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tournament Capital competition heats up The Tournament Capital is ready to retain its title, as two huge championship events are slated for Kamloops this week. First up is the British Columbia Summer Swim Association’s (BCSSA) Provincial Championships, which began on Aug. 14 and run through Aug. 20 at the Tournament Capital Centre’s Canada Games Aquatic Centre. The BCSSA is an aquatics program that offers competition in speed swimming, water polo, diving, and synchronized swimming. It is composed of some 60 club teams from around the province, including the local Kamloops Tsunami, and is divided into eight regions. At the Okanagan Regional Championships, also held in Kamloops two weeks ago, a total of 25 Tsunami swimmers were able to secure a place at the Provincial Championships. The water polo competition was held from Aug. 14-16, with diving on Aug. 15-17, synchronized swim-
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BC, in conjunction with the Kamloops Minor Baseball Association (KMBA). The KMBA has hosted numerous championships for both Baseball BC and the WCBA in the past. “The KMBA is the single best organization in the province when it comes to hosting championships at any level,” said
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in general,” said Baseball BC President John Berry. In total 25 teams from BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba will meet in Kamloops to vie for WCBA supremacy. The competition will be divided into five division, 15U AAA Boys, 13U AA Boys, 15U AA Boys, 18U AA Boys, and 14U Girls.
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The Rolling Barrage cross-country motorcycle rally in support of PTSD awareness is ready to rumble through Kamloops. Military Minds Inc. President Scott Casey recently told CFJC that the Rolling Barrage was a fundraising effort for veterans, active duty members, and first responders who struggled with PTSD, adding that he was hoping they could raise $100,000 through its cross-Canada ride. The rally kicked off in St. John’s on Aug. 5 and is scheduled to arrive in Kamloops on Aug. 18 before completing the journey in Victoria on Aug. 20. The event will be held at the Sandman Signature Hotel at 225 Lorne Street. Tickets are $40 at the door, or $30 if you are a registered rider with the barrage. The price includes dinner and live music from Good Company. Drinks will also be available. For more information, check out the Rolling Barrage Kamloops event page on Facebook.
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No more butts! Downtown Kamloops has partnered with the City of Kamloops in ordering ten cigarette butt recycling containers from a company named TerraCycle this sumCAP comments mer. These containers were Keegan Lawrence installed in mid July along Victoria street and have been in full operation since. Hopefully this initiative will rid the streets of cigarette butts downtown while simultaneously preserving our environment. Every year, billions of cigarette butts end up in dumpsters and landfills, or get tossed as litter on shorelines, parks, and sidewalks across Canada. Although (according to StatsCan) the percentage of smokers in Canada have decreased to roughly 15%. There are still many cigarette butts ending up on the streets of our community. Thankfully, Downtown Kamloops has taken the first few steps in reducing that amount. These containers have been strategically placed in front of bars, coffee shops and offices throughout the downtown core in order to catch those butts from smokers. You can find them in front of businesses such as Carlos O’Bryans on the 300 block and in front of PDK Café on the 400 block. In addition to Downtown having cleaner streets and sidewalks, there are many benefits as a result of this cigarette butt recycling program. The containers will be emptied regularly and the contents will be shipped to the company, TerraCycle. TerraCycle exchanges these shipments of cigarette butts with money given to a charity of our choosing! The waste is then recycled into a variety of industrial products, such as plastic pallets, and any remaining tobacco is recycled as compost. All-in-all, cleaner streets and sidewalks, a less-polluted environment AND money given to charity are three things Kamloopsians can look forward to. Just remember if you, your friends, family, or colleagues smoke, remind them there is a place for their butts downtown once they’re finished!
