Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Merritt considering 3D printing homes
MERRITT, B.C. - Even prior to the November floods, the city of Merritt was in a severe housing crisis. After the floods, that issues has only been intensified with approximately 100 homes lost to floo...
Mar 07, 2022
Katherine McParland Bursary created for young adults who have experienced housing instability
KAMLOOPS - A bursary has been set up in honour of the late founder of A Way Home Kamloops Katherine McParland.The Katherine McParland Bursary is part of BC Housing's Education Awards Program, which pr...
Mar 07, 2022
Kamloops Fire Rescue battles large landscape fire, warns public of dry climate
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Fire Rescue spent 90 minutes knocking down a landscape fire near Seymour Street West Monday (March 7) morning.Platoon Captain Darryl Cooper says crews responded at 5:00 a.m. where ...
Mar 07, 2022
Action 22 Kamloops: former city councillor forms slate as he intends to run for mayor
KAMLOOPS - A former Kamloops city councillor is intending to run for mayor in 2022, and he hopes to have numerous council candidates under the same banner alongside him. Ray Dhaliwal, businessman and ...
Mar 07, 2022
More weekend rallies to come in support of Ukraine
KAMLOOPS - A local man held a "peaceful demonstration" on Saturday (March 5) to show solidarity with Ukraine, and he said he'll keep holding them until the violence stops.Oleksandr Sasha Kondrashov is...
Mar 06, 2022
Major Crime Unit investigating murder in Lytton
The Southeast District Major Crime Unit (SED MCU) are investigating after what they're calling a suspicious death of a woman in Lytton.On Feb. 19, RCMP officers were called after a woman's body was di...
Mar 06, 2022
Interior Health hosting another virtual career fair
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health is holding another virtual career fair.In a news release Friday (March 4), Interior Health says those interested in attending can book an online one-on-one session and meet ...
Mar 06, 2022
Kamloops mother remembers late son on Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome Awareness Day
KAMLOOPS - Today (Mar. 5) is Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome (CVS) Awareness Day. With bouts of extreme vomiting lasting for days, this rare disease has no known cause or cure. Lynnette Ferguson lost her son...
Mar 05, 2022
Kamloops Fire Rescue reports no injuries in late night Brocklehurst house fire
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Fire Rescue (KFR) responded to a house fire in Brocklehurst late Friday (March 4) evening. Four KFR trucks and 14 members were on scene to contain the house fire on Newman Street. ...
Mar 05, 2022
Nearly three decades later, one of Kamloops' favourite beers emerges from hibernation
KAMLOOPS - Is Kamloops a beer-drinking town?"It sure is," David Beardsell, then the founder of Bear Brewing told CFJC News.In 1995, David Beardsell had just opened the doors of Bear Brewing, one of th...
Mar 04, 2022
