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Rivertown Players offer free theatre for all Hot, summer days are such a treat but trying to entertain youngsters day after day can get a little trying and have a way of stretching the budget way beyond one’s expectations. Enjoy a darling little day at the park: play, lounge, snack, splash around and then celebrate summertime with some free children’s theatre! The Kamloops Arts Council, in partnership with Project X, is pleased to present another marvellous summer with the Rivertown Players, who will be touring Kamloops parks all summer long, with some fun, silly, charming little plays that offer lots of quick changes, crazy characters and musical interludes! Not only do the actors write and develop their own scripts, they also hold positions that further support the Rivertown team. Brittney Martens is the stage manager, Zack Fernstrom is the booking coordinator and Kelsey Laurnier, comEmily May Photography munity engagement coordinator, handles the social media and mar- Meet the Riverside Players! (L-R) Krystine Lucas, Kelsey Launier, Zack Fernstrom and Brittney Martens. keting. It’s a well-rounded educational experience; as Krystine get up and move around or start previous years and the interac- and has been a great mentor to the Lucas, assistant director, says, talking in the middle of the show, tion with children at school and performers. Dušan Magdolen, gen“This is a dream job for TRU the- it’s so honest and unfiltered.” But, after-school programs. Following eral manager of Project X Theatre, atre students.” Fresh from Western what makes theatre so thrilling is their recent preview shows at the says their involvement with the Canada Theatre’s Velveteen Rabbit, that the kids are excited about the- Teddy Bear Picnic and at the Rivertown Players is an absolute Krystine has learned a thing or two atre, the characters, the costumes, Canada Day celebrations, the pleasure: “The Rivertown team about children’s theatre and the the sets and that’s what matters Rivertown Players are ready for assembled for 2016 is so committed, hard-working and entertaining, unpredictability of little audience most. Their mission is to get whatever comes their way! Melissa Thomas, producer and that we are just so proud to have members. “There are some things children “interested and excited you just can’t plan for,” she says about the arts”, which will be a director, has prepared the actors had a hand in the process and look with a laugh. “Some kids will just breeze, based on the success of beautifully for the summer ahead - continued on page 3
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The Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) Kamloops Branch held their fourth annual Ride Don’t Hide event on Sunday, June 26, at Centennial Park in Westsyde. The annual bike ride is held to bring awareness and to end stigma around mental illness. Guest speakers included MP Cathy McLeod and (inset) Minister of Health MLA Terry Lake plus CMHA’s Ride Don’t Hide champion Kayla Morrison. This year’s event saw 150 cyclists take part and raising $22,000 for the local community!
Bill C-290 introduced to modernize food labeling MP Cathy McLeod introduced her first Private Members’ Bill in Parliament on June 14. Bill C-290 is entitled An Act to amend the Food and Drugs Act (machine-readable code). The bill amends the Food and Drugs Act so that regulations may be made with respect to the addition of a machinereadable code, such as a Quick Response (QR) code, providing prescribed mandatory information and supplementary product information to the label of all foods, drugs, cosmetics, devices and therapeutic products. “The impetus behind the bill is a complaint I have heard frequently from people not being able to read the very small print on medication. Adding a smartphone code would reflect the existing labeling on packaging and provide an additional option for the consumer. They would simply use their smartphone by scanning the code on the package and have the information readily available in an easy to read manner,” said McLeod. “I believe that it is important for
consumers to be able to read a complete list of instructions, directions and product information. People are wary of buying something without knowing what it contains, particularly when it comes to any health risks such as allergies. Further, consumers also need detailed instructions as they want to make sure that they are ingesting medication and
other products properly. In addition, coming years as this type of technola smartphone code will provide ogy evolves,” said McLeod. manufacturers with more room “The use of a smartphone code to include detailed step-by-step will supplement mandatory writinstructions,” stated McLeod. ten information and cannot replace “This legislation will help manufac- such information. I hope by proturers respond to consumer demand viding consumers a way to read for further information. It was also information more readily it will drafted in a time-independent man- assist them in their daily lives,” ner so that it will remain valid in the concluded McLeod.
