Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Kamloops RCMP investigating home invasion
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP are investigating a home invasion last night that injured one man. In a release this morning, Staff Sgt. Michel Grondin says around 8:30 p.m last night, police were called to ...
Mar 02, 2019
Parents, students rally after School District 73 shut out of education funding
KAMLOOPS - Since last week’s provincial budget that saw no education funding promised for School District 73, a parent advocacy group has been outspoken about the lack of dollars coming to Kamlo...
Mar 01, 2019
Kamloops doctor wants other addiction treatments used before heroin compassion clubs
KAMLOOPS - As British Columbia grapples with an ongoing overdose crisis, alternative solutions are now being considered to combat drug-related fatalities. The BC Centre on Substance Use is proposing s...
Mar 01, 2019
Provincial funding for residential care to ease pressure on care aides
KAMLOOPS - With the average life expectancy increasing in Canada, more seniors are in need of long-term residential care. But, with a shortage of staffing for seniors care in B.C., it has become a str...
Mar 01, 2019
Accused in Kamloops manslaughter trial takes the stand
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops man accused in the beating death outside The Duchess on Tranquille in 2016 is telling a jury his version of events. James David Bond’s B.C. Supreme Court manslaughter trial...
Mar 01, 2019
More declines in Kamloops real estate market, but association president sees no cause for concern
KAMLOOPS - New numbers from the Kamloops and District Real Estate Association show a steady but slightly slower home-buying market last month. One-hundred eighty homes changed hands in Kamloops in Feb...
Mar 01, 2019
Kamloops had its coldest February since 1936
KAMLOOPS - Well below normal temperatures made for the fifth coldest February on record for Kamloops. Environment Canada meteorologist Carmen Hartt says the mean temperature during February is 0.1 C, ...
Mar 01, 2019
Kamloops RCMP's annual report details major investigations, officer well-being
KAMLOOPS - Major police investigations throughout 2018 have had an impact on officer health and well-being, according to a year-end report by Kamloops RCMP. Officer in Charge Supt. Syd Lecky details s...
Mar 01, 2019
United Way report indicates residents displaced by 2017 wildfire still recovering
KAMLOOPS - Eighteen months after wildfires devastated the Thompson-Cariboo region, the United Way, which was on the ground helping evacuees, has released its donor wildfire report. The report, titled ...
Feb 28, 2019
ASK Wellness looking forward to delayed opening of Tranquille Road supportive housing
KAMLOOPS - While still waiting for permanent transitional housing, the first few months of what will be a three-year, temporary housing operation at Mission Flats Manor in Kamloops have so far been re...
Feb 28, 2019
