Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Kamloops council defeats move to address Sagebrush streetlight complaints
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops council won't take special action to mediate a neighbourhood's complaints about new, bright streetlights.Members of the Sagebrush Neighbourhood Association don't like new 75-watt l...
Mar 15, 2022
Council agrees to up officer complement at Kamloops RCMP detachment
KAMLOOPS - The local RCMP detachment has Kamloops council's okay to hire another five officers in 2023.The Kamloops detachment has about 120 officers on the job at any given time, despite a budget for...
Mar 15, 2022
Kamloops Ukrainian church prepares for potential immigrant families
KAMLOOPS - Father Andrzej Wasylinko is the pastor at Holy Trinity Ukrainian Catholic Church. He can relate in some ways to the millions of people fleeing Ukraine. "I myself was a refugee. I came here ...
Mar 15, 2022
Work begins on redevelopment of Gateway 286 rest stop in Merritt
MERRITT - Ground was broken today for the revival of a landmark rest stop in Merritt. The five Nicola Valley First Nations, the City of Merritt, the province, and the federal government have all colla...
Mar 15, 2022
Sewer line upgrade to snarl downtown Kamloops traffic
KAMLOOPS - Crews will begin work this week on an infrastructure project downtown on Fourth Avenue from Columbia Street to Battle Street and part of Third Avenue.The City is asking drivers to slow down...
Mar 15, 2022
Thompson Rivers University set to host 2022 USPORTs Men's National Soccer Championships in November
KAMLOOPS - In just eight months, Hillside Stadium will be the backdrop for the top collegiate soccer players in the country, as Thompson Rivers University will host the USPORTs Men's Soccer National c...
Mar 15, 2022
Sanctioned by Russia, Kamloops MP says he will not be intimidated
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo MP Frank Caputo says he won't be intimidated after his name was listed among Canadian MPs sanctioned by Russia Tuesday (Mar. 15).Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and ...
Mar 15, 2022
Snowfall warning issued for Coquihalla's Merritt-to-Hope stretch
KAMLOOPS - While Kamloops emerges from winter weather and looks forward to spring, the highest elevations of the Coquihalla corridor are still in the midst of a winter wonderland.Environment Canada ha...
Mar 15, 2022
MAPS: Thefts of bicycles and from motor vehicles — Week of March 7, 2022
KAMLOOPS - The local RCMP detachment reports 30 thefts from motor vehicles and four bicycle thefts from March 7 to 13, 2022.Take a look at the following maps to see if your neighbourhood was hit: Week...
Mar 15, 2022
One of three protesters who spread paint at Kamloops Trans Mountain consultation sentenced
KAMLOOPS - One of three Indigenous demonstrators who disrupted a 2018 round table consultation meeting surrounding the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion has been sentenced. On December 10, 2018, Mayuk...
Mar 15, 2022
