Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
CMHA Kamloops: B.C. government's suicide statistics 'not reflective' of what is being seen in groundwork
KAMLOOPS - A statement earlier this week from the B.C. Coroners Service said suicide deaths in the province decreased by 12 per cent between April 2020 and February 2021 compared to the same time the ...
May 19, 2021
Kamloops-Thompson School District preparing scaled-back commencements for more than 1,000 grads
KAMLOOPS - Pandemic gathering restrictions will make for smaller celebrations, but School District 73 grads will still be walking across the stage this year. According to Assistant Superintendent of S...
May 19, 2021
Kamloops Wednesday Farmer's Market set to expand in early June
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Regional Farmers Market has been back and running for about a month now. However, with the official start of summer still about a month away, sales have yet to really ramp up a...
May 19, 2021
Tiny House Warrior twins found guilty in 2019 confrontation near Blue River Trans Mountain site
KAMLOOPS - Two Indigenous protesters have been found guilty after a 2019 confrontation with security personnel outside a Trans Mountain pumping station near Blue River. In B.C. Provincial Court in Kam...
May 19, 2021
'This was out of our control’: Kamloops YMCA-YWCA says Dream Home refunds dependent on third parties
KAMLOOPS - It's been two weeks since the Kamloops Y Dream Home Lottery tickets sold out on May 6.Before the holders of the 18,000 tickets find out if they'll win the $700,000 plus home in Westsyde, th...
May 19, 2021
TNRD recommends approval of liquor licence for Trans Mountain
MERRITT, B.C. - The Thompson Nicola Regional District Board of Directors have voted 25-1 in favour of recommending approval of a liquor licence for the Trans Mountain work camp near Merritt.The vote f...
May 19, 2021
Calgary murder suspect surrenders to RCMP in Salmon Arm
SALMON ARM, B.C. - A man wanted on a Canada-wide warrant for a Calgary murder was arrested last week in Salmon Arm.According to the Calgary Police Service, Christopher Douglas Mathers, 34, turned hims...
May 19, 2021
City of Kamloops spray parks to open for the season this Friday
KAMLOOPS - It's a sure sign summer is not far away: City of Kamloops spray parks will open for the season this weekend.According to a City news release, the spray amenities at Riverside Park, Albert M...
May 19, 2021
WATCH: Commercial truck burns near Coquihalla's Great Bear Snowshed
MERRITT, B.C. - A commercial truck was heavily damaged by fire southwest of Merritt Tuesday evening (May 18). The fire took place on the Coquihalla Highway near the Great Bear Snowshed. Former Merritt...
May 18, 2021 Image Credit: Harry Lali
New provincial attraction grants expected to benefit Kamloops tourism, BC Wildlife Park
KAMLOOPS - To boost pandemic financial relief, the B.C. government will soon dole out $50 million for anchor tourism attractions throughout the province. Tourism Kamloops CEO Beverley DeSantis says th...
May 18, 2021
