/or demonstrate their craft. Their part in the festival will be on Saturday only, but you are encouraged to come down and participate in the rest of the Spring Festival with friends and family. To register for Art on the Street, you must fill out the form and submit a non-refundable registra-tion fee with your application. There is no jury process for this event, it’s first-come, first-served. Applications and payment must be received at the Kamloops Arts Council office no later than Saturday, April 28. Drop off or mail the application form to: Kamloops Arts Council, 7 Seymour Street West, V2C 1E4 or email the application form: [email protected]. Applications can be found on their website at [email protected]. For more information, contact Kathy: 250-372-7323.


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Musicians compete for awardKamloops Festival of the Performing Arts and Kamloops Symphony

2012 Kamloops Symphony Award Competition happens on Sunday, April 15 at St. Andrews Presbyterian Church at 2:00 pm. Tickets at the door. Since its inception in 1991, a partnership between the Kamloops Festival of the Performing Arts and the Kamloops Symphony has pro-vided an opportunity for musicians participating in the festival to apply for consideration for the Kamloops Symphony Award. The objective of the award is to offer valuable performance experience to exceptional young musicians who have advanced to a senior level and may plan to pursue a career in music.

Applicants must have prepared a concerto or similar solo work suit-able for performance with orchestra and must be recommended by the festival adjudicator for their discipline. At the conclusion of the annual festival, the recommended musicians perform for Kamloops Symphony Music director Bruce Dunn and a small panel of other local musicians to choose a winner. The successful competitor is awarded the opportunity to appear as a soloist with the Kamloops Symphony during the following concert season, usually during the Christmas concerts.

This year, three musicians will compete for the honour of a solo performance with the Kamloops Symphony. They are Marcella Barz, (clarinet), Andrew Stoney (piano) and Rebecca Ruthven (violin). You can hear them perform for the panel, with piano accompaniment, on Sunday, April 15 at 2:00 pm at St. Andrews Presbyterian Church.

Starting in fall 2012 School District #73’s Sa-Hali Secondary School is offering the DigiPen seven module 540 hour Acad-emy in video game development that will earn students 16 elective credits towards graduation and advanced credit in up to four first year computing science courses at Thompson Rivers University or advanced credit to attend DigiPen campus locations in Redmond, Singapore or Bilbao, Spain..

The DigiPen Technology Acad-emy is a full-time program run-ning each block in the entire first semester at Sa-Hali Secondary School for students in grades 11 and 12. Students will then return to their home schools/courses for the second semester.

Students will learn Applied Computer Science for Games (CS), which introduces students to the fundamentals of program-

ming, including control flows and basic data types. Students will demonstrate their under-standing of these concepts by programming basic games. Ap-plied Math for Games (MAT) covers a number of important math concepts, including linear equations, matrices, vectors, and trigonometry, as well as how they apply to the task of video game programming. Applied Phys-ics for Games (PHY) presents an overview of the fundamen-tal laws that govern the physical world, including kinematics and statics, work and energy, Newto-nian dynamics, momentum, and how to simulate these laws in a virtual world.

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n Ladies Auxiliary Legion Branch bursaries available for Grade 12 students. Application forms may be picked up at school or the Legion office, 425 Lansdowne St. Deadline for return is May 15. FMI contact Joan at 250-579-9220.

n Art in the Park applications for performers and community art groups available now. Apply by April 21 through Kamloops Arts Council at www.kam-loopsarts.com.

n Vaughn Butland, From Life: The Figure in Watercolour to Apr. 28 at the Kamloops Arts Council Main Gallery, 7 Seymour St. West.

n Lace, Variations on a Theme, at the old Courthouse Gallery, 7 West Seymour St. Shiela Dunn, glass artist and Jan Seedhouse, weaver, explore lace in two dif-ferent mediums. Open Tues to Fri, 10 to 5, Sat, 10 to 4. No HST, free parking, handicap accessible.

n TRU Actors Workshop pres-ents “Directors Festival”, reper-tory shorts, student directed, April 12-14. FMI call 250-828-5020.

n The Art We Are, 246 Victoria St. 250-828-7998. James Lamb April 13, 8pm, Braden Gates April 17, 8pm and every Friday between 12 to 1pm, the Art We Are hosts Lunchtime Live, an hour of enter-tainment provided by talented local artists.

n Filmtastic Film showing of Cafe De Flore, April 12 at the Paramount Theatre, 503 Victoria St. FMI 250-372-7434.

n Myth & Music Burlesque at the Blue Grotto, 319 Victoria St. on Apr. 12. Doors 8pm. 19+ show.

