Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News

KFR called to drown out fire near Sandman Centre overnight
KAMLOOPS - It may be the most chilly, wintery time of the year, but that doesn’t prevent fires from spreading. That’s the message from Kamloops Fire Rescue, whose personnel had to knock do...
Kayla Derkach Feb 11, 2019

TRU speaker to share Canadian Red Cross first aid experience in disasters
KAMLOOPS - Not only laying out how vital Red Cross responders are for countries experiencing disasters, but showing how those crises impact first aid workers will be the topic of an event at TRU tomor...
Kayla Derkach Feb 10, 2019

Progress made over weekend on water main break repairs
KAMLOOPS- After a long, cold weekend of work for City of Kamloops crews, progress has been made on repairing multiple water main breaks. Utility Services Manager Greg Wightman says the leaks on Greens...
Kayla Derkach Feb 10, 2019

City looking for public input as Downtown Plan review enters Phase 3
KAMLOOPS -The City of Kamloops is hoping for further public input as the Downtown Plan review enters its third phase. Last year the city began asking for the public’s thoughts on how they’...
Kayla Derkach Feb 09, 2019

Love Hard Kamloops answering call for donations during cold snap
KAMLOOPS - During this recent blast of cold weather, Love Hard Kamloops is working to gather warm clothing for people in the frigid city streets. Board Member Lynne Borle says recently, they have been...
Kayla Derkach Feb 09, 2019

Walsh, Movie Mart cited for eight Worksafe violations in wake of robberies
KAMLOOPS - A store owned by a Kamloops city councillor has been cited for eight violations after a Worksafe BC inspection. Movie Mart, owned by Councillor Denis Walsh, has been robbed twice since the ...
Kayla Derkach Feb 08, 2019

Thompson snowpack levels near normal
KAMLOOPS - It’s too soon to say whether we’re in store for some springtime flooding in the Thompson regions, but both the North and South Thompson’s snowpacks are hovering around nor...
Kayla Derkach Feb 08, 2019

Kamloops residents interested in expanded transit, active transportation plan
KAMLOOPS - With 13 supplemental items to decide on, mayor and council have some tough decisions to make. They received input from Kamloops residents at Thursday night’s public budget meeting. Ma...
Kayla Derkach Feb 08, 2019

City crews locate water main break that impacted downtown
KAMLOOPS - A water main break that caused a massive flow of water through downtown Kamloops has now been located. In a news release, the City of Kamloops says crews worked throughout the evening to is...
Kayla Derkach Feb 08, 2019

O'Reilly topped 2018 election spenders; Christian outspent Turnbull five-to-one
KAMLOOPS - The big spenders were the big winners in last fall’s municipal election – for the most part. Candidate financing documents released by Elections BC showed Mayor Ken Christian ou...
Kayla Derkach Feb 08, 2019

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