The City of Kamloops will be hosting an open house on June 21st from 6-8 pm at the Valleyview Community Hall (2288 Park Drive).
Information concerning potential bicycling/pedestrian crossing alternatives at the Valleyview Drive interchange will be provided.
Residents of Kamloops are encouraged to attend and provide comments on this project.
For more information, please contact Ken Karunaratne, Kamloops Traffic and Transportation Engineer, at 828-3564.
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Don't miss the Chamber's June Social at the South Thompson Inn, Guest Ranch and Conference Centre on Wednesday, June 22nd from 5-7 pm.
There will be great prizes, great food and an opportunity for you to network with other Chamber members. You'll also have an opportunity to view the renovations which have transformed the Manor House. This is one social you will not want to miss.
Exhibit your business at this Social.
For more information, please contact the Kamloops Chamber of Commerce at 372-7722.
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Daily News Online Mon Jun 6 2005
Money to help fund a Valleyview secondary student’s trip to Newfoundland is slowly trickling in, but $3,000 more is needed if she is to make the trip.
Grade 12 student Michele Richard has raised $1,000 to attend this year's Shad Valley program at Memorial University in St. John's, Nfld.
The program takes the top senior high school students in Canada to one of 11 universities for the month of July. The students attend lectures and workshops and take part in group projects designed to help them get ahead in the world, she said.
The trip will cost Michele $4,000. Her parents are providing some money, but she’s turned to local businesses and community groups for help.
"It's going slowly and not as I expected,” she said. "More individual people have been willing to help out. I thought there might be more community groups."
Scott Carson, Michele’s chiropractor, and emergency room staff at Royal Inland Hospital are among those who have made a donation.
"I'm a candy striper at the emergency room. Kamloops should know that we have such an awesome group of emergency room people. They have raised $200 ... and have been so persistent and awesome," she said.
Michele admits she wasn’t expecting to attend Shad Valley, which is why she is in a hurry to raise money for the trip.
"I'm usually working during the summer. If I had thought I'd have been accepted, I would have started setting money aside earlier," she said.
"I can’t put into words how much I appreciate the help I’ve received. That's just: Wow."
Anyone wishing to help Michele make the trip is asked to contact her through the school at 372-5231. She leaves for Newfoundland in July.
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Daily News Online Tue May 31 2005
Opening a direct waterway between Kamloops and Salmon Arm was just one local policy passed by B.C. Chamber of Commerce members at their annual general meeting this weekend.
Resolutions to establish an inland port and restore business owners with the right to vote in civic and provincial elections were also accepted, Tim Schindel, president of the Kamloops Chamber of Commerce, said Sunday.
"This was really democracy in action," Schindel said of the three-day meeting at Harrison Hot Springs. "Everyone was working together and making deals to help each other out."
The Kamloops chamber sent 11 delegates, the largest at the meeting. Each worked with other chamber members, resulting in the policies being passed during a number of "intense policy sessions," he said.
A key policy the B.C. Chamber will petition the provincial government to adopt is creating a dependable waterway from Kamloops Lake to Salmon Arm.
This requires the dredging of sand bars and drifts along the river bottom to allow pleasure craft unhindered access from the lake to the Shuswap, said Schindel.
"This would certainly be good for tourism. We could create a dependable waterway for tours so people could take their pleasure craft through," he said.
Schindel was also excited about the B.C. Chamber’s endorsement of restoring the business vote. This allows business owners to have a voice in city and provincial elections.
"A downtown business owner can vote in a civic election as a citizen, but not as the owner of a business. As a business owner, their vote is not represented," he said.
"Business owners pay a lot of property tax. We lobbied they be represented in the elections and the B.C. Chamber supported the policy."
Having the B.C. Chamber behind the building of an inland port in Kamloops will also pay off for the city. Such a service will lead to the creation of several high-end and high-paying jobs, said Schindel.
John Winter, president of the B.C. Chamber of Commerce, said the Kamloops chamber is a positive example for groups provincewide.
"Their policy resolutions are reflective of the concerns of businesses across the province," he said.
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