Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Kamloops eatery ditching the plastic straw
KAMLOOPS - It's estimated that in North America, over 500,000,000 straws are discarded every day. That accounts for around 1,400,000 kilograms of plastic which makes its way into landfills. As a New Y...
Jan 12, 2018
Kamloops cell phone thieves target sports teams
KAMLOOPS - RCMP say a new theft trend has popped up in Kamloops this year. Cpl. Jodi Shelkie says, in the first week of 2018, police recorded three separate incidents of sports teams being victimized ...
Jan 12, 2018
KTTA launches campaign to outline class size, composition violations
KAMLOOPS - When the Supreme Court of Canada ruled in favour of B.C. teachers in November 2016, there was hope the more than decade-long battle over class size and composition was over. But if you ask ...
Jan 12, 2018
Wildfires hurt passenger numbers at YKA in 2017
KAMLOOPS - Last summer’s devastating wildfires put a dent in passenger numbers at Kamloops Airport in 2017. Managing Director Heather McCarley says numbers dropped 2.5 per cent from just over 32...
Jan 12, 2018
Greyhound extends lease at Kamloops location
KAMLOOPS - The Greyhound station in Kamloops is staying put. Greyhound confirmed the news to CFJC Today Friday. “In order to continue to serve the residents of Kamloops, we are extending our lea...
Jan 12, 2018
Kamloopsians weigh in on Cannabis Act
KAMLOOPS - Kamloopsians are marginally in favour of new proposed cannabis legislation. That according to the results of a survey released Friday by Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo Conservative MP Cathy McLe...
Jan 12, 2018
U of Calgary says it can't suspend sexual offender, tells him to stay away
KAMLOOPS - The University of Calgary says it is not expelling Connor Neurauter, but has advised him to stay away from its campus for the remainder of the term. The 21 year old Neurauter was sentenced ...
Jan 11, 2018
Search on for credit card thief
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Crime Stoppers is seeking the public’s help in identifying a credit card thief. Sometime overnight on December 11, Crime Stoppers says it was stolen from a wallet that was mi...
Jan 11, 2018
TRU Faculty Association demands 'fair funding' from provincial government
KAMLOOPS - The Thompson Rivers University Faculty Association is calling for “fair funding” from the provincial government. President Tom Friedman says they want the province to provide TR...
Jan 11, 2018
Attempted murder charge approved after May 2017 house fire in Aberdeen
KAMLOOPS - Crown Counsel has now approved an attempted murder charge against a young Kamloops woman for her part in a house fire in Aberdeen last May. 19 year old Megan Medos is facing charges after t...
Jan 11, 2018