McDonald Water Park grand opening Beat the heat at Kamloops’ newest water park! Residents are invited to come out and celebrate the grand opening of the new water park located at McDonald Park at 501 McDonald Avenue. On Friday, July 8, there will be refreshments and giveaways from 12:00 to 2:00 pm. The Kamloops Rube Band will be performing and attendees can enter to win a draw prize of four tickets to Ice Age on Ice. There will be an official ribbon cutting taking place at 12:30 pm.
Kamloops Fire Rescue trained for Naloxone administration As of July 1, Kamloops Fire Rescue will have the ability to administer Naloxone. The goal of administering Naloxone to the vulnerable patient populations is to prevent death and disability by reversing an opioid overdose. Naloxone in an antidote to opioid
overdose. Opioid overdose can slow overdose and respond appropriately. or stop breathing. Naloxone reverses This response includes performing this, restoring normal breathing rescue breathing with bag valve and consciousness. Administering mask ventilations and oral airway Naloxone can prevent death or brain placement, placing the patient in damage from lack of oxygen during the recovery position and adminisan opioid overdose. tering Naloxone. These skills can Kamloops Fire Rescue firefight- keep someone alive until a higher ers are trained to recognize opiate level of care arrives.
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Summer is here. It’s time for fun in the sun and family vacations. Before you head off on your trip, follow these safety tips to keep your home safe and secure. Before going on vacation arrange for someone to mow the lawn and park in your driveway. It’s ideal to have someone you trust housesit for you so your home is still lived in while you are away. If this is not possible make sure your home looks lived in. Make sure all of the doors and windows to your home are secured and locked. If your home has an alarm system, arm it when you leave for your vacation. Have your mail held at the post office and your newspaper deliveries put on hold or ask a family member, a trusted friend or neighbour to pick those items up for you. Set automatic timers to turn your lights and a radio on and off. Do not keep ladders or tools on the outside of your home. If it can be used to gain entry into your home keep it locked On June 25, Adam Formanski came home to discover the lawn of his North Shore up and out of sight. home had been decorated with 40 skull and cross bone signs. Adam’s nephew Hayden Record serial numbers, (right) had the idea to surprise his uncle for his 40th birthday. Now that is a sight you keep a log and take picwouldn’t see everyday. Happy birthday, Adam! tures of items of value. Keep your vacation plans off social networks like Facebook. It is easy Students with disabilities who face tution will receive one-time funding of to gain access to personal information once it’s barriers to education and training in $75,000 in 2016-17. BC will continue to benefit from fundThis year’s funding builds on invest- entered onto Facebook ing for accessible training and resources ments made in 2014-15 and 2015-16 for or another social network. Follow the Golden Rule to help them gain skills and education a total of more than $4 million to assist students with disabilities to overcome of community safety: If for in-demand jobs. you see something, say Thompson Rivers University (TRU) barriers to education and training. will receive $75,000 to support its Kamloops - North Thompson MLA something. Introducing Universal Design and Terry Lake said, “TRU does a trePrinciples to Foundation Program. mendous job of preparing students for The Universal Design Principles the workforce with its innovative and Tell us what you think will edit lesson plans and handouts to in-demand programs. By updating the about the issues on include language and formats that better curriculum to these programs we are the Downtown. Let us support students with disabilities. supporting the specific needs of stuecho your thoughts and ideas with your More than $1.9 million will support dents with disabilities. These students neighbours. We are ongoing training and resources for will have the benefit of being first in your newspaper in students with disabilities at 20 public line for employment upon completing your neighbourhood. post-secondary institutions. Each insti- their training.”