FMI or interested in performing: visit facebook.com/kamloops bur-lesque.

n Distinguished Alumni Awards with Ian Hanomansing on Apr. 13 at 6pm at TRU Grand Hall. FMI or to register call 250-828-5264.

n True Perception - Life as Art, with Shastri Rebecca Hazell, April 14 from 9am to 4pm at Shambhala Meditation Group, 433b Lansdowne St. FMI: www.kamloops.shambhala.org or

Evelyn 250-573-5519. n A Cheesy Affair has been

cancelled. It was to be held on April 15 at the Old Courthouse Cultural Centre.

n WINC meeting on April 17 at 7:30am at The Smorgasboard Deli, 225 - 7th Ave. Network with other women and enjoy a great cup of coffee.

n 45th Annual Fine Art Show and Sale on April 21 to 24 from 12 to 5pm, opening night April 20 from 6 to 9pm in Ashcroft at Saint

Alban’s Anglican Church Hall, 503 Brink St.

n Spring Dinner and Fashion Show presented by the Can-Ital Ladies on April 25 at 6:30pm at the Colombo Lodge. Tickets at the Hair Specialists, Jardines Domaine and Josephine Bruno 250-828-2225.

n Kamloops Choristers Spring Concert on April 27 at 7:30pm at St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, 1136 6th Ave.

n Bake Sale on April 28 at 10am at Legion Branch 52, 425 Lansdowne St. No early sales. FMI 250-579-9220.

n A Day at Chef School on April 28 and 29 from 9am to 4pm at TRU Culinary Department. FMI or registration contact www.bcliv-ingarts.ca.

n TRU Alumni Association Golf Tournament on May 11 at 12:30pm at Pineridge Golf Course. Register online at www.tru.ca/alumni or FMI contact 250-828-5264.

n Call For Artists! Downtown Spring Arts Festival on May 10 to 12 needs painters, chalk art-ists, mini muralists and window painters in the 100 to 300 blocks of Victoria St. FMI contact the KCBIA at [email protected] or call 250-372-3242.

n No BC Smart Meters infor-mation meetings held every Saturday from 1 to 3pm at Desert Gardens, 554 Seymour St. FMI [email protected].

n Kamloops Garden Club meets at 7pm on the fourth Wed. of every month at Heritage House, 100 Lorne St. FMI call Jeanne at 250-573-3160.

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PICKIN’ AND GRINNIN’ AT THE ART WE ARE - Braden Gates will be performing at The Art We Are, 246 Victoria St. on April 17 at 8pm. Braden picked up the guitar at age seven and now at 19 is an exceptional musician interweaving traditional Canadian fiddle tunes with beautiful original melodies on guitar. Braden’s heartfelt lyrics, unassuming stage presence and natural good humour creates a live show that leaves his audience cheering for more.

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KamClean WeekApril 15 - 22, 2012

Register Your SchoolThis program challenges all city schools to register online and pick a day to help clean up litter around your neighbourhood and your schoolyard. Let’s all pitch in to make Kamloops cleaner.

Visit www.kamloops.ca/kamclean to register today!

Hazardous Household and Electronic Waste Drop-off ~ June 2Bring your household chemical products, old TVs, computers, and other electronic waste to a free drop-off at the Mission Flats Recycling Depot on E-Waste Day - June 2.

Earth Day ~ April 22Do your part for Earth Day by:

• Taking Transit, carpooling or walking to school or work• Participating in the KamClean Challenge • Packing a litterless lunch• Composting household waste and applying mulch around plants to reduce

evaporation and save water• Purchasing environmentally friendly cleaning products

Business Clean Up Day ~ April 18Businesses on the south and north shores are encouraged to participate in a cleanup with Smart Options and Communities in Bloom. Contact KCBIA at 250-372-3242 or [email protected].

Council Clean Up Day ~ April 16City Council with Communities in Bloom will be doing litter pick up around town.

Free Landfill Day* ~ April 15Before you make a trip to the landfill, ask your-self if the items can be reused or recycled. Use our Product Care drop-off for paints, solvents, pesticides and flammable liquids. Please visit www.productcare.org for a list of acceptable items. *Barnhartvale & Misson Flats landfills only

Yard WastePlease dispose of any yard waste at one of the many sites in Kamloops: Cinnamon Ridge, Barnhartvale or McGill Rd. See maps of these sites at www.kamloops.ca/garbage/yardwastesites.shtml

Earth Run ~ June 2This non-competitive run/walk is Kamloops’ annual green participation community event. Get involved on June 2. More info at www.earthrun.com

Adopt-A-Road Day ~ April 20The Adopt-A-Road program allows clubs, citizens and private organizations the opportunity to help keep Kamloops beautiful by volunteering to pick up litter along a designated street, and in return, receive a placard with their name along their street. Sign up your group today! Call 250-828-3400.

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