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Merchants Market bigger and better than ever Has the weather got you down? This unbelievably rainy July has been a buzz kill for most of us out here but never fear, Downtown Kamloops has a plethora of activity planned for you to help raise your spirits this week! It’s the most highly coveted week of the year - the annual Downtown Merchants Market, which runs from July 20 to 24 this year! What makes the Downtown Merchants Market so awesome? In a nutshell, it’s not only the five days of super sidewalk sales that really make the Downtown Merchants Market stand out, but all the fun, experience and activity that surrounds those wonderful sales. “This year we have expanded the Merchants Market to five days,” explains Gay Pooler, general manager of the Kamloops Central Business

Improvement Association (KCBIA). “Make sure to join us for our big she-bang Car Free Day this Saturday. We will have the 200 and 300 blocks of Victoria Street closed to traffic where you can come, shop, play and hear live music all day long.” The market starts Wednesday with sidewalk sales and the Kamloops Regional Farmer’s Market on the 400 block of Victoria Street. This is the day to quickly scoop up all those things you’ve been waiting for to be on sale before anyone else gets to them. “Thursday’s Downtown Echo sponsored Taste of Downtown is one of

Street performers Eden Cheung (pictured) and Quinn Beasley will amaze you!

Downtown Kamloops’ truly most sought after events,” continues Gay. “Many downtown restaurants put on their thinking caps and serve some delectable samples from either 11:00 am to 2:00 pm, 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm or all day long. Tasters can purchase a passport from the CAP Team Visitor Info kiosk at the corner of 3rd Avenue and Victoria Street and use it as a guide to figure out which restaurants they would like to try. This year we are using a token system again. For every passport purchase of $15, you receive eight tokens. Additional tokens are only $2 apiece. You can buy passports ahead of time at the Customer Care and Info Centre, 340 Victoria Street.” If that were not already enough, Friday is featuring some class street acts from as far away as Vancouver. They have famous locals Clinton W. Gray who will be performing at Valley First’s Pop Up Picnic 11:30 am and Uncle Chris the Clown who will be at 3rd Avenue and Victoria Street in the afternoon. Vancouverites Eden Cheung and Quinn Beasley will be in town both Friday and Saturday and you will not want to miss their shows! “Eden is a wise cracking, whip cracking, real life, fake cowboy,” tells Gay. “Quinn is a professional circontinued on page 2

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Heritage House Washroom gets an Accessible, Family-Friendly, Gender-Neutral Upgrade Friday, July 15th, marked the official opening of the universally accessible gender-neutral washroom at Heritage House in Riverside Park. MP Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo Cathy McLeod joined Mayor Peter Milobar to mark the occasion during a press event. The 2015 City of Kamloops Corporate Budget identified $120,000 for a family-friendly, gender-neutral washroom upgrade for Riverside Park. The project was funded in part by the Government of Canada’s Enabling Accessibility Fund in the amount of $50,000, a grant providing funding for projects that improve accessibility in communities across Canada. Riverside Park, a beautiful community park, is in the heart of the City Centre. An accessible family-friendly, gender-neutral washroom provides greater access and engagement for Kamloops citizens, lowering barriers to participation and access to park amenities. The impact of these upgrades will be felt not only by children, but also by all park users. Gender-neutral washrooms benefit people who are uncomfortable in men’s or women’s washrooms for many reasons. As well, gender-neutral washrooms support parents and/or caregivers whose children are a different gender from them and people with caregivers or personal attendants who are a different gender from them. Features of the washroom include: family change table; two sinks, designed to accommodate people of all abilities; signage that includes Braille for people with partial sight or complete sight loss; automatic door; washroom space designed to provide wheelchair users ease of navigation; and secure needle disposal container.

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As part of the beautification for downtown Kamloops, this hard working crew of (L-R) Erica Crowe, Kelly Wright and Britnee Neufeld, began the latest alley mural behind the Red Collar Brewing Company. The project is expected to be completed in a month.

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for the whole family. Area mer- continued from front cus artist who was born and raised chants will be bringing their goods in East Vancouver and has been outside and having super sidewalk training and performing for over sales. Combine these things with seven years. His talents range from entertainment and food and you breathtaking fire performances to have yourself one great day! This mesmerizing juggling and aerial is definitely a day that you will not acts! These guys will amaze you want to miss downtown. Last but not least, the market so make sure to come down and is running right until Sunday check out their acts!” This year, Saturday is Downtown and more than 50 merchants are Kamloops’ third annual Car Free open for business. This will be Day from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm on the day to scoop up all those last Victoria Street is a neighbourhood sales and have a great breakfast Block Party with activities, games, before the market closes for yet relaxation pods and experience sta- another year. The Downtown Kamloops Mertions… plus the third annual battle of the bands! This year the day is chant Market runs from Wednesday, being held on a Saturday not the July 20 through Sunday, July 24. Wednesday so more families can You can get a full schedule of events come out and enjoy the festivities. online at www.downtownkamloops. The streets will be full with music, com. Happy shopping! Tanya Orozco, freelance games, activities and adventures