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Spoiler alert and the over share Social media can be a cruel mistress. It’s found on social media newsfeeds, cannot so accessible yet distant, cold yet comfortbe taken as gospel. There is no refuge from ing. Sharing ideas, updates and images with the opinions of others. About everything. neighbours from around the world; never Politics! Parenting! Gun Control! Criminal before have we been in such close contact Law! Refugees! Breastfeeding! Everyone’s with the global community. And yet, Facean expert. Doctorate of Commentary in the book has all kinds of ways to hurt your feelhouse! In a little book about mindfulness, I ings. Pictures of parties you weren’t invited have earmarked a quote: “Your thoughts are to. Your ex looking happy when you are not facts”; the same goes for Facebook posts. PERFECTLY single. Other people’s amazing holidays Still, there’s something about social media FABULOUS when you are on a budget. Sweaty gym that really brings out the righteously opinAlicia Ashcroft selfies of fit friends, when you’ve got potato ionated shrew in ourselves and those we love. chip crumbs on your cardigan. Social media Ooooh, aren’t we brimming with smarts and becomes its own measuring stick for how many people common sense as we tap away on the keyboard? It also like you or at least have the desire to express it. It’s causes oversharing - about our sex lives, our health, like this futuristic Internet high school and you don’t our friendships and apparently Game of Thrones. I’m have a date for prom. Fear not. What we forget about behind on all television programs and “GoT” (how long social media is that, generally speaking, it’s like the did it take me to figure that short hand out?) is hardly Greatest Hits album of what we reveal from our lives. on my radar (dragons, swords and red weddings, yes?). No B-sides here, y’all. Of course, everyone has that What I’ve noticed is people tossing idle threats about obligatory friend that you eventually unfollow, that not revealing any spoilers and then squawking about shares negative details, but in completely cryptic hai- ultimately being exposed to said spoilers. Come on kus. What is this? A cry for help or a riddle? Why can’t people, not even Beyoncé can control the Internet - how we just share funny videos of cats and call it a day? can you? And really, spoilers are disappointing, but is it Experts agree that too much exposure to social media the end of the world? I myself had the end of Sex and can cause depression. At least, that’s what I gleaned the City spoiled for me; I avoided all press about the from the post headline before I scrolled on by. Scroll, HBO program, until I was able to see it months later on scroll, scroll. This sad little light in the dark. How much Bravo and some busy body at brunch started running her are we really absorbing? A scary thought, as social mouth off about Carrie and Big. Sure, I up-ended my media has become quite the cog in the propaganda eggs benny, flipped the table and ran off into the streets machine - spewing out all kinds of misinformation that screaming…but the point is, I survived and was able to feed our many phobias. Is this how we are getting our enjoy the ending when I was able. Perhaps it’s worth news? Through sound bites and headlines? Sure, get all taking a self-imposed social media cleanse around the the gossip about fashion, celebrity marriages/divorces/ time that these events are happening. We can’t control births/deaths you want, but information about the Presi- what others post, so all you can do is handle how you dential election, Brexit, immigration, the environment receive it. Take a break from the noise, the opinions and and other actual news might be better found in a news- the mindless scrolling and then be blissfully surprised paper; or via John Oliver clips on YouTube. Information by something completely unspoiled.
The Glass Perspective A friend of mine was a philosophy major during his first semester in college. One day in a seminar class, they spent a great deal of time debating whether the glass was half full or half empty. After the class, my friend was feeling pretty good about himself and what he was learning at university, so when he went home, he tried to continue the discussion with his family.
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Electric Love music festival relocates The location for the Electric Love Music Festival 2016 has moved to Cheam Fishing Village in Agassiz, BC from July 29 through August 1. The music festival was originally planned to be at the Allie Lake Ranch and Wilderness Preserve located near Vidette (1.5 hours north of Kamloops). According to the ThompsonNicola Regional District (TNRD), “The organizers of this event have not obtained the required TNRD approval to host this event and the Regional District has numerous concerns relating to both the well-being of those who may attend as well as to the local environment.” On the Facebook event page, Electric Love posted that they spent the past few months exploring different venue options and were unable to find suitable land in the Kamloops area. “We sincerely apologize to all festival goers.”
