Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Council votes to support grant application for Canada Games Aquatic Centre improvements
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Council has put its stamp of approval on a grant application for improvements to the Canada Games Aquatic Centre. City staff have applied for funding of more than $450,000 through ...
Apr 09, 2019
Kamloops Exploration Group Conference informs kids about mining
KAMLOOPS - It's estimated that the mining industry is worth over $8 billion to the provincial economy, and considering the number of jobs it provides, it's an industry which is vital to the economic w...
Apr 09, 2019
Kamloops criminal loses appeal of 18-month sentence
KAMLOOPS - Jason Robertson will be heading back to prison after a failed appeal to his 18-month sentence. Robertson and his wife were charged with several offences following a police search of their h...
Apr 09, 2019
Province says no release after tanker carrying aluminum sulfate crashes on Mission Flats Road
KAMLOOPS - A tanker carrying aluminum sulfate has overturned near the Thompson River, but the province says there has been no release. According to B.C.’s Ministry of Environment and Climate Cha...
Apr 09, 2019
Process has begun to move LTSA records from Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Relocation of records from the Land Title and Survey Authority’s Kamloops office has begun. Lindsay Bealle, assistant deputy registrar with the office, says documents including origin...
Apr 09, 2019
Who invited this weather?
KAMLOOPS - Who said winter is over? Mother Nature apprently isn’t quite finished with us. The system that has brought some rain to Kamloops this morning has brought some heavy snow to the Coquih...
Apr 09, 2019
'Holistic approach' needed to address Kamloops social issues: City bylaw department
KAMLOOPS - Social issues are continuing to put a strain on bylaw resources in Kamloops. A report by the bylaw department to the City’s Community Services Committee details the increase in social...
Apr 08, 2019
Hundreds in Kamloops sign up as organ donors on Green Shirt Day
KAMLOOPS - Sunday was Green Shirt Day across Canada, a day meant to honour Logan Boulet who was a member of the Humboldt Broncos hockey club, and died in the horrific bus crash in April 2018. Boulet w...
Apr 08, 2019
Thousands of books up for grabs at Barb's Used Book Sale
KAMLOOPS - The biggest fundraiser for the Kamloops Symphony Orchestra is on now at the former Value Village downtown. The semi-annual Barb’s Used Book and Music Sale began Saturday and will run ...
Apr 08, 2019
Kamloops university students lead weekend shoreline cleanup
KAMLOOPS - Every spring when the snow melts, a hidden cornucopia is revealed. Discarded coffee cups, plastic bags, and assorted other trash seems to pile up throughout the city and is often swept down...
Apr 08, 2019
