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who doesn’t love food? For most of us, food is what makes our world go around! i could go on and on about the food that i love; the fresh pasta from Fratelli’s, that delightful quinoa chocolate cake from The art we are, the cheese and pota-toes from oops Café, my morn-ing mocha from Caffe Motivo… Kamloops has some great places to drink, dine and enjoy and i know at least one other person who enjoys eating out as much as i, well probably more.

okay, it would be a small exag-geration to say i actually know this person, more like i have read what they have had to say about some of my favourite local eateries, and some that i have not actually had the pleasure or time to explore. The first genu-ine Kamloops food blogger has been chatting up food in the city for the last couple years and if you also appreciate food, it is something you will want to have a look at. born out of a move to Kamloops a few years ago, the blog is humourous and awe-some. it even took us to fictional storybrooke this week to try out granny’s diner.

“i started ‘Love of eating’ in 2009 and published the first post in January 2010,” our anony-mous patron explains. “when i

lived on the coast, i often looked to local blogs for a peek inside restaurants which i may want to visit. i love looking at customer photos of what a restaurant has to offer. photos are way more inter-esting than reading a menu! after

learning i’d be moving out here, the first question from people around me was, ‘where are you going to eat?’ They were asking out of genuine concern, rather than curiosity. i searched, oh boy did i search, for current informa-

tion regarding the food scene out here, and i came up empty. i couldn’t find anyone chatting about food in this area at that time. even the customer reviews on food and travel sites were ter-ribly out of date. so i thought, i mind as well start documenting my little journey of discovery as a newbie to the interior.”

Curious if the local foodie has visited your favourite restaurant and what they thought of the fare? you will have to check them out at www.lvoe.ca and read for yourself. it is also a great place to learn about your city. even as a fairly knowledge-able resident, i had no idea that art Knapp had a bistro inside it until reading about it in the ‘Love of eating’!

“i do not blog about every res-taurant i eat at,” she continues. “That doesn’t mean that i won’t eventually get around to the ones i’ve left out, but sometimes there is just not enough time in my day to write multiple posts. For exam-ple, today i visited two different places. i will choose the experi-ence that i think has the most interesting story to tell. The other one, i’m sure i’ll visit again some-time down the road, and perhaps it will have its own story then.”

Long story, short… there is no

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For the second time in one week, Kamloops received high ratings in a national scorecard of communities across the country. on March 22, KpMg announced that Kamloops was chosen as the top british Columbian commu-nity for overall competitiveness to do busi-ness. Twenty-six business factors were com-pared against 110 cities in 14 countries around the world. Key elements considered in the ranking include cost of labor, taxes, real es-tate and utilities. other non-cost competitive comparisons include availability of education and skilled labor, infrastructure, regulatory en-vironment, cost of living, and personal qual-ity of life. other british Columbian cities on the list include prince george, Vancouver and Victoria.

earlier last week, Kamloops was ranked 44th of out of 190 Canadian cities as the best City to Live by Moneysense Magazine. The city

shot up the list 66 places from its 106th rat-ing in 2011. only saanich and Victoria ranked higher than Kamloops in 2012.

Mayor peter Milobar is pleased with Ka-mloops’ position on both national rankings. “Kamloops is being recognized as the place to do business, not only in b.C., but across the country. This is something we need to be bold about,” states Mayor Milobar. Milobar further comments, “when you combine busi-ness competitiveness with one of the best cit-ies to live in Canada, you’ve got a community that is positioned to grow and prosper. That’s something we all have a stake in and can be proud of.”

Venture Kamloops is not surprised with the results. Kamloops has worked hard to devel-op a community that is not only attractive for business investment, but provides and excel-lent place to live and raise a family. “it is now

our time to shine.” says Venture Kamloops ex-ecutive director dan sulz. “The combined re-sults of the KpMg Competitive alternatives study and the recent ranking in Moneysense Magazine top Canadian cities is proof that Ka-mloops is the place to start a business, expand and grow your business and will provide ex-cellent marketing material for the City,” com-ments sulz. This is excellent news with per-fect timing as sulz heads out to participate in immigration fairs with the provincial nomi-nee immigration program (bC government) to attract businesses and people to live, work and play in Kamloops.

in 2011, Kamloops won the b.C.’s Most small business Friendly award and was ranked the top community for investment in the b.C. interior by the real estate investment network. Kamloops was also recognized as the fastest growing small business community in b.C. by small business b.C. and as a top ten city of the future in the americas by For-eign direct investment Magazine.

