Someone runs past the construction site at the old A&W on 3rd Avenue and Lansdowne Street, where a new Starbucks location is in the works on May 17, 2019. Shelby Thevenot

Kamloops to get 11th Starbucks at this abandoned burger joint

KAMLOOPS — If you've taken a trip to downtown Kamloops lately you may have noticed some new life at the abandoned A&W.

A Starbucks is under construction on the corner of 3rd Avenue and Lansdowne Street. 

Work is being completed by Kelowna-based company BPR Construction.

Once its doors open there will be 11 Starbucks locations in Kamloops.

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Shelby Thevenot

Shelby has lived across Canada. She grew up near Winnipeg, Manitoba then obtained her B.F.A in Multidisciplinary Fine Arts at the University of Lethbridge in Lethbridge, Alberta. In 2014 she moved to Montreal, Quebec to study French and thrived in the Visual Journalism Graduate Diploma program at Concordia University. Now she works at iNFO News where she strives to get the stories that matter to the Okanagan Valley community.

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