C I T Y PAG E

July 12, 2023

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Co U N C I L C A L E N Da R

The public, media, delegations, and staff are encouraged to par ticipate in meetings vir tually through Zoom or to obser ve through the City YouTube channel

July 18, 2023 (Cancelled)

1:30 pm - Civic Operations Committee

July 20, 2023

9:30 am - Community Policing Select Committee

July 25, 2023

1:30 pm - Regular Council Meeting

July 25, 2023

7:00 pm - Public Hearing

August 1, 2023 (Cancelled)

2:00 pm - Community Relations and Reconciliation Committee

The complete 2023 Council Calendars is available online at: Kamloops.ca/CouncilPor tal

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N Ot I C E To M Oto R I S T S

Please use caution when driving in the vicinity and obey all traffic control personnel, signs, and devices in the following areas:

• For tune Drive

Oak Road to Overlanders Bridge

• Westsyde Road Multi-Use Pathway

Westsyde Road to Alview Crescent

• 6th Avenue

Columbia Street to Lansdowne Street

• Highland Road

South of the Valleyview Arena to Valleyview Drive

• Ord Road Watermain Connection

Project

Singh Street to 8th Street

To stay up to date on road work projects, visit:

Kamloops.ca/Kammute

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B S I D E R E S I D E N T I A L O R G A N I C Wa S T E

COMING TO A CURB NEAR YOU…

A curbside residential organic waste collection program is coming soon to all single - and multi-family households in K amloops that receive curbside car t collection. If you have a set of garbage and rec ycling car ts that are collected by City trucks, your household is included

Organics Car t Deliver y Schedule*

July 5 to 13: Zone 3

July 12 to 18: Zone 4

July 17 to 25: Zone 5

July 24 to August 1: Zone 1

July 31 to August 8: Zone 2

*Deliver y will include a new Solid Waste Collection Guide.The date ranges are a general schedule for car t deliver y by zone; car ts may be delivered to some proper ties slightly before or after the scheduled date ranges

Week ly organics collection begins the week of August 21; garbage and rec ycling will shift to alternating biweek ly collection.

LetsTalk.Kamloops.ca/Organics

L E N

The K amloops Museum and Archives has opened a new exhibition, Len This exhibition features popular K amloopsbased political leader the Honourable Leonard Stephen "Len" Marchand Sr (November 16, 1933–June 3, 2016, a member of Syilx Nation).

Marchand was Canada’s first person of First Nations status elected to the Canadian parliament and Canada’s first Indigenous federal cabinet minister This exhibition will focus on a recent donation of family photographs and showcases some of the objects and records that link to Marchand’s life, primarily in politics, donated by the Marchand family

Len will be open to the public from June 30 to December 16, 2023.

To find more information on the exhibition and related programs, visit KamloopsMuseum.ca.

K amloops Museum and Archives is open Tuesday through Saturday, from 9:30 am to 4:30 pm.

C L I M At E F R I E N D Ly H O M E P R O G R A M

The Climate Friendly Home Program helps households plan and prioritize ways to reduce energy costs and carbon pollution, prepare for extreme weather, and suppor t biodiversity The program is a collaborative effor t between the Youth Climate Corps ( YCC ), BC Hydro, and the City of K amloops

The free program consists of a home energy tour where the resident and YCC team work together to identify oppor tunities to reduce heat loss, increase efficienc y, improve home comfor t, and take advantage of current rebates The tour extends outside to assess how landscaping is providing protection from climate risks such as wildfire and suppor ting a healthy urban ecosystem. All par ticipants will receive helpful home energy supplies to get star ted

Visit Kamloops.ca/ClimateFriendly for more information or to register

Mayor Off To Halifax For Naig Bid

City council is sending Mayor Reid HamerJackson to Halifax next week to hear whether the Tournament Capital will host the North American Indigenous Games (NAIG).

Council unanimously approved a motion from Coun. Nancy Bepple to send the mayor, or his designate, to the 2023 NAIG in Halifax

TODAY’S FLYERS

on July 21 when the successful proponent for the 2027 games will be announced. Bepple is the deputy mayor for July.

A delegation, lead by Tk’emlúps te Secwépmc band, is set to attend the announcement.

The cost of the trip will be included in the

Weather Forecast

July 12: Showers 31/16 (hi/low)

July 13: Sun and cloud 29/16 (hi/low)

July 14: Sunny 32/17 (hi/low)

July 15: Sunny 32/17 (hi/low)

July 16: Sunny 33/17 (hi/low)

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Tk’emlúps/Kamloops is up against Calgary for the right to host the 2027 Games, which will feature more than 6,000 participants from 756 Indigenous Nations in Canada and the U.S.