Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Sunrise Kickoff, United Way's first virtual fundraiser, collects $25,000
KAMLOOPS - The United Way kicked off its annual campaign to raise money for non-profits in the Kamloops, Nicola and Cariboo regions. The breakfast is often held in person, but with the pandemic, peopl...
Oct 01, 2020
VIDEO: 'This is just the beginning of society becoming aware of the truth': A reflection on residential schools
TK'EMLUPS - A young Secwepemc woman has recorded a stirring video about the legacy of Canada's Indian Residential School system. The video, titled "Weykt Xexweytep," features Talise Seymour discussing...
Oct 01, 2020
B.C. municipalities, including Kamloops, renewing calls for bigger slice of provincial funding pie
d KKAMLOOPS - As the provincial leaders travel around the B.C. ahead of next month's election, mayors from across the province are renewing calls out for more funding. Mayors from 13 urban communities...
Sep 30, 2020
Mount Paul Community Food Centre blending independence and education with free kid's recipe kits
KAMLOOPS - Despite COVID-19 limitations, the Mount Paul Community Food Centre has found a way to provide free food education from the comfort of a family's own kitchen. The centre has been offering on...
Sep 30, 2020
Kamloops teacher helps students wear their (blue) hearts on their sleeves for Orange Shirt Day
KAMLOOPS - Every Child Matters. It's the official slogan of Orange Shirt Day, which began as a result of the Saint Joseph Mission Residential School Commemoration Project and Reunion in Williams Lake ...
Sep 30, 2020
"There is so much more to it": Head of Kamloops RCMP notes complexity of fatal hit-and-run investigation
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops' top cop says there was good reason for the time it took to arrest and formally charge the man involved in a triple fatal accident last November. Last week, police arrested 31-year...
Sep 30, 2020
Electric school bus, charging infrastructure en route to Kamloops-Thompson School District
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops-Thompson School District is throwing its carbon neutral capital plan under the bus.District 73 says it will add a new electric school bus to its fleet early next year. This wil...
Sep 30, 2020
Wildfire smoke to make muted return to B.C.
KAMLOOPS - Environment Canada says smoke expected to drift into the B.C. Interior in the coming days should not be nearly as thick as the haze that descended on Kamloops earlier this month.Weather pat...
Sep 30, 2020
Quick-acting passerby saves driver after Nicola Lake plunge
MERRITT, B.C. - RCMP in Merritt are crediting a passerby with saving the life of a motorist whose vehicle plunged into Nicola Lake Tuesday (Sept. 29).According to an RCMP news release, the vehicle wen...
Sep 30, 2020
RCMP believe weekend business fire near Barriere may have been arson
BARRIERE, B.C. - RCMP in Barriere say a fire over the weekend may have been deliberately set.The fire was reported early Saturday morning (Sept. 26) at a business on Agate Bay Road south of Barriere.A...
Sep 29, 2020
