Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
City of Kamloops issued $15.1 million in building permits last month
KAMLOOPS - While the Kamloops real estate sector is blazing hot, the building sector has cooled slightly in 2021.The latest building permit totals published by the City of Kamloops Building Inspection...
Apr 08, 2021
Sundhu confirmed as NDP candidate
KAMLOOPS - The New Democrats in Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo have confirmed local lawyer Bill Sundhu as the party's candidate for the next federal election. He was confirmed at a nomination meeting Thurs...
Apr 08, 2021
MLA Stone: Taxpayers getting 'a lot less for a lot more' in Chase-area Trans-Canada Highway project
CHASE - While he's pleased to see investment in local highways, the MLA for Kamloops-South Thompson is critical of the B.C. government's asset management.Todd Stone with the B.C. Liberals said the pro...
Apr 07, 2021
School district honours Indigenous history and culture with eighth annual Day of Sucwentwecw
KAMLOOPS - Students at Four Directions Secondary School learned to make traditional rawhide rattles Wednesday (April 7) as the Kamloops-Thompson School District celebrated the annual Day of Sucwentwec...
Apr 07, 2021
Long list of road projects underway in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Another major Brocklehurst road project will get started next week.The City of Kamloops says B.A. Dawson Blacktop has been contracted to strip and repave Schreiner Street between Edgemount ...
Apr 07, 2021
Kamloops RCMP seize drugs, recover stolen cheques, investigate parking lot fires
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP responded to approximately 496 calls for service from midnight Friday (April 2) to 9 a.m. on Tuesday (April 6). are some highlights from those calls.Drugs seized during impair...
Apr 07, 2021
'Keep in mind what you leave behind': Kamloops RCMP reminding residents of auto crime deterrents
KAMLOOPS - April is Auto Crime Enforcement Month, and Kamloops RCMP are asking residents to 'keep in mind what you leave behind'. Thefts from motor vehicles in Kamloops dropped 27 per cent in 2020, as...
Apr 07, 2021
Kamloops' COVID-19 case count rose modestly last week
KAMLOOPS - The latest breakdown of COVID-19 cases by community shows a modest increase in Kamloops, but more concerning numbers in Kelowna and Revelstoke.The B.C. Centre for Disease Control's Local He...
Apr 07, 2021
People's Party leader Bernier books tour through B.C. Interior, in Kamloops Friday
KAMLOOPS - Eschewing public health directives advising people against non-essential travel during the COVID-19 pandemic, one of Canada's political party leaders will make a campaign-style swing throug...
Apr 07, 2021
Brush fire pops up on Tk'emlups Reserve
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Fire Rescue (KFR) crews are on site of a brush fire along the North Thompson River on the Tk'emlups Reserve.The fire was called in at about 11:00 a.m. Wednesday (Apr. 7) off Chilco...
Apr 07, 2021