Kamloops receives impressive global ranking again

ACtive AwArenessThe group, ‘Towards an Ajax-free Healthy Local’, met at Kamloops Public Library on Thursday, March 23 to participate in an action regarding the proposed Ajax Mine project. Public input time was extended and the group plans to stay active with locals, hoping to bring awareness and pressure for further environmental review. Their action included a visual parade of music, animal costumes, art, medicine walking sticks and feathers.

shortage of interesting stuff on the internet. even here in Kamloops, outside the foodie reach of Vancouver we have our very own food writer! Like all really terrific blogs, it is written out of love, not greed. no one knows how many people are reading it and no one cares!

“i know there are several wonderful people whom i appreciate so much that take the time to comment every now and again. but other than that, i’m not sure [how many people are reading it]. i am not a Twitter-er, or a Facebook-er. Twitter and Facebook are instru-mental in terms of getting information out there, and Love of eating does not participate in either, nobody knows i write a blog. i’ve never revealed to tell any of my friends, family, colleagues or acquaintances that i pen a blog. i never talk about blogging or the blog to anyone either. it’s a bit like Fight Club that way.”

Log onto the blogosphere and check out the witty and hilarious ‘Love of eating’ blog. it is packed full of fun and food! www.lvoe.ca.

Tanya Orozco, freelance

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Kamloops a semi-finalist in Live right now Challenge!CbC announced Kamloops as

a semi-finalist in the Live right now cross Canada challenge. Kamloops came in number one in all of bC with the most points awarded based on the participa-tion from its Facebook members. as a semi-finalist we have been asked to do one more challenge: create an event that proves we are the Live right now Capital of Canada! The timing couldn’t

be better with the upcoming 25th anniversary rick hansen relay. The TCC ambassadors will be hosting an interactive booth at the rick hansen festivities taking place at the Tournament Capital Centre on Thursday, March 29 promoting the Live right now challenge. They will have healthy activities to participate in and Live right now prizes to give away. residents are encouraged

to stop by the Live right now booth as well share their photos and videos of the festivities on Facebook and/or Twitter.

The winning community will be announced on Friday, april 13 and will be rewarded with a natu-ral playground valued at more than $100,000! The Canadian wildlife Federation has teamed up with bienenstock natural playgrounds and parks Canada to

custom design and build a natural playground that will reflect the natural heritage of the nearest national park.

Kamloops is one step closer to becoming the Live right now Capital of Canada and with the support of its residents Kamloops will be able to acquire another park for the community!

Visit www.cbc.ca/liverightnow for more information.

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Is Spring finally here? The beautiful front window of Bloom Florist at 351 Victoria Street would suggest so with it’s colourful spring flowers on display!

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Monzone Challenge!

Is there any way to make spring cleaning more enjoyable?

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decorating and changing up colours.

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a shot of scotch, lingerie and blaring the music.

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To simply not do it.

Lace up for Downtown Artwalk From april 23 to May 21, downtown

Kamloops is going to start looking a little more artistic. watch for the downtown artwalk map and the ‘big red foot’ dis-played at downtown businesses, and dis-cover amazing local artists and their works of art installed in shopfront windows!

The downtown artwalk partners local businesses with artists, providing a unique self-guided experience to customers, visi-tors and the general public. This is a won-derful opportunity for artists to market and promote themselves in a highly visible venue, and for businesses to increase traffic and show their support for the arts.

put yourself (or your business) on the map, literally! application deadline for artists and retailers is March 31. For more details and to apply, visit www.kamloop-sarts.ca.

The downtown artwalk is in celebration of bC arts and Culture week, april 22 to 28. This year’s event benefits options and opportunities, an adult day program for people with disabilities.

The Kamloops arts Council’s downtown artwalk is sponsored by artsbC, bC arts Council, City of Kamloops, KCbia, instinct adornment, downtown echo and Karateristics.

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Dear Editor,The controversial practice of frack-

ing (hydraulic fracturing) is facing mounting opposition all across Canada.

