Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Liberal candidates promise local cancer treatment facility, Foundry Centre for youth
KAMLOOPS - For years, Kamloops residents have had to travel to Kelowna for cancer treatment. If the BC Liberals are elected, Todd Stone and Peter Milobar are promising $5 million for a cancer treatmen...
Oct 06, 2020
SD73 reports record interest in trades programs
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops-Thompson School District says enrolment in several of its Trades and Transitions programs is at record levels.According to a news release posted to the SD73 website, there are ...
Oct 06, 2020
Tk'emlups Kúkpi7 Casimir acclaimed to BC Assembly of First Nations Board of Directors
KAMLOOPS - Tk'emlups te Secwpemc Chief Kkpi7 Rosanne Casimir will be taking her leadership to a provincial level, having been acclaimed to the Board of Directors for the B.C Assembly of First Nations....
Oct 05, 2020
Merritt woman arrested for disrupting Trans Mountain worksite near Coquihalla Summit
MERRITT, B.C. - A Merritt woman has been arrested for disrupting construction of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion near the Coquihalla Summit.According to an RCMP news release, the confrontation t...
Oct 05, 2020
Camp set up near Mission Flats Road in protest of Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project
KAMLOOPS - The Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project continues to face resistance from environmentalists and Indigenous groups. One group in particular has set up camp along the Thompson River. Th...
Oct 05, 2020
Registration opens for 2020 Camp Out to End Youth Homelessness
KAMLOOPS - Registration has opened for this year's Camp Out to End Youth Homelessness. Come December, the nighttime fundraising event will look different than in year's past. A Way Home Kamloops hosts...
Oct 05, 2020
Prices keep climbing as Kamloops real estate sector roars back from pandemic slowdown
KAMLOOPS - The local real estate sector is roaring back after a COVID-19-related slowdown earlier in the year.New figures from the Kamloops and District Real Estate Association (KADREA) show 332 total...
Oct 05, 2020
Independent Investigations Office looking into RCMP actions after woman seriously injured in Chase
CHASE, B.C - B.C's police watchdog is investigating the actions of RCMP officers in Chase after a young woman was seriously injured last week. The Independent Investigations Office (IIO) says it is lo...
Oct 05, 2020
Massive RIH Patient Care Tower permit elevates Kamloops building sector to new record year
KAMLOOPS - Three-quarters of the way through 2020, a huge permit for the Royal Inland Hospital (RIH) Patient Care Tower has pushed the Kamloops construction sector into record territory.The City of Ka...
Oct 05, 2020
City Councillor running as Independent in Fraser-Nicola
MERRITT - With the deadline for nominations in the provincial election closing last Friday, a couple of independents have rounded out the list in Fraser-Nicola. Merritt City Councillor Mike Bhangu sen...
Oct 05, 2020
