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The big-busted sex worker who carried a Chihuahua in her cleavage when shopping; the jailer with a heart of gold who in winter arrested First Nations women with nowhere to go so they d have shelter and food; the American thief and murderer who was angry he was caught by ranchers near Penticton who s said to haunt the old courthouse.
Meet some of the characters of Kamloops s past; people who Sylvia Gropp tries to bring to life when she gives her historic walking tours for the Kamloops Museum and Archives.
Gropp is a native Kamloopsian with a bachelor s degree in archeology and geology, but even she has been surprised at some of the stories and people that have come to light as the museum has set up walking tours of varied themes.