Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Gardengate breaks ground on long-awaited expansion project
KAMLOOPS - Since its humble beginnings back in the year 2000, Gardengate has been operating as a space of healing and recovery for individuals living with mental health issues or addictions. For 20 ye...
Sep 04, 2020
UPDATE: RCMP standoff with armed man in Juniper Ridge ends with arrest
KAMLOOPS - One man is in custody after an armed standoff in Juniper Ridge this morning (Sept. 4). According to a news release from Staff Sgt. Simon Pillay, officers rushed to a home at the east end of...
Sep 04, 2020
Kamloops real estate sales continue to grow through summer
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops realtors seem to be making up for lost time as real estate sales figures continued to rise through the final month of summer. Figures released by the Kamloops and District Real Est...
Sep 03, 2020
City of Kamloops to host open houses for North Shore Neighbourhood Plan
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops has a pair of open houses regarding the North Shore Neighbourhood plan coming up. However, due to COVID-19, those open houses won't be like previous community engagemen...
Sep 03, 2020
Casimir on Ajax Mine Project revival: "It's always been no."
KAMLOOPS - On Tuesday, Abacus Mining & Exploration Group said in a press release that KGHM had hired a new Ajax Superintendent in Kamloops. In the media release, the duties of the new superintende...
Sep 03, 2020
Interior Health expecting demand for COVID-19 tests to increase as students head back to school
KAMLOOPS - Students in the Kamloops-Thompson School District will be returning to the classroom in one week's time. However, if a student has symptoms associated with COVID-19, they will have to stay ...
Sep 03, 2020
Mountainside cannabis grow op spotted, dismantled near Lytton
LYTTON, B.C. - While marijuana use is now legal in Canada, growing 5,000 plants on the side of a mountain remains illegal.That's the message from Lytton RCMP, who took down just such a grow operation ...
Sep 03, 2020
Suspected catalytic converter thieves nabbed in Lytton
LYTTON, B.C. - RCMP say a recent interrupted theft in Lytton underscores how catalytic converters have become hot commodities. According to a news release from Southeast District RCMP spokesman Cpl. J...
Sep 03, 2020
Protester arrested at Trans Mountain construction site
KAMLOOPS - A woman has been arrested for violating a B.C. Supreme Court injunction by chaining herself to a gate at the Trans Mountain pipeline worksite near the Kamloops airport.Police were alerted t...
Sep 03, 2020
VIDEO: Inside a Kamloops school as staff prepare for the 'new normal'
KAMLOOPS - With an unprecedented back to school season starting next week, many parents are wondering what school will be like for their children.School District 73 is giving parents a peak into one s...
Sep 03, 2020
