Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Kamloops unemployment rate nearly the same year-over-year
KAMLOOPS - April’s unemployment rate stayed fairly static year-over-year in Kamloops. Statistics Canada Labour Market Analyst Vincent Ferrao says it was 8.8 per cent last month, compared to 8.5 ...
May 11, 2018
Team Spelling Bee raises money for literacy programs in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - A room full of brainiacs tested their vocabulary and spelling skills this morning at the seventh annual Team Spelling Bee to raise money for a pair of literacy groups in Kamloops. The event...
May 10, 2018
Youth Homeless Count uncovers hidden problem
KAMLOOPS - Thursday marks the last day of the Youth Homeless Count in Kamloops, and volunteers are anticipating an increase in the number of young people without a stable roof over their heads. For th...
May 10, 2018
TRU free legal clinic moves downtown
KAMLOOPS - A free legal clinic staffed in part by Thompson Rivers University law students has a new location and expanded hours. The office will now be located at 623 Victoria St. in downtown Kamloops...
May 10, 2018
TRU's Old Main on tap for some major renos
KAMLOOPS - Thompson Rivers University is set for a major facelift. The school has announced it is investing $5 million in Old Main classroom renovations scheduled to begin this summer. TRU says the wo...
May 10, 2018
Fire crews snuff logging truck blaze near Dallas
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Fire Rescue crews were called to extinguish a burning load on a logging truck this afternoon. It happened on the East Trans Canada Highway near Dallas. Viewer video from the scene ...
May 10, 2018
'It's amazing how time flies': Senator Nancy Greene Raine set to retire
KAMLOOPS - “It’s amazing how fast time flies.” The words of Conservative Senator Nancy Greene Raine on her impending mandatory retirement at the age of 75 on Friday. Greene Raine was...
May 10, 2018
Pro-pipeline rally attracts hundreds to Riverside Park ahead of May 31 decision
KAMLOOPS - More than 100 pro-pipeline supports showed up to Riverside Park and waved their placards to express their desire for Kinder Morgan to go ahead with the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. &#...
May 09, 2018
Truck fire blocks traffic near Walmart
KAMLOOPS - Traffic is being kept away from Hillside Drive near McGill Road behind Walmart this afternoon (May 9). A pickup truck was on fire at that location. It’s not believed anyone was injure...
May 09, 2018
City activates Emergency Operations Centre for spring flooding
KAMLOOPS - Rainfall and rising temperatures are keeping the threat of flooding in this province, very much ‘top of mind’. In Kamloops, water levels in local creeks are being monitored clos...
May 09, 2018
