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Shoppers browsing stalls at the Wednesday Market on Victoria Street.

Grocery shelves looking empty? Kamloops Farmers’ Markets have the goods

More than just a local hangout, weekly markets deliver essential food items to residents when times are tough.

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Secwepemc horticulturist Shay Paul blends Indigenous and western knowledge in her practice
How the Kweseltken Project grows food sovereignty for Central Interior First Nations

Kweseltken Project coordinator Shay Paul shows the garden sites, greenhouses and plans for the future.

Kamloops LGBTQ2S+ community, allies, and friends march in the 2019 Kamloops Pride parade.
Kamloops Pride beyond Pride Week

Kamloops (Tk'emlúps) locals share how they continue to celebrate Pride and support the local LGBTQ2S+ community.

William Sheldrick waves and smiles while standing outside of Costco where he works as a "sample squad" manager. Sheldrick is a young man with a positive attitude, killer sense of humor, and autism. Sheldrick got his job through SMART options, a Kamloops-based agency that connects people with developmental disabilities—like autism, Down syndrome and Tourettes—with support and employers so they can find meaningful work.
Local workers find connection through supported employment

This Kamloops-based agency ensures residents with developmental disabilities and their employers benefit from an inclusive workplace.

Dancers display their feathered and beded regalia through movement on the grass surrounded by stadium seating outdoors. during Saturday's Grand Entry at the 41st annual Kamloopa Powwow.
The Kamloopa Powwow makes its thundering return to Tk’emlúps

Attendees describe a celebration of tradition, community and healing.

A view of Kamloops trees near the river. From below, tall trunks are surrounded by leaves.
Story of Tk’emlúps: Coyote and the Kukpi7 tree

Kenthen Thomas of the Secwépemc Nation shares the story of Tk'emlúps, how Coyote made a tree fall in love with him.

Kenthen Thomas laughs at a summer gathering
On calling Kamloops by its true name

There is a history of Tk’emlúps before colonization and before the settlers came, writes Secwépemc storyteller Kenthen Thomas.

A grainy photo of a man in a white t-shirt standing in a basement room. The room is covered in band posters.
Little Big House: The tale of a punk palace past

How a home, jam space and underground venue in the 2000s put the Kamloops punk scene on the map.

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