Took my first drive through the new Lorne Street roundabout yesterday.
A big Cirque du Soleil semi was in front of me on Third Avenue, pruning a few tree branches with the top of his rig as he approached Lorne, where he paused for a few seconds before heading in.
Either the driver was not familiar with the concept of roundabouts, or he didn t like the angles. Whichever it was, he decided the best way of dealing with it was to take the shortest route possible.
So he bounced over the curb, across the brick centre circle and carried on across the asphalt and over the small median at the entrance to the Interior Savings Centre parking lot on the other side.
The numbness started while Val MacKinlay was on vacation in England more than 30 years ago.
The lack of sensation didn t happen right away, but slowly spread across her right shoulder and down to her toes, said MacKinlay, 55. After a couple of days, I was completely numb. But I didn t say anything; I just waited until I got home. Everything still worked, there was just no feeling, she said.
It turns out MacKinlay had MS. On Sunday she took part in her seventh Scotiabank MS Walk.
MacKinlay and a team of residents and staff from her home at The Hamlets at Westsyde joined more than 460 walkers and runners outside Interior Savings Centre for the annual event.
Ridley Bent is no stranger to the Kamloops stage. The Vancouver-based country singer has played numerous shows here, dating back at least 10 years when he opened for the Sam Roberts Band as a last-minute fill-in for Bedouin Soundclash.
That was back when Interior Savings Centre was The Store (slang for its former name, Sport Mart Place) and audiences were still trying to figure out if Bent was a rapper, a country singer, a bluesy rocker or a male reincarnation of Patsy Cline.
Bent has since played to Kamloops fans everywhere from Cactus Jacks to Merritt Mountain, while his hip-hop-inspired alt-country sound has slowly drifted closer and closer to honky-tonk and traditional country and western.
FRIDAY NIGHT
FAMILY Fun with Literacy returns to Sahali Centre Mall Friday, Nov. 25, 6-7:30 p.m. Games, music, fun and crafts for children while adults can obtain play ideas that build happy, healthy minds and bodies.
THE TENNESSEE 3, representing Johnny Cash s backup band, are back in Kamloops Friday, Nov. 25 for a performance at Kamloops Convention Centre. Show time is 8 p.m. Tickets, $20, are available in advance from Kamloops Live! Box Office.
THE SILVERCREEK Strings Band - Blu and Kelly Hopkins of the Shuswap - perform a mix of folk, blues and bluegrass Friday, Nov. 25 at the Westsyde Fellowship Coffee House, 2833 Westsyde Rd. Open mic for local performers. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., music at 7. Admission $5. No charge for entertainers.
Kamloops, Canada s Tournament Capital, is quickly gaining another moniker - British Columbia s tax grab capital.
Over the past three months I have attended three events at various city operated venues and at each, by-law enforcement have been there as well, giving out parking tickets to many of the visitors (tourists).
Most of us locals are aware that parking is a problem at many of the city venues when there are big events, as I m sure the City is, but many of our visitors are not.
I appreciate that the city has parking by-laws and that those that break those by-laws should have to pay for the infraction but I wonder if it is not a well planned tax grab.