how is nursing in kamloops? i am a psychiatric nurse.
i have been offered a job at the southills psychiatric centre (north shore). also can one survive living in kamloops without a car? how is cycling and public transport? RICH are you there?

Hi and welcome to the forum.

I've split this from the other thread as that was several months old, so people may not bother to look at it.

Hopefully this one will get Rich's attention though.

I've several friends that work in nursing here and each of them seem very happy with their jobs.

The public transit system here is apparently pretty good - if you locate yourself close to the right bus route you'll have no problem getting around. Cycling takes a little commitment due to the hilly terrain, but the weather's perfect (outside of mid Nov to March) to use a bike - a dry, arid climate means you'll rarely get caught in a shower.

Talking of which I hope you've got the correct coloured towels in the guest bath

You wanted pink, right?

hehehe I was thinking of a similar thing today - putting clean towels in and grabbed one of the wrong set - and Mrs RICH's words were ringing in my ears.

One of those fleeting comments that someone makes that'll stay with you forever

Doesnt matter what I wanted. As MMC says one of these fleeting comments that stays with you forever

Hey everytime I go in the second bath here I 'see' Mrs RICH.

I'm deeply sorry

I'll pay for the therapy.

Hey I'm not complaining RICH,

thanks all. no doubt i will have further questions as my application progresses.

PM sent, my OH is a phsyc nurse

if you decided to live and work on the north shore then biking around won't be much of an issue as its much flatter than the otherside of the river, if however you chose to live in places like sahali and aberdeen to name a couple then biking down town is easy but coming back won't be as much fun or not fun at all

i've seen those things called buses but i've no idea how reliable they are or what the cost is..... but you can cycle down town and put your bike on the front of the bus to come back up

i might be living in the north shore to be closer to my work place.so i suppose a plus for me if i choose to cycle. it seems though that all the important places in kamloops are outside the north shore. right?

not really, it has everything you'd need to live.
its got a few small malls, supermarkets, shops, banks, resturants, parks etc.
its a fair size.

and the main town centre is just accross the river.

the only things that are really a way to go if you have no car is the supermarkets, "big ticket" shops and the aberdeen mall / cinema as they are up on the hill side

There are several supermarkets on the N.Shore, including a Safeway.

The N.Shore does have a reputation for having the seedier city suburbs, but there are areas such as Westsyde, and Batchelor Heights that offer perfectly nice housing and surroundings.