Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Provincial funding for residential care to ease pressure on care aides
KAMLOOPS - With the average life expectancy increasing in Canada, more seniors are in need of long-term residential care. But, with a shortage of staffing for seniors care in B.C., it has become a str...
Mar 01, 2019
Accused in Kamloops manslaughter trial takes the stand
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops man accused in the beating death outside The Duchess on Tranquille in 2016 is telling a jury his version of events. James David Bond’s B.C. Supreme Court manslaughter trial...
Mar 01, 2019
More declines in Kamloops real estate market, but association president sees no cause for concern
KAMLOOPS - New numbers from the Kamloops and District Real Estate Association show a steady but slightly slower home-buying market last month. One-hundred eighty homes changed hands in Kamloops in Feb...
Mar 01, 2019
Kamloops had its coldest February since 1936
KAMLOOPS - Well below normal temperatures made for the fifth coldest February on record for Kamloops. Environment Canada meteorologist Carmen Hartt says the mean temperature during February is 0.1 C, ...
Mar 01, 2019
Kamloops RCMP's annual report details major investigations, officer well-being
KAMLOOPS - Major police investigations throughout 2018 have had an impact on officer health and well-being, according to a year-end report by Kamloops RCMP. Officer in Charge Supt. Syd Lecky details s...
Mar 01, 2019
United Way report indicates residents displaced by 2017 wildfire still recovering
KAMLOOPS - Eighteen months after wildfires devastated the Thompson-Cariboo region, the United Way, which was on the ground helping evacuees, has released its donor wildfire report. The report, titled ...
Feb 28, 2019
ASK Wellness looking forward to delayed opening of Tranquille Road supportive housing
KAMLOOPS - While still waiting for permanent transitional housing, the first few months of what will be a three-year, temporary housing operation at Mission Flats Manor in Kamloops have so far been re...
Feb 28, 2019
TEDx TRU event expected to sell out quickly
KAMLOOPS - Tickets are selling fast for this year’s TEDx TRU event on March 9. The event, which will feature eight speakers discussing a variety of topics, is limited to 100 people and early-bir...
Feb 28, 2019
Wilson-Raybould testimony sparks calls for further investigation
KAMLOOPS - Former Attorney General Jody Wilson-Raybould says she felt pressure to interfere in the criminal prosecution of Montreal-based engineering company, SNC-Lavalin. Her testimony has sparked cr...
Feb 28, 2019
Jury hears 911 call placed after Kamloops man beaten outside bar
KAMLOOPS - A key witness to an altercation that led to a Kamloops man dying in December 2016 has taken the stand to tell his side of the story. Dustan Pendrak has been cross-examined for a second day,...
Feb 28, 2019
