Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Downtown Kamloops ambassadors administer Naloxone, save a life
KAMLOOPS - They’re ambassadors for Downtown Kamloops and this week they put their life-saving skills to full use. Executive Director Carl DeSantis says members of the CAP Team - a group of peopl...
Apr 12, 2018
Soberlak's message to bus crash survivors: 'All of us are part of your family'
KAMLOOPS - Powerful, emotional and meaningful. Those are just three of the adjectives Peter Soberlak used to describe his trip to Saskatchewan to meet with survivors of last week’s tragic bus cr...
Apr 12, 2018
TRU introduces new president and vice-chancellor
KAMLOOPS - Thompson Rivers University has unveiled who will succeed President Alan Shaver when he retires later this year. He is Dr. Brett Fairbairn, a longtime instructor and administrator at the Uni...
Apr 12, 2018
First-term councillor Dhaliwal eyes Kamloops mayor's chair
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops councillor who has been on the job for less than a year is looking for the mayor’s chair. Ray Dhaliwal was elected to council in last September’s Kamloops by-election...
Apr 12, 2018
Kamloops coffee shop donates 300 pounds of coffee to local non-profit
KAMLOOPS - A big time perk for a Kamloops non-profit. Cafe Motivo announced Thursday it will be donating 300 pounds of premium roast J.J. Bean coffee to New Life Community this year. Cafe Motivo Owner...
Apr 12, 2018
SD73 marks 'Jersey Day' for Humboldt Broncos
KAMLOOPS - Students and staff in School District 73 are showing their support for the victims of the Humboldt Broncos bus tragedy today (Thursday). The School District has joined other groups and orga...
Apr 12, 2018
Fire crews deal with fire in Westsyde early this morning
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Fire and Rescue had to deal with a fire overnight in Westsyde. Platoon Captain Rob Chalmers says they got the call to a residence on Wawn Place just before 1:30 AM. Crews found a s...
Apr 12, 2018
Local humanitarians combat human trafficking in Thailand
KAMLOOPS - Human trafficking is an international problem on a growing scale that affects millions of people each day. Thailand is particularly notorious for its high volume of human trafficking. Sadly...
Apr 11, 2018
Gourlay pleads guilty to two charges in fatal hit-and-run
KAMLOOPS - 43 year old Kamloops man Jason Gourlay has pleaded guilty to two of three charges related to the fatal hit-and-run crash that claimed the life of 16 year old Jennifer Gatey. Gourlay pleaded...
Apr 11, 2018
Search for Ryan Shtuka shifts to new location
KAMLOOPS - The seven-week search for missing Alberta man Ryan Shtuka has shifted to a new location. Shtuka was last seen in the early morning hours of February 17 after a house party on Burfield Drive...
Apr 11, 2018
