Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Dr. Jill Calder honoured for work with ALS patients in Kamloops region
KAMLOOPS - It’s a lab day for Dr. Jill Calder working out of the Clinical Services Building at RIH, using a machine that tests a patient’s nerve and muscle function, a piece of equipment t...
Apr 04, 2019
Ask a City Councillor event aims for in-person engagement
KAMLOOPS - Members of Kamloops council hope to reach beyond online interactions with the public this week as they host a small question-and-answer session. ‘Ask a City Councillor Kamloops 1.0...
Apr 03, 2019
City sports fields soon to be ready for action
KAMLOOPS - Now that spring has arrived, most of the city’s sports fields are now open for play, with finishing touches being put on the remaining spaces. City of Kamloops Parks Civic Facilities ...
Apr 03, 2019
Spring road repairs getting started
KAMLOOPS - A number of major road work projects will be getting underway this spring, with the City of Kamloops including smaller repairs jobs on their to-do list. Among the West Victoria Street and T...
Apr 03, 2019
Kamloops woman joins Daughters of the Vote
OTTAWA - A Kamloops woman who is attending the Daughters of the Vote conference in Ottawa this week says the event has left her inspired. Morgan Schell-Ware is one of 338 women attending the event - o...
Apr 03, 2019
Why it's still hard to understand the long-term health impacts of wildfire smoke
KAMLOOPS - Over the past two wildfire seasons, the sky in the Southern Interior was covered by a thick, grey blanket of smoke - sometimes for weeks at a time. In some cities, it’s all you can sm...
Apr 03, 2019
Y Dream Home Lottery value packs sell out in record time
KAMLOOPS - Less than 36 hours after they went on sale, value pack tickets for the 2019 Kamloops Y Dream Home Lottery have sold out. Spokesman Bryce Herman says the value packs sold out in two-and-a-ha...
Apr 03, 2019
'At whose expense?': Kamloops lawyers feel ICBC changes are unfair to victims
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops personal injury lawyers Joe Zak and Merv Sadden say anyone involved in a car accident from now on are worse off than they were last week. “It’s the victims now being as...
Apr 03, 2019
'They did nothing wrong': MP McLeod slams Trudeau for booting Wilson-Raybould, Philpott
KAMLOOPS - The Conservative MP for Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo says Jody Wilson-Raybould and Jane Philpott didn’t deserve their fates. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau turfed Wilson-Raybould and Phil...
Apr 03, 2019
City of Kamloops staff to investigate plastic bag ban
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops council has directed staff to come up with the framework for a ban on single-use plastic bags being offered by local retailers. The move came after much wrangling about what a new ...
Apr 02, 2019
