Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
2019 TRU Training House ready to become next Dream Home
TOBIANO, BC - Ahead of the Kamloops YMCA’s Annual Dreamhome Lottery, builders provided an inside look at the 2019 Training House, which will soon become the next Dream Home prize. Located in Tob...
Mar 27, 2019
City of Kamloops biosolids heading to Turtle Valley with Little Shuswap plan on hold
KAMLOOPS - Biosolids produced by the City of Kamloops have a new destination, as the City’s contractor works through a hitch in its application plan. In December, the City announced a two-year, ...
Mar 27, 2019
Argo truck struck while doing traffic control in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - A pickup truck for a local road contractor was damaged after being hit in Kamloops. The Ministry of Transportation says early Tuesday morning (March 26), a commercial vehicle crashed into a...
Mar 27, 2019
A final conclusion to a five-year court proceeding in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - It’s been more than three years since Charles Gerald Patrick was acquitted of a series of charges after a traffic stop in Kamloops. That stop happened back in December 2013, and the c...
Mar 27, 2019
Canada's Minister of Small Business touts Budget 2019 investments at TRU
KAMLOOPS - Canada’s Minister of Small Business visited Kamloops and the TRU campus Tuesday, highlighting budget items that impact students. Mary Ng pointed to investments to make education more ...
Mar 26, 2019
Kamloops Council hears presentation on eliminating single-use plastic bags
KAMLOOPS - An advocate for the elimination of single-use plastics presented to Kamloops City Council Tuesday afternoon. Michele Hadley is asking council to ban plastic bags by phasing them out with he...
Mar 26, 2019
A look inside the BC SPCA's brand new Kamloops Community Animal Care Centre
KAMLOOPS - The brand new, $6.5 million dollar SPCA Animal Care Centre will open to the public April 6. The finishing touches are going into the facility, and SPCA staff members are preparing to move i...
Mar 26, 2019
Man robbed at knife point in downtown Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Police are investigating after an alleged armed robbery in downtown Kamloops this afternoon. A man stopped an on-duty Kamloops RCMP officer near the Acadian Inn on Columbia Street, and said...
Mar 26, 2019
Williams Lake-based company applies to provide Southern Interior bus service
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - A Williams Lake-based charter service has applied to B.C.’s Passenger Transportation Board (PTB) to provide a new bus service through the Cariboo and Southern Interior. Acc...
Mar 26, 2019
"Be patient": Kamloops travel agent urges travellers to wait out Boeing 737 Max 8 situation
KAMLOOPS - After two crashes in five months, the entire Boeing 737 Max 8 fleet was taken out of service – a total of 387 planes – while investigators try to determine the exact cause of th...
Mar 25, 2019