Fracking is a contentious method of extracting unconventional natu-ral gas, primarily from shale. The technique involves the injection of sand, millions of litres of water, and thousands of litres of unidentified chemicals underground at very high pressure in order to create fractures in rock formations to extract the trapped gas.

in the us, groundwater contamina-tion has been documented in several areas (pavillion, wyoming; north-eastern pennsylvania; upstate new york). There have also been occa-sions of earthquakes near fracking sites (oklahoma, ohio). Fracking wastewater at numerous sites in the us is too radioactive for water treat-ment plants to cope with safely.

in Canada, there is currently no federal legislation on fracking. oil and gas wells are exempt from the national pollutant release inventory; companies do not have to provide details of the chemicals they use. so municipalities cannot obtain a list of possible contaminants in order

to test to ensure that the chemicals are not present in drinking water. environment Canada reviewed chemicals used in the process in Quebec and the us and found that approximately half did not meet the Chemicals Management plan crite-ria for further investigation.

an environics research poll commissioned by the Council of Canadians found that 62 percent of Canadians (67 percent of british Columbians) support a moratorium on fracking for natural gas until all the federal environmental reviews are complete.

Council of Canadians members

have been at the forefront of local campaigns to stop this dangerous industry and protect their local water sources from toxic chemical and methane contamination. The Council has launched the Fracker Tracker, a web-map that will help track frack-ing threats across the country.

people can sign the petition to stop fracking at www.canadians.org/fracking.

Meetings of the Kamloops Chapter of the Council of Canadians are held at 5:30 the second wednesday of every month at the smorgasbord deli on 7th ave.

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Concerns about hydraulic fracturing

Just hAnging Around

Our roving crackerjack Echo reporter caught this daring window washer on the former BMO building on the corner of 2nd and Victoria Street on March 23. This brave soul couldn’t have asked for a nicer day to be scrubbing windows!

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united way board of directors and Community representatives met with 27 local agencies seeking funding for 2012. $800,000 was granted to organizations working together to meet united way outcomes in the areas of Moving people from poverty to possibility, all that kids can be and healthy people, strong communities.

United Way gets community investments

Calling all artisans and entertainers!The heritage society is taking applications for the artisan square hap-

pening every saturday in July and august, and including september 1 at gaglardi square. This is a fun-filled, enjoyable event showcasing local arti-sans and entertainers. if you would like to showcase your talent and to find more information, call st. andrews on The square at 250-377-4232.

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some businesses just get it right. when you can find the right formula, then perfect it over time, the result is a prosper-ous, 30 year, downtown success story. Kamloops office systems has firmly planted itself in our city. operating out of the down-town, they have strong ties with businesses that make up the core as well as the rest of the city. Their presence in known not only because of the sheer amount of business they do, but also by the way they give back to the community. They sponsor many teams such Kamloops blazers, minor hockey and golf tourna-ments. They also try to keep com-munity minded in their business approach. They are not just about copiers and stationary. Kamloops office systems is a hand select-ed, team of professionally trained

sales and service technicians. even their sales reps are techni-cally trained to better serve their clients needs.

when asked what really sets them apart from the competition, the incredibly friendly staff all replied with the same enthusias-tic answer, “Customer service”. “we treat each and every business individually. we cater to the per-son, not just the business “ says sales rep robin sandeman-allen. robin wasn’t the only employee passionate about their job. The rest of the staff all shared robin’s enthusiasm. They clearly are a happy staff who believe in their product. For more information on Kamloops office systems, please call 250-372-0955 or visit them on line at www. Kamloops office systems.com.

Cristina Ostapovitch, freelance

Can you copy this?(L-R) Rob Aronowski, Will Muir, Melisa Muir, Robin Sandeman-Allen, Jeannie Jittler and Jessie Lindores are part of the Kamloops Office System team.

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Distinguished Alumni Awards

April 13, 2012 TRU Grand Hall

Guest SpeakerIan Hanomansing, CBC

“ Five Things that Make Canada Great that Most of Us Take for Granted”

2012 Distinguished Alumni Award winners

Amanda JonesBSC in progress

TRU Distinguished Alumni:

Neil Russel Student Leadership Award

KPMGTRU Distinguished

Alumni:Communit y Milestone

Achievement Award

James McCreathBJour 2002

Communit y Ser vice Award

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TRU Distinguished Alumni:

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April 13, 2012 TRU Grand Hall

Guest SpeakerIan Hanomansing, CBC

“ Five Things that Make Canada Great that Most of Us Take for Granted”

2012 Distinguished Alumni Award winners

Amanda JonesBSC in progress

TRU Distinguished Alumni:

Neil Russel Student Leadership Award

KPMGTRU Distinguished

Alumni:Communit y Milestone

Achievement Award

James McCreathBJour 2002

Communit y Ser vice Award

Paul HouleBSc. 2001

TRU Distinguished Alumni:

Scientif ic Research Award

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Raj ChahalBSW 2002

TRU Distinguished Alumni:

Grace Chronister BSW

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April is Daffodil Month If you want to make a difference in the fight against cancer, the Ca-

nadian Cancer society needs you! daffodil pin and Cut Flower Vol-unteers and door to door Canvassers are needed this april to help the society raise funds for the best in cancer research, prevention and sup-port programs.

