Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News

Summit Elementary students win big at Kamloops Independent Film Festival
KAMLOOPS - A pair of Summit Elementary School students were honoured over the weekend for their contributions to this year’s Kamloops Independent Film Festival (KIFF). Nikolai Jedyk’s The ...
Kayla Derkach Mar 13, 2019

Thieves target Dufferin retail business complex
KAMLOOPS - RCMP are investigating a series of break-and-enters in the same Dufferin business complex. According to Kamloops RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Jodi Shelkie, the break-ins happened at about 4:00 a....
Kayla Derkach Mar 13, 2019

Kamloops man convicted of child luring sentenced to six months
KAMLOOPS - A man who pleaded guilty to luring a child over the internet will spend six months in jail. Court documents show Justin McGowan was given his sentence yesterday (March 12), along with a two...
Kayla Derkach Mar 13, 2019

SD73 hosts parent engagement session on vaping and cannabis
KAMLOOPS - This evening, School District 73 is hosting a parent engagement session at the Henry Grube Centre on the topics of cannabis and vaping among youths. Dr. Marvin Krank, Professor of Psycholog...
Kayla Derkach Mar 12, 2019

Kamloops mom says P.A.R.T.Y. went too far, KBIA stands behind program
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops mother says a program meant to teach high school students about the dangers of impaired driving went too far this week. Natalie Franzen’s 15-year-old daughter Brianna was p...
Kayla Derkach Mar 12, 2019

Council settles on 2.96% tax increase for Kamloops ratepayers in 2019
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops council has approved a dozen supplemental budget items, settling on an expected tax increase of 2.96 per cent for local ratepayers in 2019. In budget discussions this morning, coun...
Kayla Derkach Mar 12, 2019

KFR brushes up on rope rescue skills at Sandman Centre
KAMLOOPS - Way up in the rafters of the Sandman Centre, members of Kamloops Fire Rescue are taking a refresher course in rope rescue. “We come in and do a couple different scenarios where weR...
Kayla Derkach Mar 12, 2019

Kamloops to receive funding for gang-prevention programs
KAMLOOPS - A million-dollar investment for select BC communities - including Kamloops - is aiming to help at-risk kids get off the path to gun and gang violence. In a news release, the provincial gove...
Kayla Derkach Mar 12, 2019

Kamloops man slams Air Canada for failing to waive fees amid 737 controversy
PALM SPRINGS, Calif. - A Kamloops man is slamming Canadian airlines for allowing Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft to continue flying, despite a crash in Africa that killed dozens on Sunday. The cause of the ...
Kayla Derkach Mar 12, 2019

Kamloops school board votes to reopen Westsyde Elementary
KAMLOOPS - Come September, Westsyde Elementary School will be home to students once again. Monday night (March 11), School District 73’s board of education voted unanimously to reorganize the ca...
Kayla Derkach Mar 12, 2019

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