Author Archives: Aaron Schulze
Clothing and hygienic products needed as the Mustard Seed prepares for 12 Days of Giving
KAMLOOPS - The Mustard Seed is kicking off its 12 Days of Giving campaign in Kamloops next week.From Dec. 12 to 23, the Seed says it will ask for "city-specific donations" to help those experiencing h...
Dec 05, 2022
Canada, China set to co-host global nature talks even as diplomatic tensions persist
OTTAWA - A major UN conference on biodiversity will get underway in Montreal Tuesday with a lofty goal to get every country to agree to protect almost one-third of the world's land and oceans before t...
Dec 05, 2022
Christmas Amalgamated Kamloops sees disruptions in service as phone lines are down
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops staple, Christmas Amalgamated has been operational in the city for 45 years.In 2022 during the holiday season when the program is needed most, Sally Whitson with Christmas Amalga...
Dec 04, 2022
Kamloops man arrested in connection to 2021 Columbia Street homicide
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP has arrested a man believed to be in connection with a homicide at the Howard Johnson Motel in 2021.On Saturday (December 3) after more than a year, a person has been connecte...
Dec 03, 2022
Canadian-funded group works to remove landmines left in Ukraine after Russian retreat
PEREMOHA, Ukraine - The small yellow stakes in the middle of a vast field outside Kyiv appear harmless, but they are not. Three explosions have rocked this field, including a fatal one that destroyed ...
Dec 02, 2022
Kamloops winter shelter beds see rise in use; some being turned away due to limited capacity
KAMLOOPS - The temperatures overnight in Kamloops have dipped below -15C recently resulting, in more people who are homeless using the overnight winter shelters.The Mustard Seed and the Out of the Col...
Dec 01, 2022
RCMP and Interior Health expanding Car 40 program in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health, in partnership with the B.C. RCMP Southeast Division, has announced changes to the PAC program in Kelowna and the Car 40 program in Kamloops that sees nurses accompany poli...
Dec 01, 2022
City of Kamloops to collect garbage and recycling separately in 2023
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops will have two separate trucks collect garbage and recycling in 2023.In a news release issued Thursday (Dec. 1), the city says it will put the dual-pass collection syste...
Dec 01, 2022
Weekend for Kamloops RCMP includes bear spray assault, interrupted constitutional
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP responded to approximately 394 public complaints from midnight Friday (Nov. 25) to 9:00 a.m. Monday (Nov. 28). Below are some incidents police attended.Merritt man on warrant ...
Dec 01, 2022
B.C. teachers strongly approve three-year contract with pay boost, added benefits
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's public school teachers have ratified a new three-year contract. Nearly 50,000 members of the BC Teachers' Federation were eligible to cast a ballot and a statement from ...
Dec 01, 2022
