Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Body discovered at Domtar Pulp Mill
KAMLOOPS - A gruesome discovery in Kamloops Wednesday afternoon. Kamloops RCMP Cpl. Jodi Shelkie says just after 3:00 p.m. Mounties were called to Domtar Pulp Mill on Mission Flats Road after employee...
Mar 07, 2018
Stone, James clash in legislature over payroll tax, ICBC
VICTORIA - Kamloops-South Thompson BC Liberal MLA Todd Stone sparred with Finance Minister Carole James in the BC legislature today over the NDP employer health tax plan. Stone used organic food busin...
Mar 07, 2018
Kamloops group seeks referendum on time change
KAMLOOPS - With Daylight Saving Time just days away a Kamloops group is confident its push to end the practice is nearing fruition. Bob Dieno, co-founder of ‘STOP the Time Change,’ has bee...
Mar 07, 2018
Province's employer health tax to cost SD73 $250K a year by 2020
KAMLOOPS - School District 73 estimates Victoria’s newly proposed employer health tax will start to cost the district approximately $250,000 a year starting in 2020. Secretary-Treasurer Kelvin S...
Mar 07, 2018
Kamloops hoping for long-term solutions to biosolid waste
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops, in partnership with the province, local First Nations and the local agriculture sector, will put together a stakeholder group to deal with the city’s increasing ...
Mar 06, 2018
Kamloops mayor says city should be compensated with significant cannabis tax revenues
KAMLOOPS - The mayor of Kamloops says the city should be receiving tax revenue when cannabis is officially legalized by the federal government. It comes after the mayor of Sicamous sent a letter to Vi...
Mar 06, 2018
TRU celebrates international flavour with IDays
KAMLOOPS - It's an opportunity for the students who come to Thomspon Rivers University from abroad to show off their culture to the community. IDays is a celebration of the diversity of cultures that ...
Mar 06, 2018
Sa-Hali Secondary students prepare for Guatemala missions trip
KAMLOOPS- Over spring break, most teenagers look forward to sleeping in and hanging out with their friends. But for sixteen Sa-Hali Secondary students, the holiday will be all about giving back to oth...
Mar 06, 2018
Head-on crash claims a life, closes Trans Canada Highway near Cherry Creek
KAMLOOPS -The RCMP have confirmed one person was killed in today’s crash. Four others were sent to hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Sgt. Mike Pears with Central Interior Traffic Serv...
Mar 06, 2018
Riverside Park pier repairs start Wednesday
KAMLOOPS - Repairs to the Riverside Park pier will start Wednesday. The City of Kamloops says they’ve hired a contractor to conduct repairs to the footing and rotunda of the pier. Over time, the...
Mar 06, 2018