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Thinking FAST and learning the signs of a stroke Stroke is a serious medical emergency and recognizing the signs and taking immediate action is crucial. To help create awareness around this, the Province has contributed $600,000 to the Heart and Stroke Foundation’s FAST awareness campaign, Health Minister Terry Lake announced on June 24. The national campaign encourages Canadians to call 911 at the first sign of stroke. FAST stands for these four stroke warning signs and symptoms: Face – is it drooping? Arm – can you raise them? Speech – is it slurred or jum'16 9-1-1 right away. mer bled? Time to call sum “Stroke is one of the leading causes of death and disability across Canada and British Columbia,” said Lake. “We know that every ore minute following a stroke is crucial to supportdowntown • north sh ing recovery. We should all be familiar with the symptoms, so that if we or our loved ones are having a stroke, we are prepared to take coming july and august 2016 submit events to echo@shawcable.com advertising queries to Jodi 250-374-ECHO (3246) swift action.” Stroke and transient ischemic attack (or ministroke) affect approximately 6,500 British Columbians each year; however, BC currently has one of the lowest mortality rates from stroke in the country. This campaign will aim sides of ambulances to help spread knowl- Stroke Foundation estimates up to 80 per cent to further increase the knowledge of signs of edge of stroke warning signs and symptoms. of premature heart disease and stroke can be Currently, decals are in place on the rear and prevented. stroke to keep that rate down. The Province’s Healthy Families BC strategy “We are very pleased to continue to partner sides of ambulances in the Lower Mainland with the Province in this life-saving campaign,” and on Vancouver Island, but this summer the aims to help British Columbians make healthy said Adrienne Bakker, CEO, Heart and Stroke program will be expanding throughout the rest choices that can prevent chronic illness leadsummer '16 ing to stroke by focusing on programs aimed Foundation, BC and Yukon. “Stroke does not of the province. Since 2014-15, the Province has contribat decreasing tobacco use, increasing opportudiscriminate – it can happen to anyone, at re sho th downtown • nor any age and we hope that by continuing to uted $1.1 million to the Heart and Stroke nities for physical activity, supporting healthy raise awareness the signs symptoms of Foundation’s FAST campaign. The Heart and eating and promoting healthy weight. arrivingofjuly and and august 2016 summer '16 stroke, we can further improve the outcomes for patients.” “The quickest way to get your husband to fix events tocampaign, echo@shawcable.com As part ofsubmit the awareness the something is to get out his tools and start the re downtown • north sho Heart advertising and Stroke Foundation also partnerqueries tois Jodi 250-374-ECHO (3246) project yourself!” ing with BC Emergency Health Services. This – simpleasthatblog.com partnership includes installing decals on the
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Translators and interpreters throughout the Thompson-Okanagan are invited to take part in a free, all-day training session on July 9 in Kamloops. The session will be led by John Tahberer, manager of Member Services for the Society of Translators and Interpreters of BC (STIBC) and is funded by the Province of BC through the Refugee Readiness Fund (RRF). Through the training, participants will increase their understanding of interpreting methods and approaches, identify the roles, responsibilities and
ethical practices for interpreters and develop a system to facilitate translating official documents and learn to access and utilize available resources. The session will be held 8:30 am to 4:30 pm at the Kamloops Immigrant Services on July 9. The training sessions are open to all volunteer and paid interpreters and translators, with priority being given to Arabic speakers. Maximum registration for the session is 50 people. To register contact Shiro at finance@kcris.ca or 778-470-6101 ext 102.
