Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Kamloops Airport numbers show travellers continue to avoid flights
KAMLOOPS - Struggles are continuing for the Kamloops Airport. The massive drop in passenger levels continued over the summer months.Airport figure released Thursday morning (Oct. 22) reveal passenger ...
Oct 22, 2020
School District 73 uses reserves to balance budget
KAMLOOPS - School District 73 will take over 1.5 million dollars from its reserve fund to balance its budget over the next few months.Board Chair Rhonda Kershaw, in a news release yesterday, said the ...
Oct 22, 2020
Police warn sex workers to stay away from Sagmoen property
VERNON, B.C. - Police have issued a warning to people involved in the sex trade not to respond to requests for their services, or to engage in any activity, in the Salmon River Road area west of Ender...
Oct 21, 2020
Planning for where and how people want to be laid to rest in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - As the cost of living goes up, so does the cost of dying. The City of Kamloops is making changes to its Cemetery Master Plan, which includes a 25 per cent increase for burial prices. In lin...
Oct 21, 2020
Defeated confidence motion on COVID-19 spending 'bizarre': McLeod
KAMLOOPS - The MP for Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo says Wednesday (Oct. 21) was one of the more bizarre days in her four terms as a member of parliament.One year since the last federal election, Canada w...
Oct 21, 2020
ELECTION ISSUE: Climate Change
KAMLOOPS - From the calls from young people to improve the climate to government initiatives to reduce emissions, the environment is near the top of any election campaign, and it's no different leadin...
Oct 21, 2020
Kamloops mayor presented with first poppy of 2020 campaign
KAMLOOPS - The mayor of Kamloops has received the first poppy of the 2020 campaign. Ken Christian was presented with the poppy by Kamloops Legion President Daniel Martin and Vice President of the ANAV...
Oct 21, 2020
Longtime Kamloops women's advocate Cynthia Davis remembered as fierce social justice activist
KAMLOOPS - The former coordinator of the Kamloops Sexual Assault Counselling Centre (KSACC) is being remembered as a fierce activist and advocate for Kamloops women.Cynthia Davis passed away on Octobe...
Oct 21, 2020
Special weather statement issued with snow coming Friday
KAMLOOPS - Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement for much of southern B.C. due to snowfall predicted for the end of the week.The statement covers all areas in the Kamloops region, ...
Oct 21, 2020
B.C. Liberal candidates promising to fast-track Parkcrest Elementary rebuild, local NDP candidate says it's on track to open in 2022
KAMLOOPS -It's been more than a year since students and families watched Parkcrest Elementary School. Thirteen months later, the school grounds remain bare. At the time of the fire, Education Minister...
Oct 21, 2020