Great tunes, food trucks and free ice cream treats while free ice cream add up to a mem- quantities last. orable night out for the family Of course, there will be plenat the Midsummer Music Jam. ty of treats for the ears with On July 26, BCLC and the some of Canada’s best country City of Kamloops are bringing music acts. Midsummer Music back the special night of enter- Jam will be headlined this year tainment at Music in the Park by talented BC bands Me and to benefit the Kamloops Food Mae and the Chris Buck Band. Bank. This year’s event in RivFood trucks open their doors erside Park will be the largest at 5:00 pm, entertainment at yet and promises a couple new 6:00 pm and the free concert tasty twists. starting at 7:00 pm. There will For the first time ever, Mid- be interactive booths with local summer Music Jam will feature face painters, the River City nine of the finest food trucks in Disney Princesses, Kamloops Kamloops. Concert goers can Hula-Hoopers and much more! indulge their taste buds with The Kamloops Food Bank will cuisine from the city’s most be on location to collect cash popular food trucks and BCLC donations and non-perishable Sidewalk sales at last year’s Merchants Market will once again be giving away food items.

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Heritage BC is calling on the public to nominate BC’s Japanese-Canadian historic places so they can be considered for formal recognition of heritage value. Sites can range from buildings, monuments, cemeteries, parks to entire neighbourhoods or districts, and abandoned sites that once stood, but have now been reclaimed by nature. Following a 2012 provincial apology to JapaneseCanadians by the Province of BC for its part in their internment during the 1940’s, the Japanese Historic Places Recognition Project builds on proactive engagement to recognize contributions of the Japanese-Canadian community in BC. The project is to be completed by Heritage BC on behalf of the BC Ministry of International Trade and the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations. It is the second project in the Provincial Recognition Program following the success of the Rob and Karen, along with daughter Jenna, welcome you to their newly renovated Chinese Historic Places Klasske’s Bistro at 260 3rd Avenue. The family took over the business in April and put Recognition Project undermany hours in to make it their own. They have been serving the public their signature taken in 2015. donairs, wraps and more since May and have not looked back. In fact, they are already Paul Gravett, interim expanding to include a larger eat-in area. It’s business as usual during the expansion. executive director, of Stop by Monday to Saturday from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm. Heritage BC said, “Anyone can nominate a location and you don’t need to be a history expert to let us know what places are important to you. The places don’t have to be particularly grand or even very old. We want Many people know Wai Hung Ma as like people to only donate five dollars and to hear about the sites that person who seeks to lead by example, does if you would like to donate more, send the mean something to those much in life that some consider difficult or challenge to more people to participate and of Japanese descent and the not possible, and demonstrates to Swim All the Wai with him on development of BC.” others that they too can exceed August 19! All funds raised will A selection of the nomitheir perceived barriers in life. In go to the Y Women’s Emergency nated places will be offithat spirit, Wai intends to swim Shelter. cially recognized by the 40 laps (2000 metres!) of the For more information and/or to Government of BC and Kamloops YMCA YWCA pool, help, email Wai at whungma@ placed on both the BC despite some physical limitations gmail.com or Graham Specht at Register of Historic Places and hopefully inspire others to Wai Hung Ma graham@kcris.ca and the Canadian Register do the same on August 19. For more information about of Historic Places. Wai Hung Ma wants to tap into the local the YMCA YWCA Women’s Emergency To nominate a historic spirit of participation and issue a challenge Shelter, contact Michele Walker or Jacquie place complete the online to the people of Kamloops with his fund- Brand at 250-374-6162 or jbrand@kam- form at www.heritagebc. raiser for the Kamloops YMCA YWCA loopsy.org or mwalker@kamloopsy.or. c a / j a p a n e s e - h i s t o r i c Women’s Emergency Shelter. Wai would Visit their website at www.kamloopsy.org. places by September 9.