Royal Inland Hospital celebrates Dr. Gur Singh Dr. Gur Singh’s unwavering commitment to patient care will live on through the naming of a high-observation room dedicated to neurosurgery patients at Royal Inland Hospital (RIH). The late Kamloops neurosurgeon was honoured on June 27 for his nearly 50 years of serving patients at RIH and throughout the Interior. “Dr. Gur Singh was a neurosurgery pioneer in the BC Interior and was one of Kamloops’ most prominent physicians before we lost him last year,” said Health Minister Terry Lake. “It is most fitting that his memory be enshrined within the post-operative unit, where he spent so much time caring for patients during a half-century of service to RIH.” Dr. Singh died at RIH on March 24, 2015, after a battle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). He was 78. He lived a full life, not the least of which included nearly 50 years of service at the Kamloops hospital, including a turn as Chief of Staff, retiring in 2014. He became the first neurosurgeon in the BC Interior after moving to Kamloops in 1967 and established RIH’s neurosurgery program. He performed the first craniotomy in the south and central interior that year and the first lumbar discectomy at RIH in 1968. He went on to perform thousands of procedures in the years that followed. “Dr. Singh was a pioneer in the medical community for his contributions to neurosurgery,” said Dr. Simon Treissman, longtime colleague and Chief of Staff at Royal Inland Hospital. “He also was passionate about leadership and broke ground there as well by serving as the first president of Sikh origin for the BC Medical Association, which we now know as Doctors of BC. I am proud to have worked alongside him at RIH.” Perhaps Dr. Singh is best known for what he did away from the
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KYSA Summer Soccer school dates announced
The Kamloops Youth Soccer groups is scheduled for 1:00 pm to players in U9 to U14 as well as except for the High Performance Association (KYSA) has 3:00 pm. There will also be special- an advanced striker camp for high Camp featuring the coaches announced the dates and location of ized goalkeeper training as part of performing players from U10 to from England, which is $170.00 its 2016 Summer Soccer Schools. each school. U14. The general and advance per player. Family discounts are The first week, running from The third week, running from goalkeeper camp and the advanced available. August 8 to 12, is open to boys and 9:00 am to 12:00 pm, August 22 striker camp will run from 9:00am The registration fee for the comgirls of all skill levels in the U5 to to 26, is open to boys and girls of to Noon. bined soccer and hockey school U13 age groups and is scheduled all skill levels in the U5 to U13 age All KYSA Soccer Schools are (August 22 to 26) is $220 per for 9:00 am to 12:00 pm. groups and also gives players an being held on Field #2 at McArthur player. Anyone wishing to register From August 15 to 19, the asso- option to add a hockey skills camp Island. for the combined camp must do The registration fee for all KYSA so through the Kamloops Minor ciation is offering its annual high in the afternoon for five to 12 year performance soccer school with olds from 1:15 pm to 2:30 pm. Soccer Schools is $95.00 per player Hockey Association. instructors from Stoke City FC of The fourth and last Soccer School the English Premier League. The of the summer will take place from camp for girls only in the U10 to August 29 to September 2. During U17 age groups is set to run from this week there is a general camp “It is not length of life, but depth of life.” 9:00 am to 11:00 am. The camp for for boys and girls U5 to U13 plus – Ralph Waldo Emerson boys only in the U10 to U17 age an advanced goalkeeper camp for
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ALL fUr LOVE are the only Cat Hospital the magician and the parrot YES! We east of Vancouver. A magician worked on a cruise The magician was furious but ship. The audience was different each week so the magician did the same tricks over and over again. There was only one problem: the Captain’s parrot saw the shows each week and began to understand how the magician did every trick. Once he understood, he started shouting in the middle of the Show.”Look, it’s not the same hat!” or “Look, he’s hiding the flowers under the table!” or “Hey, why are all the cards the ace of spades?” ninJA Dog
couldn’t do anything. It was, after all, the Captain’s parrot. Then one stormy night on the Pacific, the ship unfortunately sank, drowning almost all who were on board. The magician luckily found himself on a piece of wood floating in the middle of the sea with, as fate would have it ........ the parrot. They stared at each other with hatred but did not utter a word. This went on for a day… and then two days… then three days… Finally on the fourth day, the parrot could not hold back any longer and said… “OK, I give up. Where’s the ship?”
