Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Kamloops B.C. Liberal candidates promise $106M investment for Interior roads
KAMLOOPS - Local B.C. Liberal candidates Todd Stone and Peter Milobar have announced investments in Interior specific road projects should they form government after the provincial election. The $106 ...
Oct 09, 2020
City tackles fuel management in Kamloops nature parks
KAMLOOPS - Kenna Cartwright Nature Park - usually a calm, peaceful setting for a walk amongst the trees. However this week, that quiet has been replaced with the sound of chainsaws. The city is workin...
Oct 09, 2020
CP Rail says expanded track through Kamloops will close walking path
KAMLOOPS - CP Rail says a plan to build more track into downtown Kamloops will result in the closure of an improvised walking path.In an update to its website, CP says the path, known as Jack Gregson ...
Oct 09, 2020
Reader's Digest names Tranquille Sanatorium one of the 10 most haunted places in Canada
KAMLOOPS - Reader's Digest says the former sanatorium at Tranquille on the Lake is one of the 10 most haunted locations in Canada.The magazine releases a list of the country's spookiest haunts every f...
Oct 09, 2020
TRU to honour renowned autism advocate, animal welfare researcher
KAMLOOPS - Thompson Rivers University is set to announce an honour for a prominent autism advocate and animal welfare researcher.The university says it will confer an honorary doctorate on Temple Gran...
Oct 09, 2020
Tourism, hospitality operators feeling hopeful about B.C. Liberal promise to eliminate small business tax
KAMLOOPS - Tourism has been the hardest hit sector in B.C. since the onset of the pandemic that hit leading up to primetime season. According to numbers from the Tourism Industry Association of BC, re...
Oct 08, 2020
Both Kamloops electoral offices still looking to hire ahead of election day
KAMLOOPS - In just under two weeks, British Columbians will head to the polls to decide who has earned the privilege of forming a new provincial government. Election day is always busy, with thousands...
Oct 08, 2020
Kamloops breast cancer survivor advocates for screening and awareness
KAMLOOPS - October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. According to the Canadian Cancer Society, an estimated one in eight Canadian women will develop breast cancer in their lifetimes. While many will s...
Oct 08, 2020
Three officers injured in confrontation with Kamloops domestic assault suspect: RCMP
KAMLOOPS - Three Kamloops RCMP officers were injured during the arrest of a hatchet-wielding domestic assault suspect earlier this week. The update came as part of a news release noting six RCMP offic...
Oct 08, 2020
Merritt retirement home's bus stolen and recovered, but suspect still on the loose
MERRITT, B.C. - A bus stolen from a retirement home in Merritt has been recovered, but RCMP are still looking for the person who took it.According to a social media post from The Florentine, the bus w...
Oct 08, 2020
