Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Kamloops council supports arts centre proposal; referendum on borrowing to be held in 2020
KAMLOOPS - "Right project, right place, right time."That mantra was repeated by several Kamloops councillors Tuesday (Nov. 5) as they voted their support for the Kamloops Centre for the Arts Society a...
Nov 05, 2019 Image Credit: Kamloops Centre for the Arts Society
Edmonton-based Stollery Foundation donates $750,000 to RIH Foundation for Patient Care Tower
KAMLOOPS - The Stollery Charitable Foundation (SCF) has announced it will make a $750,000 donation to the Royal Inland Hospital Foundation.The donation will be spread over the next four years and will...
Nov 05, 2019 Image Credit: Interior Health
Recent local Green candidate says race for new leader may bring more support to party
KAMLOOPS - Elizabeth May's resignation on Monday doesn't come as a surprise to the recent Green Party candidate in Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo, who says it may help attract more positive attention to th...
Nov 04, 2019 Former Green Party leader Elizabeth May made a stop in Kamloops on Oct. 15, six days before the federal election (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Multi-unit affordable housing project marks new era for Habitat for Humanity
KAMLOOPS - Habitat for Humanity has teamed up with Kamloops Immigrant Services to develop a multi-story commercial and residential building on Tranquille Road. "Habitat for Humanity's values mimic our...
Nov 04, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kent Simmonds
Old Navy comes ashore to Aberdeen Mall
KAMLOOPS - The clothing retailer Old Navy is coming to Kamloops.According to City of Kamloops building permit applications listed on its website, Aberdeen Mall applied for a permit on October 31 in or...
Nov 04, 2019 Image Credit: Ken Wolter / Dreamstime.com
RCMP release owner of pickup truck involved in downtown Kamloops crash without charge
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP say they have released the registered owner of a pickup truck involved in a fatal collision Sunday morning (Nov. 3) in downtown Kamloops.Cpl. Jodi Shelkie says the driver has ...
Nov 04, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Police watchdog recommends charges against Kamloops RCMP officers after collision with stolen pickup
KAMLOOPS - The Independent Investigations Office is recommending charges against several Kamloops RCMP officers after a crash between an unmarked police car and a stolen pickup last December.The colli...
Nov 04, 2019 Image Credit: The Canadian Press
TRU president says victims of downtown Kamloops crash were international students, alumni
KAMLOOPS - (NOTE: This story has been updated here.) TRU's president says the victims of Sunday's (Nov. 3) horrific crash in downtown Kamloops were international students and alumni at the school.Two ...
Nov 04, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Busy October has Kamloops construction value within striking distance of quarter-billion-dollar mark for 2019
KAMLOOPS - A busy month of October has the Kamloops building sector approaching the quarter-billion-dollar mark in construction value for the year.According to new numbers from the City of Kamloops Bu...
Nov 04, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Police search for suspects in early morning accident
KAMLOOPS - RCMP are looking into yet another accident involving a vehicle and a building. Sergeant Sascha Fesenko says they were called out to the 400-block of Battle Street West for an accident just ...
Nov 03, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
