Kamloops and Area

Invasive Species
Response plans being formulated after 11 invasive Japanese beetles found in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Work to come up with a plan to eradicate the Japanese beetle, an invasive species of insect, that has made its way to Kamloops is underway. However, details about what that plan looks like remain unclear at this time. Gail Wallin, the executive director of the Invasive Species Council of B.C., is asking peop...
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training house
TRU trades program celebrates completion of 35th training house
KAMLOOPS - Thompson Rivers University (TRU) trades and technology students marked a milestone on Monday (Jan. 27), celebrating the completion of the program's 35th training house with a campus lunch-in. The three-bedroom, three-bathroom home in Westsyde represents the largest collaborative effort in the program's histo...
Jan 28, 2025
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unplug and play
Kamloops families encouraged to Unplug and Play for Literacy Week
KAMLOOPS - Literacy in Kamloops is challenging families to put down their devices and engage in free activities during the annual Unplug and Play Week, coinciding with Family Literacy Day on Monday (Jan. 27).The initiative, which runs from Jan. 25 to Feb. 1, aims to promote a healthy balance between screen time and act...
Jan 28, 2025
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NEW PRESIDENT
Macpherson retakes the helm of KTTA after departure of Martin
KAMLOOPS - There has been a change at the top of the Kamloops Thompson Teachers' Association (KTTA). Darcy Martin stepped down as president on Friday (Jan. 24) to take a new job with the Gold Trail School District. Thankfully for Laurel Macpherson, president of the KTTA is a job she knows well, serving in that role fro...
Jan 28, 2025
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