Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Trish Smillie leaves Kamloops-Thompson to assume superintendent's role in Nelson
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops-Thompson School District isn't the only B.C. district getting a new superintendent this summer. The district has announced administrator Trish Smillie has left to take the supe...
Jun 4, 2021
Bans extend to Category 2 and 3 fires in Kamloops Fire Centre next Friday
KAMLOOPS - Strengthened fire bans in the Kamloops Fire Centre will take effect one week from Friday.In a news release, the B.C. Wildfire Service says Category 2 and Category 3 fires - meaning any fire...
Jun 4, 2021
RCMP appeal for tips after Kamloops man's disappearance
KAMLOOPS - RCMP are putting the word out about a missing young man from Kamloops. Domonic Cleaveley, 18, was last seen at about 5:00 p.m. Thursday (June 3). Description: Fair skin 6'1" 140 lbs Straigh...
Jun 4, 2021
Transport Canada restricts drone activity above former Kamloops residential school
OTTAWA - Transport Canada has issued a NOTAM, or Notice to Airmen, regarding the are above the former Kamloops residential school. The notice restricts all air traffic 500 feet above the site and belo...
Jun 4, 2021
READ: How to support Tk'emlups te Secwepemc
TK'EMLUPS - After the horrific discovery announced at the former Kamloops residential school, many are wondering how they can help and support the Tk'emlups te Secwepemc community. The First Nation ha...
Jun 4, 2021
RCMP execute search warrants, arrest several
KAMLOOPS - RCMP say a trespassing call earlier this week eventually led to the arrest of several people and the execution of warrants in Kamloops, Abbotsford, Barriere and 100 Mile House. Around 9:00 ...
Jun 4, 2021 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Many have given up looking for work : STATSCAN
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says the economy lost 68,000 jobs in May as lockdowns to slow the spread of COVID-19 continued. The unemployment rate was 8.2 per cent in May, little changed from the 8.1 pe...
Jun 4, 2021
Chief calls news conference as memorial grows near Kamloops, B.C., residential school
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - An update is expected from the chief of the Tk'emlups te Sewepemc First Nation, a week after the band announced the discovery of what are believed to be the remains of 215 children at...
Jun 4, 2021
RCMP open file, pledge to support Tk'emlups te Secwepemc on residential school discovery
TK'EMLUPS - The Tk'emlups Rural RCMP detachment has opened a file related to the discovery of children's remains near the former Kamloops Indian Residential School.In a news release distributed Thursd...
Jun 3, 2021
Author of Five Little Indians hoping her book encourages better understanding of residential schools
KAMLOOPS - "Clara cried and cried for Lily, for herself, for her lost angel." Michelle Good also cries for Lily, one of the book's characters who dies of tuberculosis at a residential school in Missio...
Jun 3, 2021