Kamloops resident and Canadian Cancer society unit president, gina dillon, gets excited about giving her time and skills, “Two to three hours of your time might seem small, but it really does make a big dif-ference. you feel so good!”

gina, a mother of two young children, says she volunteers for the Canadian Cancer society because the donations are directed towards every cancer. “it doesn’t matter what kind of cancer you have, you’re still suffering and it shouldn’t be that way. our door to door canvassers are out in the community not just to accept donations, but to let their neighbours know what services the society has to support them on their cancer journey.”

Volunteers are the heart of the Canadian Cancer society. if you have a few hours to spare this April and want to make a difference in the fight against cancer, please sign up today.

For more information, please contact gina dillon at 250-574-4250 or ginadillon3@yahoo.ca.

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Ubuntu opens this weekwestern Canada Theatre’s

acclaimed international produc-tion of Ubuntu (The Cape Town project) begins this week on March 29 at sagebrush Theatre. produced in association with Theatrefront (Toronto) and fea-turing actors from south africa and Canada, Ubuntu traces the ties that bind us all, with spirited storytelling, music and dance. ghosts haunt a man and a woman, continents apart, as they are drawn together to discover the secrets of their past.

“ubuntu” is a south african term that, loosely translated, means: “a person is a person through other persons” or “i am because you are.” it is a deeply held belief in one’s connection to community and ancestry. The Co-creators chose to call this pro-duction Ubuntu because this one word illuminates both the content of the play and the creative pro-cess itself.

it all began in 2004 when daryl Cloran traveled to south africa. he wanted to bring a troupe of Canadian actors to Cape Town to work collaboratively with south

african actors to create a play. Mannie Manim, the director of Cape Town’s baxter Theatre Centre, was excited about the idea. so in 2005, five members of Theatrefront’s ensemble traveled to Cape Town (three actors, a playwright and daryl as the direc-tor). They spent a month working at the baxter with four fantastic south african actors, collectively creating an original production. at the end of the month, a south african audience got the first look at what would eventually become Ubuntu.

The world premiere produc-tion of Ubuntu (The Cape Town project) took place at the Tarragon Theatre in 2009 and then the show immediately toured to neptune Theatre in halifax. This production was created through four workshops in two countries over four years with over twenty different artists participating. it is a truly international creation that presents the universality of our struggles and the responsibility we all hold to reach out to each other— whether we live next door or across the ocean.

(L-R) David Jansen, Holly Lewis, Mbulelo Grootboom and Michelle Monteith reheasing in Ubuntu (The Cape Town Project).

Postcards for peacein preparation for the 37th annual walk for peace, the environment

and social Justice set for saturday, May 5, the smorgasboard deli has a thousand postcards for you to pick up and pass around to friends, fam-ily, co-workers and others.

They notify people of the event and can also be used to send a mes-sage to the prime Minister that the federal government needs to act responsibly and to promote peace, protect the environment and estab-lish equality in Canada and around the world.

please stop by and pick up a handful to share with others. The smorgasbord deli is located at 225 - 7th avenue.

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eleven groups in Kamloops and the Thompson Valley will bene-fit from a total of $285,750 in the “special intake” of gaming grants released by the provincial gov-ernment.

They are: Kamloops and dis-trict humane society ($24,000), southern interior weed Manage-ment Committee ($8,000), over-lander ski Club ($6,000), west-ern Canada Theatre Company society ($30,000), arnica artist run Centre society ($25,000), Kamloops symphony society ($35,250), grasslands Conserva-tion Council of british Colum-bia ($60,000), project X Theatre productions society ($30,000), Kamloops sundevils Junior baseball society ($14,000), The british Columbia drama asso-ciation / Theatre bC ($45,000) and Kamloops Five pin bowling Club ($8,500).

in response to the Community

gaming grant review conducted last July, the province reinstated funding to adult arts, culture, and sport organizations, environmen-tal groups and animal welfare agencies. It also increased finan-cial support for organizations that have faced funding reductions in the past three years. This amounts to an additional $15 million in gaming grants for 2011/12.

