Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
'Business owners aren't crooks,' says Kamloops Chamber president
KAMLOOPS - Months after federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau introduced proposed changes to small business tax, the reaction in Kamloops and across the country has been overwhelmingly against. Small ...
Oct 12, 2017
Stuart Wood shelter among city strategies to reduce homelessness
KAMLOOPS - Since June of last year, Stuart Wood School has sat empty. However, this winter it will be given new life as a safe haven for the city’s homeless population. “We had the space a...
Oct 12, 2017
Open burning ban to be lifted in Kamloops Fire Centre
KAMLOOPS - A reduced wildfire risk in the region means the Kamloops Fire Centre will lift its Category 2 and Category 3 open fire bans at 5 p.m. Friday (Oct. 13). The rescinding of the ban applies to ...
Oct 12, 2017
Missing Kamloops man found
KAMLOOPS - UPDATE - RCMP report a man they were trying to locate yesterday has been found safe. Police had been looking for Marcel Allan Hutchings.
Oct 12, 2017
Pair arrested in hospital car theft
KAMLOOPS - Two people are in police custody and facing numerous charges following an alleged vehicle theft in Kamloops. Kamloops RCMP Cpl. Jodi Shelki says the incident occurred Oct. 7 when a person w...
Oct 12, 2017
RCMP confirm Richmond homicide victim was at Kamloops gangland murder
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP are confirming a man found dead in Richmond this week was present at the murder of gang kingpin Konaam Shirzad in Kamloops. 30 year old Ibrahim Amjad Ibrahim was found shot to...
Oct 12, 2017
Crash near Cherry Creek injures driver
KAMLOOPS - Traffic was backed up on the Trans Canada Highway near Cherry Creek Thursday morning after a single vehicle crash. At about 9:10 a.m., a pickup truck careened off the highway and into a nea...
Oct 12, 2017
Kamloops mural employment program a picture of success
KAMLOOPS - Murals are seen as a way to brighten up city streets while at the same time warding off graffiti and loitering in an area. The Kamloops Central Business Improvement Association has been par...
Oct 11, 2017
Ajax assessment reaches the home stretch
KAMLOOPS - The BC Environmental Assessment Office is all finished surveying the public about the proposed KGHM-Ajax mine. The final public comment period on the assessment into the mine proposal close...
Oct 11, 2017
Federal tax proposal most 'controversial' Kamloops accountant has ever seen
KAMLOOPS - Proposed changes to the federal tax system are causing quite a stir locally. That from Starr Carson, managing partner for KPMG’s Kamloops office. One of the proposals seeks to tax emp...
Oct 11, 2017
