Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Acting Mayor taking Kamloops drug issue to UBCM
KAMLOOPS - It’s a problem that outreach workers in Kamloops say is only getting worse. The city’s lack of housing, combined with the ongoing opioid crisis has the Ask Wellness Centre facin...
Kayla Derkach Sep 20, 2017
Provincial budget consultations coming to Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops residents have been invited to have their say on next year’s provincial budget. The all-party Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services will be in Kamloops...
Kayla Derkach Sep 20, 2017
Heffley Creek recycling thieves sought
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops and District Crime Stoppers are asking Heffley Creek residents to search their memories for details of a theft. The target was the recycling depot at Heffley Creek, where on August...
Kayla Derkach Sep 20, 2017
Kamloops couple survives Mexico quake
KAMLOOPS - It’s a bye week the assistant coach of the Kamloops Broncos will never forget. Darryl Chow was in Mexico with his wife this week when a deadly earthquake hit Tuesday. He was actually ...
Kayla Derkach Sep 20, 2017
All Clear: Elephant Hill evacuation alerts rescinded
KAMLOOPS - The Elephant Hill wildfire is no longer considered a threat to properties in the Thompson-Nicola Regional District. As a result, the TNRD has lifted all evacuation alerts and the area is no...
Kayla Derkach Sep 20, 2017
Maker Kits give SD73 students tools for critical thinking
KAMLOOPS - Students throughout the Kamloops-Thompson School District will be able to get a little more inventive, thanks to some new equipment. Every elementary school in the district has been equippe...
Kayla Derkach Sep 19, 2017
Kamloops Search and Rescue hope to find new members
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Search and Rescue provide a necessary service to our community, sometimes risking life and limb to help those who find themselves caught out in the mother nature unprepared. Like m...
Kayla Derkach Sep 19, 2017
Running for Mayor: Mike McKenzie
KAMLOOPS - 24-year-old Mike McKenzie is the youngest candidate running for mayor in the civic by-election, but he says he’s far from inexperienced. “I was on the national council for the N...
Kayla Derkach Sep 19, 2017
SouthKam student labels First Nations Halloween costumes 'offensive'
KAMLOOPS - A South Kamloops Secondary student is taking a local pop-up Halloween costume store to task for selling an offensive costume. 14 year old Kiara Lampreau couldn’t believe when she foun...
Kayla Derkach Sep 19, 2017
Extras needed for Merritt commercial shoot
KAMLOOPS - Lights, camera, action! Extras are needed for scenes in an Ubisoft commercial to film in the Merritt and Lower Nicola area for four days from Sept. 26 to Sept. 29. Fifty extras - males and ...
Kayla Derkach Sep 19, 2017
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