Author: Juli Harland
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Dancers perform at the Kamloops Festival of the Performing Arts 2025 Honours Concert. Photos submitted by Annette GloverKamloops Festival of the Performing Arts close to a century of celebration
For generations of Kamloops families, the Festival of Performing Arts has been a part of their creative lives. Performers of all genres and abilities come and meet with encouraging adjudicators while parents sit nervously on the sidelines. Young artists learn, grow, and realize that their voices matter. Year after year, through changing times, changing faces,…
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Participants at a recent Urban Sketching Club meeting at Red Beard. Photo submitted by Clement YehKamloops Urban Sketching Club is building community
Since August, local artist and TRU instructor, Arts Council board member, and mentor, Clement Yeh, has been running the Urban Sketching Club in Kamloops. And if you’ve ever wanted to embrace your inner (or outer) artist, you are invited to join in on the good times. What it looks like is a group of people…
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Kamloops welcomes new cancer supports center
Supportive cancer care often gets described as everything that happens around a person’s treatment. It is the care that helps people survive treatment and live well afterward. Here in Kamloops, that kind of care has been missing. But not any longer. Kamloops cancer patients and their support network now have access to so many of…
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Photo submitted by Fly FitnessPutting a new spin on fitness
Every January, people feel the push to make a fitness resolution. Get a gym membership, they’ll think. Start walking every morning. Join a bootcamp. Push harder! Get sweaty! Think of your health! And those things can be great if that’s your thing, but if it’s not there is another way. Movement matters. That part is…
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Kamloops Arts Council Courthouse Gallery Storefront. Photo by Juli HarlandGetting the year going with arts and culture
Kamloops is absolutely overflowing with ways to bring more arts and culture into your life this year, whether you’re arts-curious, a dabbler, or already are neck-deep into paint splatter and rehearsal schedules. The Kamloops Arts Council is a fantastic hub of all things artistic and has great ways to start the year off to a…
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Photo submitted by Literacy in KamloopsFamily Literacy Week encourages Kamloopsians to Unplug and Play
Family Literacy Week has quietly become one of those fixtures in Kamloops that families grow up alongside. In 2026, the community-wide celebration marks its 16th official year of encouraging families to unplug, play, and reconnect through literacy in all its forms. Kicking off on Jan. 24 and running through to Jan. 31, Beem Credit Union…
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Sally Whitson’s beauty baskets are legendary. Photo by Juli HarlandChristmas Amalgamated continues to bring magic to Kamloops families in need
The holidays are upon us, families are making plans, friends are plotting shenanigans, traditions are in full force, and people are getting ready to celebrate the holidays in the best ways they know how. And in an unassuming storefront on the North Shore, Christmas Amalgamated has started its work again, just as it has for…
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Photo by Kristina EricksonSecond parade and market for Kamloops Krampus
Kamloops Krampus started almost two years ago on my best friend’s back porch. Sparked from an idea to fill a need for something out of the ordinary, the first annual Kamloops Krampus Parade and Market saw hundreds of people come on out to the park to watch and join in with dozens of costumed Krampus…
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Photo submitted by Tourism KamloopsTourism Kamloops wins showcased on international stage
It’s been an exciting few months for Tourism Kamloops, with two major awards shining a spotlight on the city and giving the local tourism team a well-earned moment of recognition on both the national and international stage. “It’s been an exciting last couple of months, bringing celebration and focus on some of the key campaigns,”…
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Community, Connection, and 70 Years of Inclusion in Kamloops
For almost seven decades, the Kamloops Society for Community Inclusion has helped adults with developmental disabilities find connection, growth, and a real sense of belonging. As the organization approaches its 70th anniversary in 2026, Executive Director Melody Frisk reflected on how far the society has come and where it is headed next. Founded long before…