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■■ Big Little Science Centre Week of July 5 to 9: Microscopic World Lab at 11am and 1:30pm. Use hand lenses and microscopes to explore the micro-world around us. Discover how amazing items from nature and our world look when magnified many times. BLSC will provide crystals, sand and more. Everyone is encouraged to bring other items to explore as well. Exploration Room is open 10am to 4pm with over 140 different exhibits to enjoy. 655 Holt Street. FMI visit blscs.org. ■■ Chances - July 8- Woody James Band, July 9- No Live Entertainer UFC 200. Jam Night every Wednesday from 7 to 10pm. 1250 Halston Ave. ■■North Kamloops Library Children’s Programs: July 7Parent-Child Mother Goose from 10:15 to 11:15am, July 8- Family Story Time from 10:30 to 11am. July 11- Tiny Tunes from 10:30 to 11am; July 12- Family Fun Lego and Mega Blocks from 10am to 12pm; July 13 W.O.W Moon Monsters from 2 to 4pm; July 14 Parent-Child Mother Goose from 10:15 to 11:15am; July 15- Family Storytime from 10:30 to 11am. FMI call 250-554-1124. ■■Music in McDonald ParkJuly 8- Bobby Garcia, Country. 7 to 8:30pm. Schedule subject to change. ■■Kamloops Highland Games on July 9 from 8am to 6pm at Albert McGowan Park. Highland dancing, Pipe Band, drumming, heavy events, vendors and games for kids. ■■ Army and Navy Club Events: Tuesday Bingo at 4:30pm, Wednesday Senior’s Darts 55+ from 1:30 to 4pm, Friday Fun with Karaoke at 7:30pm. Support local
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country in the park - Head down to the gazebo at McDonald Park this Friday evening for Music in the Park featuring the country sounds of Bobby Garcia. The show starts at 7:00 pm so bring your lawn chair for an evening of free music.
charities on Saturday and Sunday Meat Draws starting at 3pm. Army and Navy Club, #9-177 Tranquille Rd. FMI call 250-554-2455. ■■ Meet An Elder on Thursdays from 9am to 4:30pm at Lii Michif Otipemisiwak Family and Community Services, 707 Tranquille Rd. RSVP to 250-554-9486. Free. ■■ Acoustic Jam Nights at The Alano Club, 171 Leigh Rd from 7 to 10pm on the 1st and 3rd Mon. of each month. Hosted by Perry Tucker and the Good Gravy Band. Great atmosphere, have a burger and try the hand cut fries. ■■Parent-Child Mother Goose every Wednesday from 1 to 2pm
at Kamloops Aboriginal Friendship Society, 2355 Parkcrest Ave. An hour of rhymes, songs and stories. Free event, snacks included. Pre-register by calling Carol at 250-376-1617. ■■ Fraternal Order of Eagles Weekly EventsTuesdays 3:30pm to 5:30pm Pull Tab Draws, Wednesdays 4pm to 6pm Horse Races with ‘Big Jim’, Saturday and Sundays 3pm to 5pm Meat Draws. Karaoke with Michelle Sundays at 7pm. 755 Tranquille Rd 250376-1311 . ■■CSI Activity Center events: Mondays- Euchre at 1:30pm; Tuesdays- Wood carving at
10am, Whist at 1pm, Bingo at 6pm; Wednesdays- Cribbage at 1pm; Thursdays- Stichers Club at 10am, Bridge at 1:15pm, Whist at 1pm; Fridays- Canasta at 1pm. ■■ Variety and Line Dancing on Tuesdays from 3 to 4pm at the North Shore Community Centre, 730 Cottonwood Ave. Drop in fee required. FMI call 250-376-4777. ■■ Zumba and Yoga at the North Shore Community Centre, 730 Cottonwood Ave. Zumba classes on Mondays and Wednesdays and Yoga on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays. Check for times at www.nsccs.webs.com.
