Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Kamloops Council hears presentation on eliminating single-use plastic bags
KAMLOOPS - An advocate for the elimination of single-use plastics presented to Kamloops City Council Tuesday afternoon. Michele Hadley is asking council to ban plastic bags by phasing them out with he...
Mar 26, 2019
A look inside the BC SPCA's brand new Kamloops Community Animal Care Centre
KAMLOOPS - The brand new, $6.5 million dollar SPCA Animal Care Centre will open to the public April 6. The finishing touches are going into the facility, and SPCA staff members are preparing to move i...
Mar 26, 2019
Man robbed at knife point in downtown Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Police are investigating after an alleged armed robbery in downtown Kamloops this afternoon. A man stopped an on-duty Kamloops RCMP officer near the Acadian Inn on Columbia Street, and said...
Mar 26, 2019
Williams Lake-based company applies to provide Southern Interior bus service
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - A Williams Lake-based charter service has applied to B.C.’s Passenger Transportation Board (PTB) to provide a new bus service through the Cariboo and Southern Interior. Acc...
Mar 26, 2019
"Be patient": Kamloops travel agent urges travellers to wait out Boeing 737 Max 8 situation
KAMLOOPS - After two crashes in five months, the entire Boeing 737 Max 8 fleet was taken out of service – a total of 387 planes – while investigators try to determine the exact cause of th...
Mar 25, 2019
Transgender Pride flag flies ahead of International Day of Visibility
KAMLOOPS - March 31st is International Day of Transgender Visibility, and on Monday at City Hall, Kamloops Pride took the opportunity to raise the Trans Pride Flag in recognition. Around a dozen peopl...
Mar 25, 2019
Suspected impaired driver went on wild ride before Westsyde Road crash: search warrant
KAMLOOPS - An allegedly impaired Kamloops driver had crashed into an embankment, drove on a sidewalk, and sped off into oncoming traffic before a serious crash in Westsyde last month. That’s acc...
Mar 25, 2019
RCMP say Sunday morning fires in Kamloops may be work of an arsonist
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP are investigating a pair of Sunday morning fires in North Kamloops as suspicious. According to Cpl. Jodi Shelkie, the first was reported at about 2:10 a.m. Sunday (Mar. 24) at...
Mar 25, 2019
Chamber rescinds Perks' executive director appointment
KAMLOOPS -The Kamloops Chamber of Commerce has announced the reversal of its decision to hire John Perks as Executive Director. The decision follows the recent controversy stirred up throughout social...
Mar 24, 2019
City says extra federal funding could be used for numerous projects
KAMLOOPS - With the announcement of the federal government doubling gas-tax revenue funds in the 2019 budget for community works projects, it remains to be seen what specific changes that could bring ...
Mar 24, 2019
