File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)

By James Peters

The Loop

City of Kamloops suspends business license for The Loop non-profit on Tranquille Road

Jul 22, 2021 | 11:31 AM

KAMLOOPS — The operator of North Shore non-profit service provider The Loop says the City of Kamloops has suspended its business license.

The move comes two months after the City of Kamloops designated The Loop, located at 405 Tranquille Road, as a nuisance property.

In a news release, operator Glenn Hilke says he was pleased to see Wednesday’s City of Kamloops announcement of day spaces for those experiencing homelessness.

However, Hilke says he didn’t understand the City’s decision to pull his organization’s funding and suspend its business license, given the service gaps it fills on the North Shore.

“We fail to see how taking away 100 per cent of our funding to The LOOP by the City of Kamloops… is going to be anything but a detriment to both the people we serve as well as to the community as a whole,” said Hilke.

Sound Off

SOUND OFF: Cutting carbon emissions can be easy and accessible to Kamloops residents

Oct 30, 2024

Question of the Week

Do you have confidence in the vote-counting carried out by Elections BC?

Oct 28, 2024

Week in Review

Week in Review: Week of Oct. 21

Oct 26, 2024

Hilke says The Loop focuses on food security and other services for “the most vulnerable and complex community members”, but local residents and businesses have been critical of nuisance issues that centre around the facility.

Wednesday, a Kamloops resident captured a physical confrontation outside the centre’s doors on video.

WATCH: (Video Credit: Facebook / Marlene Armstrong)