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We have a very exciting week lection station on Victoria Street ahead of us! You may have heard, where you can bring your old, Downtown Kamloops is hosting used and abused electronics the annual Downtown Merchants and recycle them (A small fee Market this week. may be required). If Everyone loves the you’re anything like Merchants Market and me, you may have as one of Downtown’s procrastinated with busiest weeks, we love your spring-cleaning, it too! We have lots of so now is the time. great people offering Head on over to great sales and great www.electrorecycle. experiences. ca for a full list of My personal fathings you can recyvourite day is going CAP comments cle. You can recycle to be Car Free Day anything from kitchen Alexis Proulx on Saturday, July 23. countertop items to The 200 and 300 blocks of Vic- power tools, sewing machines, toria Street will be opened up to sports goods - you name it. This pedestrians, hence the name Car is a very cool opportunity. Free Day, families and friends Battle of the Bands is also taking (no pho’s, unless it comes from place on Saturday and will be the Fratelli’s!). This day is going to be main stage event for the day. a blast; from killer sales, to wonThe CAP Team won’t be far derful food, we will have it all! from all of the fun that is about One of the many unique ven- to go on in downtown. We will dors that are coming this year is be helping out with all of the fun Electrorecycle. This company is and would love it if you stopped really cool and if you love keep- and said ‘hi!’ ing the world clean and landfill We love you Downtown Kamwaste to a minimum, you have loops, thank you for having us. to come downtown and say hi. Until next time, These guys don’t recycle just Alexis Proulx, Customer Care any old ordinary items; they re- and Patrol Team Leader, Kamcycle the things that you haven’t loops Central Business Improveever even thought of recycling. ment Association, #4-231 Victoria They are going to have a col- Street, 250-372-3242.

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From July 23 to 24, Sun Peaks Resort is hosting the 2016 Canadian National Downhill Championships for the third year in a row in their legendary Bike Park! This year Sun Peaks are offering a new top-to bottom 100 per cent single track, technically challenging racecourse starting at the Sunburst patio featuring sections of Insanity One and Honey Drop. This race will have citizen classes, so everyone can get in on the action and ride the same course as the pros. All BC Cup categories will be contending for the National Championships as well as BC Cup points, with the exception of U15 men and women (who are BC Cup only). Junior Women (BC Cup) will be separated into U19 women and U17 women. To register visit: https://ccnbikes.com/#!/events/ sun-peaks-cnd-dh-mtb-champs-2016.

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Live music, science camps, theatre clubs and more! ■“Have ■ You Seen What I’ve Seen?” by Dave Snider for the month of July at the Old Courthouse Gallery, 7 West Seymour St. Dave specializes in landscape and floral photography. Gallery hours: 10am to 5pm Tues to Fri, 10am to 4pm Saturday. Handicap accessible, free parking. FMI visit kamloopscourthousegallery.ca ■■ Live at Lunch - Live music from 11:30am to 2pm. July 21- Dodie Goldney, Lansdowne Village; July 22- Gary Mockford, 200 block Victoria St;  July 23- TBA, 300 block Victoria St;  July 24- Tyler Hall, 200 block Victoria St; July 27- Darlene Fair, 400 block Victoria St. FMI: downtownkamloops.com ■■ Music in the Park - 7 to 8:30pm nightly. Schedule subject to change. July 21- Liz Stringer, Brilliant Australian Singer; July 22Shattered Blue, Local Favourites; July 23- Sadie Campbell, Rock Blues Country; July 24- Rory and The Ruckus, Old Times Blues and Country; July 25- Bend Sinister, Pop Rock; July 26- BCLC Midsummer Music Jam presents Me and Mae with special guest the Chris Buck Band, Country; July 27- Paul Filek, Pop Balladier. ■■ Malik on July 23 from 7 to 9pm at The Art We Are, 246 Victoria St. Admission at the door. ■■ Queer as Funk on Aug. 5 at 8pm at Hotel 540, 540 Victoria St. A Kamloops Pride event featuring some of Vancouver’s hottest musicians! For tickets visit: brownpapertickets.com/event/2540983. ■■ Clair de Lune Violin and Piano Recital on Aug. 6 at 7:30pm at St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, 1136 6th Ave. Free admission.

Smooth vocalist Enjoy the pop sound of Paul Filek as he returns to Kamloops for Music in the Park on Wednesday, July 27 at 7:00 pm in beautiful Riverside Park.

■■ EUReKA! Science Camps from July 4 to Aug. 26 at TRU. For children ages seven to 14. learn more about the world through hands-on learning in biology, chemistry, physics, engineering, and technology. Outdoor activities, games, and BBQ are also part of the week. FMI contact tru.ca/eureka, eureka@ tru.ca or 250-371-5534. ■■ Theatre Club on Aug 10 and 24 from 7 to 8:30pm at the Kamloops Library, 100-465 Victoria St. Come to this drop in program for adult and young adult theatre aficionados to hone your skills using scripts and drama games with feature appearances from local drama teachers and

coaches. FMI call 250-3725145 or email question@tnrd.ca. ■■ Shooting the Sun/ Splitting the Pie by Jerry Pethick from July 2 to Sept. 10 at Kamloops Art Gallery, 101-465 Victoria St. ■■ Chatroom Paranoia by Ryland Fortie from July 2 to Sept. 10 in The Cube at Kamloops Art Gallery, 101- 465 Victoria St. ■■ Society for Creative Anachronism - Shire of Ramsgaard weekly practice/gathering on Mondays at 7pm at Stage House Theatre, 422 Tranquille Rd. FMI call Raynagh at 250-376-6676. ■■ Bottle fundraiser for Children’s Circle Daycare Society. Drop off your empty bottles to General Grants, 1395B Battle St.

