Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Council to consider extending licences for patio extensions
KAMLOOPS - One of the interesting discussion items at Tuesday's council meeting will involve patio extensions on downtown sidewalks. The patios have been in place as part of attempts to help the busin...
Sep 27, 2021
Kamloops RCMP investigate fatal crash in Valleyview area
KAMLOOPS - UPDATE- 5:00 AM - Traffic has returned to normal on the East Trans Canada Highway (ETCH) after a fatal motorcycle crash last night. Police were called to the intersection of the ETCH and Hi...
Sep 26, 2021
BC Government extends cap on food delivery fees
VICTORIA - The BC Government says it has extended an order which caps fees charged by food delivery services in the province. The order, which limits the fees food delivery companies can charge, was b...
Sep 26, 2021
Section of Tranquille Road to be temporarily reduced to single-lane, alternating traffic starting Monday
KAMLOOPS - Those heading to the Kamloops Airport within the next several weeks may want to give themselves extra time to get there. Traffic will be reduced to single-lane alternating on the westbound ...
Sep 26, 2021
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
