KAMLOOPS - It's a not-so-secret mission to bring holiday cheer to lonely seniors. The Kamloops Centre for Seniors Information has kicked off its annual Christmas campaign, known as Operation: Secret Santa. Each year, the Centre for Seniors Information delivers more than 500 gift bags to seniors in the community who may...

KAMLOOPS - Christmas Amalgamated is set up for another season of charitable giving, putting together clothing, toys and meal hampers for families in need. CFJC dropped by the headquarters in the Cooper Centre and caught up with organizer Sally Whitson. This year, the local effort wants to help out 2,000 families in the...

KAMLOOPS - The 2024 edition of Wildlights will get take over the BC Wildlife Park in Kamloops in exactly four weeks time, on Dec. 13.BC Wildlife Park General Manager Glenn Grant says there will also be several new additions during the 27th edition of the annual holiday lights display, which features well over one milli...

KAMLOOPS - Social media and the internet have led to an increase in the spread of misinformation."Misinformation tends to play a lot on our emotions and our biases. And when those two things are in play, it's almost like our critical thinking brain switches off and we are unable to critically review the headline o...

TK'EMLUPS - Crews are still clearing away the remnants of the Red Bridge after a fire destroyed the historic river crossing back in September. The bridge was a connection point between the south shore of the city of Kamloops and Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc's Mount Paul Industrial Park. There are 350 tenants op...

KAMLOOPS - The Hamlets at Westsyde is a living community dedicated to providing quality care and experiences for seniors, according to a Hamlets media release.Hamlets shares a building with Bumble and Bean Daycare and is a short walk from Westsyde Secondary School. With children, high school students and seniors in clo...

KAMLOOPS - The holiday season is approaching and the Salvation Army in Kamloops has kicked off its annual Kettle campaign. Local organizers were set up at Sarah's Independent Grocer Wednesday morning (Nov. 13) to receive the first cash and card-tap donations. Major Tracy Goyak says the money given to the kettles is use...

KAMLOOPS - Tuesday night (Nov. 12) was a special one for Pacific Sport Interior BC as the organization celebrated its 30th anniversary. The night also provided the partner Operation Red Nose the chance to launch this year's campaign.Supporters gathered at the Sandman Centre for some drinks and appetizers to mark the 30...

KAMLOOPS - Western Canada Theatre is preparing for its largest production of the season so far, with Beauty and the Beast coming to the Sagebrush Theatre. Beauty and the Beast is a classic French fairytale, but most people would likely know it from the popular Disney movie and Broadway musical. Brianna Clark is among t...

KAMLOOPS - Subject to city council's approval of a temporary use permit, the former Butler Auto and RV lot along the Tranquille Road corridor could eventually be the site of an access hub facility for the city's unhoused residents. But it wouldn't be a permanent location, as the owner of the property wants to have the ...

KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Street Rod Association (KSRA) has donated a record $18,000 to the Royal Inland Hospital (RIH) Foundation in support of pediatrics.Association president Kim Grayston says the money was raised by car enthusiasts at a number of different events organized over the year. "We've been doing it sin...

KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Legion is inviting residents to Riverside Park Monday (Nov. 11) to honour those who have sacrificed in service to Canada.The Remembrance Day ceremony will begin with a parade to the cenotaph at 10:55 a.m.A team of CF-18 jets from Canadian Forces Base Cold Lake will perform a fly-past.After the c...

KAMLOOPS - It was almost a scene out of the TV show, 'Supermarket Sweep.'Kamloops' Cody Skene raced against the clock at Fresh Street Market on Friday (Nov. 8) - dashing through the aisles as his family and store staff cheered him on. Skene wasn't just on a regular grocery run - he was the lucky winner of a five-minute...

TK'EMLUPS - Indigenous Veterans Day is held on November 8 each year in Canada. It's meant to acknowledge the 12,000 First Nations, Inuit and Metis people who served this country in past and current conflicts, and peacekeeping operations. Tk'emlúps te Secwe̓pemc hosted a formal ceremony Friday morning (Nov. 8) f...

