North Shore Echo, June 27, 2012
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INSIDE ALSO YOUR NEIGHBOURHOOD. YOUR NEWSPAPER. north shore June 27, 2012 Volume 8 • Number 26 50¢ Newsstand Price New community centre to open – page 2 Talk toys with the Toy Man – page 5 Without a doubt, one of the big- gest highlights of the year are the Canada Day celebrations down at Riverside Park. Each and every year Riverside Park becomes a beehive of activity. The day starts well before day break with volun- teers arriving early and stretches out well after the sun has set. Like Canada itself, Kamloops’ Canada Day is a collaboration of many different groups who come together to produce one of the most highly attended and well produced events of the year. The City of Ka- mloops, Kamloops Multicultural Society and the Kamloops Arts Council, as well as countless com- munity groups, performers, mu- sicians, artists and volunteers put in countless hours of preparation, planning and executing everything with care to make everything big- ger, better and more exciting than the year before. To date, they have always come through but this year the road to Canada Day has taken more work than many before. On flood watch, the City man- agement, staff and mayor have been putting in more overtime than usual. They have been planning for the worst and hoping for the best. City management from many de- partments have been spending large amounts of time up at the Kamloops Emergency Operations Centre located at the Public Works Facilities on Concordia Way. “Information provided indicates that the projected river will ap- proach one in 20 year flows on the North Thompson River and slight - ly above the one in 20 year flows on the South Thompson River,” explains Mayor Peter Milobar. “These projections are at or slight - ly above 1999 levels.” The problem with being right in the midst of a flood watch and warnings all while planning and preparing for the biggest celebra- tion of the year is that no one can be certain what mother nature has planned. Obviously Canada Day celebrations happen at Riverside Park, but what happens if River - side Park is under water? “Our goal is to keep Canada Day celebrations at Riverside Park,” continues Mayor Peter Milobar. “We are 80 percent cer - tain we will be able to do this. We have explored alternate locations in the unfortunate scenario that we cannot go ahead in the park. We have used McArthur Island Celebrate Canada Day… come rain or shine 449 Tranquille Road 250-376-0058 229 Victoria Street 250-372-3565 Royal Inland Hospital (Front Entrance) C A F F E M O T I V O FINE COFFEES & TEAS DESSERTS LIGHT LUNCHES FORMERLY COWBOY COFFEE 228 Tranquille Rd | 250.376.1710 Coffee, subs and more at our 24 hr. convenience store ON THE RUN? ROBO CARWASH & Convenience Store Imperial Oil – continued on page 2 (L-R) Cara Graden, Arts, Culture and Heritage Coordinator for the City of Kamloops and Kathy Sinclair, manager of the Kamloops Arts Council will be ready for Canada Day celebrations rain or shine.
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News for Kamloops North Shore Front- Canada Day celebrations Business- Littlest Toy Shop
Transcript of North Shore Echo, June 27, 2012
INSIDe
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your neighbourhood. your newspaper.
north shoreJune 27, 2012Volume 8 • Number 2650¢ Newsstand Price
New community centre to open – page 2
Talk toys with the Toy Man – page 5
Without a doubt, one of the big-gest highlights of the year are the Canada Day celebrations down at Riverside Park. Each and every year Riverside Park becomes a beehive of activity. The day starts well before day break with volun-teers arriving early and stretches out well after the sun has set.
Like Canada itself, Kamloops’ Canada Day is a collaboration of many different groups who come together to produce one of the most highly attended and well produced events of the year. The City of Ka-mloops, Kamloops Multicultural Society and the Kamloops Arts Council, as well as countless com-munity groups, performers, mu-sicians, artists and volunteers put in countless hours of preparation, planning and executing everything with care to make everything big-ger, better and more exciting than the year before. To date, they have always come through but this year the road to Canada Day has taken more work than many before.
On flood watch, the City man-agement, staff and mayor have been putting in more overtime than usual. They have been planning for the worst and hoping for the best. City management from many de-partments have been spending large amounts of time up at the Kamloops Emergency Operations Centre located at the Public Works
Facilities on Concordia Way.“Information provided indicates
that the projected river will ap-proach one in 20 year flows on the North Thompson River and slight-ly above the one in 20 year flows on the South Thompson River,” explains Mayor Peter Milobar. “These projections are at or slight-ly above 1999 levels.”
The problem with being right in the midst of a flood watch and warnings all while planning and preparing for the biggest celebra-tion of the year is that no one can be certain what mother nature has planned. Obviously Canada Day celebrations happen at Riverside Park, but what happens if River-side Park is under water?
“Our goal is to keep Canada Day celebrations at Riverside Park,” continues Mayor Peter Milobar. “We are 80 percent cer-tain we will be able to do this. We have explored alternate locations in the unfortunate scenario that we cannot go ahead in the park. We have used McArthur Island
Celebrate Canada Day… come rain or shine
449 Tranquille Road250-376-0058
229 Victoria Street250-372-3565
Royal Inland Hospital(Front Entrance)
C A F F E m o t i v oF i n E C o F F E E s & t E A s d E s s E r t s l i g h t l u n C h E s
FoRmERly Cowboy CoFFEE
CCNS - Apr 27 2011.indd 1 4/21/11 4:36:40 PM
228 Tranquille Rd | 250.376.1710
Coffee, subs and more at our 24 hr. convenience store
On the Run?
ROBOCARWASH &Convenience Store
Imperial Oil
RSOE - fr ear jan 25 2012.indd 1 1/23/12 10:59:55 AM
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(L-R) Cara Graden, Arts, Culture and Heritage Coordinator for the City of Kamloops and Kathy Sinclair, manager of the Kamloops Arts Council will be ready for Canada Day celebrations rain or shine.
