Kamloops, British Columbia

Kamloops sits where the North and South Thompson rivers meet in BC's Southern Interior, on the traditional territory of the Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc. It calls itself Canada's Tournament Capital. The City of Kamloops runs planning and building permits, business and dog licences, Community Services (bylaw enforcement and animal control), roads and snow clearing, its own water treatment plant and water and sewer utilities, curbside garbage, recycling and organics carts, Kamloops Fire Rescue, emergency management and FireSmart programs, parks, the Tournament Capital Centre, pools, arenas and the Sandman Centre, the cemeteries, the Kamloops Museum and Archives, and Kamloops Transit with BC Transit. Policing is the Kamloops RCMP detachment. The Thompson-Nicola Regional District runs the regional landfills and recycling programs, the Thompson-Nicola Regional Library and services for the rural areas around the city; health care is Interior Health (Royal Inland Hospital); and marriage licences, health cards and driver's licences are provincial.