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Dear Cancer: (June 22 - July 22) Does your outward appearance reflect the beautiful person you are on the inside? Astro-energies are encouraging a trip to the salon for a makeover. A haircut and a new dress will give your ego a fresh chance to shine. Dear Leo: (July 23 - Aug 22) Home problems finally clear up and it’s time to move on. Prepare yourself to release a creative outburst that’s been building up for months. You have a lot of support that you are unaware of so take that next step with confidence. Dear Virgo: (Aug. 23 - Sept. 23) Getting caught up in the drama of the week might send your tongue cutting a little too close for the comfort of others. Speak your mind but watch your words. Love is waiting on a blind date. Dear Libra (Sept. 24 - Oct. 23) Be careful when those close to you begin asking for money. It’s been a difficult 2016 and you’ve learned your lessons. Help if you can, but if the request is too big then simply say no. Others have to learn their lessons as well. Dear Scorpio: (Oct. 24 - Nov. 22) Now that you’ve survived the health scare and you can feel your strength returning, it’s time to get back to making money. Finances will be tight for the next two months so tighten that belt. Love is waiting on distant shores. Dear Sagittarius: (Nov. 23 -Dec. 21) Troubles from the past finally clear and its time to heal. Hidden enemies still lurk in the shadows but in two weeks they will fade away as well. Focus shifts to darker thoughts and speculation. To know the truth, simply ask. Dear Capricorn: (Dec. 22 - Jan. 20) You are super busy socially as friends continue to call. Money will be on the mind but it’s your heart that is actually attracting. Take your partner with you and see if you can make both money and memories. Dear Aquarius: (Jan. 21 - Feb. 19) Fights continue but this time you’re on the winning side. With your health, your job and your emotions all in check, your side of the fence seems to have it together. Reaching out signals a turning point in love. Dear Pisces: (Feb. 20 - Mar. 20) Energy returns to a creative project that was causing fits. Enlist the help of children for unexpected rewards. A long walk with a close friend refreshes the mind and the soul. Dear Aries: (Mar. 21 - April 20) A second look at a joint project finally gives you reason to smile. It was a struggle recently but one more effort to bridge the gap will see you finally succeed. New beginnings at home put your heart and mind on the same page. Dear Taurus: (Apr. 21 - May 21) The relationship drama ends once and for all. If there’s someone that you had your eye on but it didn’t work out, take a second chance. Love is favouring your ability to say the right words at the right time. Dear Gemini: (May 22 - June 21) With your health settled comfortably into a new fitness program it’s time to look at your finances. Changes have been arriving faster than expected and it’s now time to retake your personal control. Family continues to grow. Astro-week Sonnyscopes courtesy of Collin Sonny Rosati, Vancouver Astrologer, Hypnotist. For personal readings visit thesunnyside.net.
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THURSDAY JULY 21, 11AM - 5PM PICK UP YOUR PASSPORT:
BEFOREHAND at 340 Victoria St or THURSDAY 10am - 4pm on 3rd & Victoria at the CAP Team Info Kiosk at the Sizzle Strip PROCEEDS FROM THIS EVENT GO TO THE LIVE AT LUNCH MUSIC PROGRAM & THE DOWNTOWN KAMLOOPS FOOD BANK FUND
Taste of the Downtown is a KCBIA Merchant Market event that features all the best Downtown Restaurants. FOR MORE INFO GO TO: WWW.DOWNTOWNKAMLOOPS.COM OR 250.372.3242
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The classified ad said, “Wanted: a very experienced lumberjack”. A man answered the ad and was asked to describe his experience. “I’ve worked at
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Organized by the Kamloops Art Gallery with cooperation from the Vancouver Art Gallery Generously sponsored by Rojeanne and Jim Allworth, and Jane Irwin and Ross Hill Free admission every Thursday sponsored by BCLC
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