No clutter, or fuss for you. Drop them off in the bag and let them know they are for the society. ■■ Drink and Draw on second Wed. of each month from 6 to 8pm at Red Collar Brewing, 355 Lansdowne St. Minors welcome with an adult. Free event. No experience necessary and supplies provided. FMI call 250-377-2400. ■■ Kamloops Food Bank Fundraiser every Saturday from 12 to 2pm at The Grind Coffeehouse, #100 125 4th Ave. Music by Will Lardie. Admission by donation. ■■ Horticulture Gardens Tours every Wed. until Aug. 18 at 6:30pm at TRU behind House 10. Take a walk among annuals, perennials, shrubs and trees during free guided tours led by TRU Friends of the Gardens. FMI visit trufog.org. ■■ Free Taoist Tai Chi Classes every Saturday in July and Aug. during Artisan’s Square from 8:30am to 12:30pm at St. Andrews on the Square, 159 Seymour St. Presented by the Fung Loy Kok Institue of Toaism. ■■ Artisan’s Square every Saturday in July and Aug. from 8:30am to 12:30pm at St. Andrews on the Square, 159 Seymour St. The annual summer event will showcase handcrafted items for sale, artisans doing their crafts on site and entertainers showcasing their talents. ■■ Open Mic Night the first and third Thurs. of the month from 9pm to 12am at the Central Station Pub. Free. ■■ Volunteers Needed at the RIH Thrift Seller. Put your great customer service skills to a good cause. FMI stop by 146 Victoria St. or call 250-374-0487.

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echo stargazer Dear Cancer: (June 22 - July 22) Your social circle has been expanding in fun and playful ways and it’s been nice having people take care of you for a while. It’s now time to look at your bank balance and get back to work. Fun is fantastic but the office is missing you. Dear Leo: (July 23 - Aug 22) Emotions have you standing behind an idea your partner suggests but attraction is actually favouring your own plans. Have confidence in your final decisions. Astro-energies want Leos to shine. Dear Virgo: (Aug. 23 - Sept. 23) You’ve entered into a quiet and reflective cycle. Romantic memories and lost love fill the mind. Habits require a second look. Dear Libra (Sept. 24 - Oct. 23) The spotlight continues to call. Bosses have noticed the hard work you’ve put in and they’re ready to bestow rewards. You gain a new friend with influence. Dear Scorpio: (Oct. 24 - Nov. 22) Stick to the diet and keep going to the gym. Your goals are a little further away than anticipated but you can also see big signs of progress. Have faith and keep going. Dear Sagittarius: (Nov. 23 -Dec. 21) You’ve successfully crossed another hurdle and you’re ready for your next challenge. Love however isn’t a destiny or prize, it’s something that accompanies you along your journey. Lift your head out of the books and see who’s smiling your way. Dear Capricorn: (Dec. 22 - Jan. 20) It’s back to business. The social scene is fun and it’s nice to be recognized but work is calling and it feels good to be needed there as well. Now, just because the office is calling doesn’t mean you have to immediately bury yourself in projects. Dear Aquarius: (Jan. 21 - Feb. 19) Going it alone for the last while has put a strain on your heart but love is about to say hello with a legitimate game changer. Keep your eyes open and say hello. An old flame is worth the pursuit. Dear Pisces: (Feb. 20 - Mar. 20) A week of work doesn’t sound like fun but it’s actually time to revise your game plan and prepare yourself for the new future. Put your dreams down on paper and make a wish. Astro-energies want you to succeed. Dear Aries: (Mar. 21 - April 20) A playful week is waiting for you to rally the peeps and head out for some fun. You’re in the creative and romantic spotlight and strangers are noticing your flirty mood. Say hello to something you’ve always wanted. Dear Taurus: (Apr. 21 - May 21) As much as you’d like to get out and bask in the limelight, astro-energies are encouraging you to stay home and clean up. It may not sound like fun but the simple and stable approach is winning you favours. Joint finances continue to struggle. Dear Gemini: (May 22 - June 21) If you’ve been feeling like Mr. Invisible these days don’t fret. You’ve entered an astro-cycle of communication and generally spreading your word. Speak up and you’ll be heard. Astro-week Sonnyscopes courtesy of Collin Sonny Rosati, Vancouver Astrologer, Hypnotist. For personal readings visit thesunnyside.net.

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