KAMLOOPS - For the seventh year in a row, a Kamloops woman is collecting purses filled with essentials and holiday gift items for women staying in shelter. Each year Patti Phillips spends weeks collecting donations of new or gently used purses, filled with key items to be given out to women in need. "One of the mo...

KAMLOOPS - If you have walked around the campus at Thompson Rivers University recently, you may have noticed colourful cardboard boxes with hygiene items inside. They are part of a drive put on by the Hygiene for Homeless Club at TRU.The club started last year and aims to provide the homeless population of Kamloops wit...

SKEETCHESTN - Wrangling chickens is just one of the lessons being taught at the new 'Skeetchestn Stables' that opened this year at Skeetchestn Community School."This is just educating children on what's kind of becoming a lost-but-needed industry," said Suzanna Fradette, interim barn coordinator at the school...

KAMLOOPS - More details are emerging about preliminary plans for a social services community access hub on the Kamloops North Shore.ARPA Investments says it has purchased the former Butler Auto and RV properties, located at 118 and 142 Tranquille Road, with plans to develop the sites.In a news release, ARPA's Joshua Kn...

KAMLOOPS - A group of leaders from the eight Secwépemc communities and the founder of the Orange Shirt Society received B.C. Reconciliation Awards for 2024. The Office of the Lieutenant Governor of B.C. and the BC Achievement Foundation announced that Phyllis Webstad of Williams Lake and Qwelmínte Secw&ea...

KAMLOOPS - It is Canadian military history, with a Kamloops lens. A series of tours hosted by the City's Kamloops Museum and Archives over the next week and a half gives residents a chance to learn more about the local men and women who served. "We try to talk a little bit about the first and second World Wars, th...

KAMLOOPS - Kamloops residents can look to the sky this Remembrance Day, as the city is going to have an official military flyover this year. An official military fly past wasn't originally on the agenda. Last year marked the final fly over from the 419 'Moose' Squadron, which underwent changes to its programming and th...

KAMLOOPS - The Royal Canadian Legion's Poppy Campaign is underway across the city, with donations being gathered for veteran support initiatives. The annual campaign is focused on local Legion branches, which means the money stays in Kamloops. Donations are held in trust at the branch level, which allows the Legion to ...

KAMLOOPS - This weekend, Kamloops residents will lace up their running shoes for Nicholas' Run for Youth Mental Health. It's the second year of the 5-kilometre walk/run event, which was founded in memory of Nicholas Zhou, a young Kamloops man who struggled with depression and passed away at age 19. The event raises awa...

KAMLOOPS - One of the oldest preschools in the province, run out of the Kamloops United Church building, is set to close. Administrators and the board of the preschool say the move was unexpected, while church leadership says the decision was made as it reviewed its programming following recent fire damage to the build...

KAMLOOPS - A new report authored by Food Banks Canada is showing food bank usage has reached the highest number in Canadian history, with more than two million monthly visits reported this year. The Hunger Count 2024 report shows there has been a 90 per cent increase compared to pre-pandemic years. Those who need emerg...

ASHCROFT, B.C. - The Veterans Artist Collective is a non-profit program focused on encouraging veterans and members of the Canadian Armed Forces to try new art forms. This past weekend, the group hosted eight veterans from across Canada for an axe-forging workshop at Honour Ranch in Ashcroft."We have a master blac...

KAMLOOPS - With the loss of two day spaces that served more than 200 people, along with emergency shelter spaces on the North Shore, some Kamloops shelter operators are concerned about what dropping temperatures will mean for those living on the street. The closures of The Loop - which served about 60 people daily - an...

KAMLOOPS - The Know Your Neighbour Walk was started in 2012 by local members of the Sikh community, honouring the birthdate of Guru Nanak Dev Ji, founder of Sikhism, and his universal message of our common humanity. "Over the years, we've continued this walk as a way of supporting brotherhood and sisterhood to bui...