Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Release of the Michaels 'the beginning of a new phase of Canada-China relations': TRU professor
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops expert on East Asian politics says the end of Meng Wanzhou's detention in Canada and the corresponding release of two Canadians in China represent the beginning of a new phase of...
Sep 25, 2021
Métis Nation BC buys downtown Kamloops property for $3.8M, plans housing project
KAMLOOPS - Mtis Nation BC (MNBC) has announced plans to build subsidized housing on a downtown Kamloops property.In a news release, MNBC says it has purchased a property at 800 Victoria Street for $3....
Sep 25, 2021
Kamloops elementary school students receive special advice from nearby seniors
KAMLOOPS - What advice would you give to a 12-year-old version of yourself? That's the question that was posed to residents of Ridgeview Lodge, a seniors care home on the North Shore. Those same resid...
Sep 24, 2021
Lytton wildfire survivors haunted by memories as they struggle to get back on their feet
KAMLOOPS - It has been almost three months since the village of Lytton burned to the ground. Survivors are still haunted by the memories of horror as they struggle to get back on their feet. "The scre...
Sep 24, 2021
Kamloops teens 'uproot the system', demand climate action
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops secondary students took part in a global climate action strike Friday (Sept. 24).The teens gathered at Riverside Park, marching with signs and hearing speeches under the theme, 'up...
Sep 24, 2021
COVID-19 school notifications to relieve Kamloops parent, teacher anxiety
KAMLOOPS - "Why is it not transparent? Why were the exposures [not reported]? We have two schools right now that are closed because of exposures." Laurel MacPherson, the President of the Kamloops-Thom...
Sep 24, 2021
Canadian Catholic bishops 'apologize unequivocally' for residential schools
OTTAWA - Catholic bishops in Canada are apologizing ``unequivocally'' to Indigenous Peoples for the suffering endured in residential schools, just as Pope Francis prepares to meet with Indigenous lead...
Sep 24, 2021
PHOTOS: Logging truck wedged beneath downtown rail overpass
KAMLOOPS - A logging truck driver is having a very bad day in downtown Kamloops.At about 1:00 p.m., a truck loaded with logs became wedged under the rail overpass at First Avenue and Lansdowne Street....
Sep 24, 2021
RAW VIDEO: Drone footage shows devastation of Sparks Lake wildfire
KAMLOOPS - A video recorded by a Kamloops drone enthusiast shows in vivid detail some of the devastation wrought by this year's largest wildfire in B.C.The Sparks Lake wildfire was discovered on June ...
Sep 24, 2021
Interior Health issues drug alert for Kamloops and Merritt
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health has issued a drug alert for both Merritt and Kamloops.The teal-coloured drug is being sold as 'down' and may contain Fentanyl and possible synthetic cannabinoid.The risks in...
Sep 24, 2021
