Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News

MENDING A RELATIONSHIP: ‘It’s hard to get 18 months of barbed wire out of your gut’
KAMLOOPS - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that in May, the federal government will formally apologize for the treatment of Italian-Canadians during the Second World War (WWII).According to th...
Apr 27, 2021

Sixteen-week Advanced Forestry Skills Training program in Kamloops starts in May
KAMLOOPS - Up to 24 eligible British Columbians will get training to prepare them for jobs in the forest industry.The B.C. government is providing more than $760,000 to Stillwater Consulting Ltd. to d...
James Peters Apr 27, 2021

UPDATE: One dead after truck, motorcycle collide on Halston Bridge
KAMLOOPS - NOTE: This story has been updated with new information here. Kamloops RCMP say one person has died after a serious vehicle incident on the Halston Bridge Tuesday morning (Apr. 27). Emergenc...
James Peters Apr 27, 2021

Truck driver dies in Monday afternoon crash on Coquihalla
LOGAN LAKE, B.C. - RCMP have confirmed a commercial truck driver died in a crash on the Coquihalla Highway between Kamloops and Merritt Monday afternoon (Apr. 26). The crash took place between two com...
James Peters Apr 27, 2021

City Wants Feedback on Climate Action Plan
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops wants the community to give it feedback on its proposed Climate Action plan. Three virtual public consultation sessions will take place next week before Council gives i...
James Peters Apr 27, 2021

Sexual Assault Awareness Month highlights importance of openness, removing stigma
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP and the Kamloops Sexual Assault Counselling Centre (KSACC) are encouraging parents to talk to their children about personal boundaries during Sexual Assault Awareness Month. M...
Apr 26, 2021

'They didn't want finances to get in the way': Donors support students as Limitless Campaign raises $53.7 million
KAMLOOPS - The biggest fundraising campaign in the history of Thompson Rivers University (TRU) has come to an end.Despite the hurdle of COVID-19, it exceeded all expectations.The university publicly l...
James Peters Apr 26, 2021

MENDING A RELATIONSHIP: 'He thought the entire country disliked Italians'
KAMLOOPS - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that in May, the federal government will formally apologize for the treatment of Italian-Canadians during the Second World War (WWII).According to th...
Apr 26, 2021

Potential COVID-19 exposure at Westmount Elementary
KAMLOOPS - A second Kamloops school is on Interior Health's school exposure website.Westmount Elementary had a potential exposure on April 19 and 20. It joined Bert Edwards Science and Technology Scho...
Apr 26, 2021

TNRD to write a letter of support to ban commercial truck traffic from Highway 5A
MERRITT, B.C. - After months of debate and presentations from various stakeholders in the region, the Thompson Nicola Regional District has voted in favour of drafting a letter of support of a ban on ...
James Peters Apr 26, 2021

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