Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Kamloops council approves changes to tax-exemption bylaws for commercial developments
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops has made changes to expand a couple of existing bylaws within city boundaries around tax exemptions for developments. Revitalization tax exemption (RTE) bylaws for the ...
Jan 17, 2020 (Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kent Simmonds)
Proposed arts centre expected to be hot topic at Mayor's Gala for the Arts
KAMLOOPS - For more than a decade, the Kamloops community has come together on one night to celebrate the arts. Saturday night marks the 13th Annual Mayor's Gala for the Arts and is dubbed Viva Le Art...
Jan 17, 2020 The 13th annual Mayor's Gala for the Arts is Saturday at the Colombo Lodge (Image Credit: Kamloops Art Gallery)
New Western-themed exhibit aims to show off women's role in ranching culture
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Art Gallery is unveiling its latest exhibit on Friday night (Jan. 17) that puts a feminist perspective on Western culture. Free Reign: Feminist Land Art Retreat aims to give an...
Jan 17, 2020 Free Rein is the newest exhibit at the Kamloops Art Gallery. It runs until Mar. 21 (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
BCLC's newly-hired exec will move to Kamloops headquarters this summer
KAMLOOPS - BC's attorney general says he is encouraging BC Lottery Corporation (BCLC) to hire executives who want to move the Kamloops headquarters - and they did just that this week.According to a ne...
Jan 17, 2020 Peter ter Weeme (Image Credit: BCLC)
School district, board to support proposed Foundry Centre in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops-Thompson School District board of education is putting its support behind a Foundry Centre in Kamloops.Board Chair Kathleen Karpuk says the centre would be a one-stop shop for ...
Jan 17, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Kamloops SPCA provides tips to keep your pet safe in the cold
KAMLOOPS - Most people understand when the weather gets cold, extra precautions need to be taken, but not everyone thinks about how their pets are handling the drop in temperature. The fluffy white sn...
Jan 16, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Jill Sperling
'It's obviously a disappointing decision': BC Attorney General responds to Supreme Court dismissal of TMX appeal
KAMLOOPS - The Supreme Court of Canada has dismissed a move from the B.C. Government to regulate what could flow through the Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion. The province appealed to the Supreme Cou...
Jan 16, 2020 (Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kent Simmonds)
School district backs RCMP involvement in Project EDGE
KAMLOOPS - Every year, the RCMP and the Kamloops Blazers visit Grade 6 classrooms in the city. Their message? Make smart choices in life, and avoid going down the path of addiction. It follows an annu...
Jan 16, 2020 The Kamloops RCMP and Kamloops Blazers give 24 presentations every year to Grade 6 students (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Water leak shuts down wing of TRU's Old Main
KAMLOOPS - One year after a water leak caused big problems to a building at Thompson Rivers University, the school is dealing with another major water leak.Communications Director Darshan Lindsay says...
Jan 16, 2020 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Province to fund new legal clinic at Kamloops Elizabeth Fry Society
KAMLOOPS - The provincial government has announced a $250,000 grant for the Kamloops and District Elizabeth Fry Society to establish a new legal clinic."Cuts to legal aid by the previous government me...
Jan 16, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Dylana Kneeshaw
