Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Greens' Currie laments electoral process while local Liberal dodges questions about first-past-the-post
KAMLOOPS - "It's a great process. I wish our government allowed it to work for Canadians, rather than working for politicians," Green Party candidate for Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo, Iain Currie says.Fr...
Sep 21, 2021
Federal election "a success of all the opposition parties": TRU political expert
KAMLOOPS - The Liberals emerged victorious in Monday's (Sept. 20) election, but a Kamloops political expert says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau hardly achieved his goal when he threw the country into t...
Sep 21, 2021
Conservatives keep Nicola and Shuswap ridings; Albas and Arnold re-elected
KAMLOOPS - The Conservative Party of Canada (CPC) retained the Central Okanagan-Similkameen-Nicola and North Okanagan-Shuswap ridings. The Canadian Press projects that Dan Albas in Central Okanagan-Si...
Sep 20, 2021
Conservative Party of Canada's Todd Doherty is re-elected in Cariboo-Prince George
PRINCE GEORGE - The riding of Cariboo-Prince George will remain Conservative Party blue.With votes continuing to roll in, the results weigh heavily in favour of Todd Doherty.With 105 of the riding's 2...
Sep 20, 2021
BCNU president resigns for "personal reasons"
KAMLOOPS - The BC Nurses' Union (BCNU) president has stepped down.In a news release late Monday (Sept. 20) evening, BCNU states Christine Sorensen has resigned "for personal reasons and to pursue othe...
Sep 20, 2021
RCMP seek tips after swastika spray-painted on Tk'emlups billboard promoting COVID-19 measures
TK'EMLUPS - Tk'emlups Rural RCMP are investigating hateful graffiti sprayed onto a billboard.The detachment received a report of "anti-COVID messaging and a swastika" sprayed onto a billboard promotin...
Sep 20, 2021
Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo voters have until 7:00 p.m. to cast a ballot in the 2021 federal election
KAMLOOPS - Monday (Sept. 20) is the final day to vote in the 2021 federal election and polling stations around the Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo riding have seen a steady flow of voters coming through the...
Sep 20, 2021
Active COVID-19 cases decrease in B.C. and Interior Health; provincial hospitalizations rise
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health is continuing to account for a smaller percentage of B.C.'s new COVID-19 cases.Between Sept. 17 and 20, the province is reporting 1,692 new cases of COVID-19 - an average of...
Sep 20, 2021
Rotary Food Drive collects over 22 tonnes of non-perishable items for the Kamloops Food Bank
KAMLOOPS - Over the weekend, the Rotary Food Drive took place across Kamloops. Thousands of yellow bags full of non-perishable food were collected by hundreds of Kamloops Rotary volunteers. "We receiv...
Sep 20, 2021
Volunteers patrol Valleyview parking lot for bait after busy week for thieves
KAMLOOPS - Volunteers with the City of Kamloops and RCMP officers patrolled Valleyview Square on Thursday (Sept. 17) to educate drivers on removing theft bait from their vehicles.The Lock Out Auto Cri...
Sep 20, 2021
