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2022 TRU Training house is underway
KAMLOOPS - A wood cutting ceremony was held in Tobiano on Wednesday (Aug. 11) morning to launch the Thompson Rivers University (TRU) Training house.The annual project aims to educate construction stud...
Doug Collins Aug 11, 2021

Medal of honour, other sentimental items stolen from emergency evacuation bin in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP are asking for the public's help in recovering some stolen items with irreplaceable sentimental value.A poem from a family's late son, a silver medal of honour, and four silve...
Doug Collins Aug 11, 2021

B.C records 536 new COVID-19 cases, with 258 identified in Interior Health region
VICTORIA - The Interior Health (IH) region continues to lead the way with new COVID-19 cases and active infections in B.C. The province is reporting 536 new virus cases today (Aug. 11), 258 of which f...
Doug Collins Aug 11, 2021

Indigenous leaders from Kamloops added to B.C. Chamber Board
KAMLOOPS - Two new Directors for the B.C. Chamber of Commerce are both from Kamloops and both have indigenous backgrounds. Board Chair Joelle Westlund, in the Chamber's weekly news bulletin, says both...
Doug Collins Aug 11, 2021

COVID virtual Town Hall set for Wednesday
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health residents will get a chance Wednesday (August 11) to discuss the latest on the COVID-19 situation at an interactive town hall meeting later today. Health Minister Adrian Dix...
Doug Collins Aug 11, 2021

Caputo wins Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo Conservative Nomination
KAMLOOPS - Another candidate announced to replace Cathy McLeod as our MP in Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo. The Conservatives announced yesterday that Frank Caputo will be their candidate, joining the NDP'...
Doug Collins Aug 10, 2021

Evacuation downgrades around White Rock Lake wildfire
KAMLOOPS - The Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD) has issued a series of evacuation downgrades for communities near the large White Rock Lake wildfire.Communities on the western and southern edg...
Doug Collins Aug 09, 2021

Warriors Walk for Healing Nations reaches Tk'emlups te Secwepemc
KAMLOOPS - Today (Aug. 9) was the culmination of more than six weeks of hard walking.The Warrior Walk for Healing Nations, which started in Yukon on June 26, arrived at Tk'emlups te Secwepemc Monday a...
Doug Collins Aug 09, 2021

Report: " Code red for humanity"
BERLIN - Earth's climate is getting so hot that temperatures in about a decade will probably blow past a level of warming that world leaders have sought to prevent, according to a report released Mond...
Doug Collins Aug 09, 2021

TRU Alumnus Kevin Tillie wins volleyball gold for France in Tokyo
KAMLOOPS - A Thompson Rivers University (TRU) alumnus won gold at the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympic Games. Kevin Tillie, a former WolfPack men's volleyball player between 2009 and 2011, won gold with Team...
Doug Collins Aug 08, 2021

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