Community gaming grants al-low non-profit organizations to apply for provincial gaming reve-nues to support direct delivery of a program that benefits the broader community.

“it’s always gratifying to see the diversity of groups receiving gam-ing grants. From theatre groups to a weed management committee, all the way to bowling and junior baseball, these groups all make life in Kamloops better.” said Ka-mloops-south Thompson MLa Kevin Krueger.

groups receive community gaming grants

Make a difference…volunteer!Thinking of making a difference? Volunteers are needed for the

position of restorative justice facilitator. Volunteers must attend a three day facilitator training course, observe, co-facilitate, and facili-tate five conferences to obtain a certificate. a facilitator’s role is to act as a neutral party and to ensure a safe environment for all involved. Must be a team player. For more information call Cst. Leah skotnicki at 250-828-3064 or email: leahskotnicki@rcmp-grc.gc.ca.

The Canadian red Cross is requiring a disaster management vol-unteer to provide social services, support and recovery assistance. responsibilities also include putting response plans into operation, respond to client queries, complete client assessments and admin-istrative follow up, as well as participating in preparedness activi-ties and training. Contact the Community planning and response Coordinator, derek Mahoney or call 1-250-469-3721 or alternatively 1-250-491-8443 ext. 206.

For these and many other volunteer opportunities, check out the website at www.volunteerkamloops.org.

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author g.e.M. Munro will be at Chapters on sunday, april 1 at 12:30pm. step into a secret world, closed to outsiders through stories, videos and photos taking you deeply into the lives of some heroic women and men from the dark slums of a virtually unknown mega-city. Munro is best-selling author of ‘south asian adventures with the active poor’.

gem and his family, british Columbians themselves, now spend much time living in some of the over 3,000 slums of dhaka, bangladesh when they’re not working in Canada to raise funds for their charity, amarok society (www.amaroksociety.org) which brings education to extremely poor children not through build-ing schools, but by teaching their mothers to become neighbour-

hood teachers. 100 percent of profits from the

sale of the book go to amarok society.

Author comes to Kamloops

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Esther Shalev-Gerz, WHITE-OUT: Between Telling and Listening, 2002, installation view, Jeu de Paume, Paris 2010. Photo: Arno Gisinger

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Best selling author G.E.M. Munro is coming to Kamloops to promote his book and raise funds for Amarok.

bC hydro is encouraging british Columbians to support earth hour 2012 by turning off their lights on saturday, March 31 from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. Last year british Columbians saved 117 megawatt hours of electricity and reduced the provincial elec-tricity load by 1.8 percent – the equivalent of turning off 7.8 mil-lion 15-watt compact fluorescent light bulbs for the hour.

To date, 87 municipalities in b.C. have confirmed their participation in this year’s earth hour. in 2011, millions of people in more than 135 countries participated in this symbolic event to show how easy it is to save energy every day.

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celebrating earth hour: head out-side and gaze at the stars (weath-er permitting, of course), host a candlelit dinner for friends and family or camp out with the kids on the living room floor.

british Columbians can extend earth hour into every day through simple conservation actions including:

hanging clothes to dry; turn-ing down the heat; and choos-ing energy star products when upgrading lighting, appliances and electronic equipment.

For more earth hour tips from bC hydro visit www.bchhydro.com/earthhour. For more informa-tion on the event, visit www.wwf.ca/earthhour.

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(L-R) Valley First region council advisor Peter Foodikoff, Valley First’s Linda Lougheed and ICS’s Dede Bone.

a grant from the Valley First Community endowment is al-lowing interior Community ser-vices (iCs) to expand its pro-gramming and deliver greater food and nutrition resources and education in the Thompson, nic-ola and Cariboo regions.

The $6,500 received from the Valley First endowment, which is housed with the First west Foundation, has been used to fund equipment start-up kits and train-the-trainer workshops at in-dependent community kitchens. rather than providing food par-cels, the iCs is providing some-thing even more valuable – food and nutrition education, skills and awareness.

“hunger and food security is-sues are all too real in our com-munities,” says Valley First Ka-mloops branch manager donna erickson. “Valley First’s endow-ment grant will provide the kind of education and assistance that will last much longer than sim-ply giving a person a hot meal. healthy individuals and families are the backbone of strong, sus-tainable communities.”