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This summer the discovery of a 14,000-year-old settlement off the coast of British Columbia rewrote the history of North America and its First Peoples. The ancient stories of the Indigenous Heiltsuk Nation people say that their ancestors clung to a strip of coastline during the last ice age, and recent finds of tools, fish hooks, and spears on the Central Coast’s Triquet Island seem to confirm those stories. If true, this makes it one of the oldest human settlements in North America, predating the invention of the wheel, thrice the age of the Pyramids of Giza, and thousands of years before preice age megafauna went extinct. It’s a remarkable discovery in a land with a relatively unexplored ancient history. In Canada, the history books don’t have much detail before the 15th century, when French and British expeditions began exploring, and colonizing, our beautiful land. The indigenous peoples of Canada of course have a rich, long history, however that history largely exists
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in the form of story and song, so it can be difficult to verify. Despite recently celebrating the 150th year since confederation, Canada as a modern society is quite young, on a macro timeline. Consider even our own home, where a fortified trading post wasn’t even established until 1812 and the City of Kamloops itself wasn’t incorporated until 1893. So then, while the history of our little slice of Earth is quite interesting and worth exploring, it pales in comparison to the last place I called home, Istanbul, Turkey. In 1893 Istanbul wasn’t even
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Rivertown Player gets Riversong guitar The bond between a musician and their instrument is an intimate one, which is why one could understand the heartbreak Jeffery Daniels felt when his beloved guitar went missing. Daniels, a theatre student at Thompson Rivers University who has been performing as a member of the Kamloops Art Council’s (KAC) Rivertown Players children’s theatre troupe, noticed the guitar was gone during a July performance. “The guitar belonged to my grandfather,” he said, as quoted by the KAC, adding, “And I love to play.” Daniels used the guitar extensively during his performances. Enter the KAC, who talked to Mike Miltimore at Lee’s Music to see if he could do anything to help after searches for the missing guitar came up empty.
“When I heard about Jeffery’s guitar, my heart sank,” said Miltimore. “Guitars are a very personal instrument that you spend a lifetime bonding with and I immediately felt the distress he must have had.” After the decision was made to help Daniels out, the choice was easy, as the musician chose a new “forever” guitar, a Kamloops-made Riversong Guitar. “I hope he has many amazing memories with his new Riversong Guitar,” said Miltimore. The Rivertown Players, featuring Daniels and his new musical companion, will be performing live until Aug. 26 at various locations around Kamloops. Make sure to check out their Facebook page for time and location updates for their accessible and free family-friendly theatre performances.
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Day in Canada hosted by Kamloops sparked renewed interest in the sport locally. The first annual event was a hit, and organizers of the event are likely hoping for an even bigger turnout this year. The tournament features three-on-three and four-onfour teams, and all ages, including adults, are welcome. A $25 entry fee includes an event shirt, gifts, and promotional offers. For more information you can contact Bruno by phone at 250-8191417 or email at sfbruno@ telus.net.
knowledge. It’s about understanding how the past built our present, and learning from the past to build a better future. If ever you’re given an opportunity to travel and explore some of mankind’s amazing history, do yourself a favor and take it. Ken Hill is a staff writer at The Echo. He previously worked at Hurriyet Daily News, the largest and longest-running Englishlanguage newspaper in Istanbul, Turkey before relocating to his hometown of Kamloops. Email: echo@shawcable.com.
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■■Artisan’s Square continues every Saturday this month from 8:30am-12:30pm at Gaglardi Park adjacent to St. Andrew on the Square. Come by and check out local artisans, musicians, performers, and home-based businesses. ■■What Lies Beneath: Elementals&Ancestors artworks by Megan St. Michael. A glimpse of the folk that visit Megan’s paintbrush through her sculpture and canvas. Exhibition: August 9 - 22, at the Old Courthouse Gallery, 7 Seymour St. W. Kamloops ■■Artisan’s Alive continues in downtown Kamloops 11:30am-2pm Wed.-Sun. and 5:30pm-7:30pm Thurs. and Fri
A local musician plays in the beautiful Gaglardi Square at St. Andrews Downtown. Artisans Alive continues Wed-Sun for the rest of August, check downtownkamloops.com for the full schedule. Photo via Downtown Kamloops Facebook page.
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MEMORY PROBLEMS?
Are you or a loved one missing words or forgetting names? Our research team is working on some of the latest potential advances in care. Patients who could benet should: • Have mild memory loss (no prior diagnosis required) • Be in general good health • Have a study partner (partner should see patient at least 10 hours/week)
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You may qualify to participate in a study and receive:
• All study-related medical care at no cost • An MRI and PET scan of the brain at a qualied private clinic • A stipend of $62.00 to the patient and caregiver each per visit to cover expenses • The opportunity to participate in research for yourself and future generations
Vancouver • Kamloops • Kelowna • Penticton Contact the study team at
Astro-week Sonnyscopes courtesy of Collin Sonny Rosati, Vancouver Astrologer, Hypnotist. For personal readings visit thesunnyside.net.
1.888.490.4320
HealthResearch.ca/Memory
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