Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News

KAMLOOPS - It’s been an issue for years, but with higher enrolment and more kids being driven to school, the pressure to find a solution to the traffic crunch at Westmount Elementary School in W...

VICTORIA - Kamloops BC Liberal MLAs Todd Stone (Kamloops-South Thompson) and Peter Milobar (Kamloops-North Thompson) have taken aim at what they’re calling a “tax and spend” NDP budg...

KAMLOOPS - District PAC chair Don Kitt says a pair of allegations that have come forward have caught the attention of all parents across School District 73 and a policy change is “long overdue.&...

KAMLOOPS - Update: Fortis BC’s Corporate Communications Manager Sean Beardow says the gas leak has been brought under control and attributes the 5 a.m. gas line break to “third party damag...

KAMLOOPS - Often when tragedy strikes, it can present an opportunity for some good to come of it. In the case of Hayleigh O'Brien's death after a battle with ovarian cancer, her family is working to m...

KAMLOOPS - It was an issue they hammered at while in opposition and one they raised often during last year’s provincial election campaign: the NDP’s quest to halt raw log exports. B.C. For...

KAMLOOPS - The Cariboo Regional District is backing a plan that would bring electric charging stations along the route from Kamloops to Haida Gwaii. It follows a pitch from the Community Energy Associ...

KAMLOOPS - Will a bigger snowpack help mitigate the wildfire risk in B.C. this summer? Not necessarily, according to the BC River Forecast Centre (BCRFC). BCRFC Head Dave Campbell says while the North...

KAMLOOPS - The opioid crisis will the focus of a panel discussion at Thompson Rivers University Monday night. It will be hosted by fourth year Bachelor of Science and Nursing student Marina Troke, wit...

KAMLOOPS - There’s no end in sight to the wintry weather in Kamloops. Environment Canada says Saturday’s record snowfall - 15.4 centimetres of it at the Kamloops Airport, smashing the prev...