Through the community kitch-ens program, iCs works to ad-dress issues of food affordability,

availability and healthy prepara-tion. by providing accessible nu-trition-related knowledge, iCs can help reduce the reliance on other community resources.

“The Valley First endowment grant has given us a real boost,” says iCs community develop-ment manager Karen rosenke. “we can now further expand our community kitchens pro-gram and teach even more peo-ple how to eat healthy and within their means. This expansion sim-ply wouldn’t have been possible without the Valley First endow-ment grant.”

in 2011, throughout the okan-agan, similkameen and Thomp-son communities, the First west Foundation supported charities and initiatives helping children, families, and youth at risk of hunger, by donating more than $40,000 to seven organizations from the Valley First Communi-ty endowment. The Valley First Community endowment was created in 2010 with an initial $1 million donation from Valley First as a lasting legacy of com-munity support. each year, First west Credit union donates a portion of its profits to grow the endowment.

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Home Based Business Show hosted by the Heritage Society on Mar 31 from 10am to 3pm at St. Andrews on the Square. It is a fundraiser for the new stained glass windows. Admission is by donation. FMI call 250-377-4232.

Downtown Artwalk from apr. 23 to May 31. deadline for artist entry is Mar. 31. FMi on artist application, email: info@kamloopsarts.ca or go to www.kamloopsarts.ca

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 different mediums. opening april 3 from 2 to 4 pm, artists in attendance, refreshments served. open Tues to Fri, 10 to 5, sat, 10 to 4. no hsT, free parking, handicap accessible.

Feature artist grant Leier, with his col-lection of wild and funky art at the hampton gallery, 167 Fourth ave. until Mar. 31. FMi 250-374-2400.

Ladies Auxiliary General Meeting on april 2 at 1pm at the Legion hall, 425 Lansdowne st. FMi contact Joan at 250-579-9220.

The Art We Are, 246 Victoria st. 250-828-7998. Counter Culprits april 4 at 8pm

Kamloops International Bantam Ice Hockey Tournament from april 4 to 8 needs volunteers for scorekeepers, timekeepers, 50/50 table attendants and rink managers at the ven-ues, sports Center, interior savings Center and brock arena. FMi 250-318-3238.

TRU Actors Workshop presents “directors Festival”, repertory shorts, student directed, april 5-7 and 12-14. FMi call 250-828-5020.

Easter Eggs-citement with uncle Chris the Clown at the bC wildlife park on april 6, 7, 8, 9. FMi contact 250-573-3242 ext.226 or ext.259 or visit the website at www.bczoo.org.

Filmtastic Film showing of Cafe De Flore, april 12 at the paramount Theatre, 503 Victoria st. FMi 250-372-7434.

Distinguished Alumni Awards with ian hanomansing on april 13 at 6pm at Tru grand hall. FMi or to register call 250-828-5264.

A Cheesy Affair on april 15 at 3:30pm at

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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 street.

Call For Artists! downtown spring arts Festival on May 10 to 12 needs painters, chalk artists, mini muralists and window painters in the 100 to 300 blocks of Victoria st. FMi contact the KCbia at info@kcbia.com or call 250-372-3242.

No BC Smart Meters information meet-ings held every saturday from 1 to 3pm at desert gardens, 554 seymour st. FMi email nobcsmartmeters@gmail.com.

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Kamloops Family History Society meet-ings take place on the fourth Thursday of each month (sept to May) from 7-9pm at heritage house, 100 Lorne st. FMi 250-579-2078.

Zumba Big Bash every sat. at Cactus Jacks, 130-5th ave. from 7-8pm. Jan. special: bring a friend and get in free! FMi or tickets contact shay at 250-852-0564 or shalen@shiftenterprises.ca

Soul to Soul sharing and meditation Tuesdays at 7pm from apr. 3 to May 15 at desert gardens, 540 seymour st. FMi contact 250-314-2028 or www.cslkamloops.org.

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Vaughn Butland’s exhibit From Life: The Figure in Watercolour will be on display from March 29 to April 28 at the Kamloops Arts Council Main Gallery, 7 Seymour St. West. Opening night: March 30, 7pm to 9pm.Vaughn is a well-known Kamloops artist who has been painting full-time since 1984. His career has included teaching drawing and painting, publishing reproductions of his work and exhibiting in many one-man shows. His work is collected by both private and corporate interests in Canada and the U.S.

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