Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Spring road repairs getting started
KAMLOOPS - A number of major road work projects will be getting underway this spring, with the City of Kamloops including smaller repairs jobs on their to-do list. Among the West Victoria Street and T...
Apr 03, 2019
Kamloops woman joins Daughters of the Vote
OTTAWA - A Kamloops woman who is attending the Daughters of the Vote conference in Ottawa this week says the event has left her inspired. Morgan Schell-Ware is one of 338 women attending the event - o...
Apr 03, 2019
Why it's still hard to understand the long-term health impacts of wildfire smoke
KAMLOOPS - Over the past two wildfire seasons, the sky in the Southern Interior was covered by a thick, grey blanket of smoke - sometimes for weeks at a time. In some cities, it’s all you can sm...
Apr 03, 2019
Y Dream Home Lottery value packs sell out in record time
KAMLOOPS - Less than 36 hours after they went on sale, value pack tickets for the 2019 Kamloops Y Dream Home Lottery have sold out. Spokesman Bryce Herman says the value packs sold out in two-and-a-ha...
Apr 03, 2019
'At whose expense?': Kamloops lawyers feel ICBC changes are unfair to victims
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops personal injury lawyers Joe Zak and Merv Sadden say anyone involved in a car accident from now on are worse off than they were last week. “It’s the victims now being as...
Apr 03, 2019
'They did nothing wrong': MP McLeod slams Trudeau for booting Wilson-Raybould, Philpott
KAMLOOPS - The Conservative MP for Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo says Jody Wilson-Raybould and Jane Philpott didn’t deserve their fates. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau turfed Wilson-Raybould and Phil...
Apr 03, 2019
City of Kamloops staff to investigate plastic bag ban
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops council has directed staff to come up with the framework for a ban on single-use plastic bags being offered by local retailers. The move came after much wrangling about what a new ...
Apr 02, 2019
In midst of rising housing prices, city hopes legal secondary suites can help
KAMLOOPS - With news the median price of a Kamloops home exceeded the $500,000 mark last month, the growing cost of real estate has caught the eye of the city. Not being able to predict control the re...
Apr 02, 2019
Heavy Metal Rocks shows SD73 students industry options
KAMLOOPS - For three days last week, 26 lucky students from secondary schools across SD73 took part in Heavy Metal Rocks. No, not the music - the machinery. Thirteen stations, all featuring one or mor...
Apr 02, 2019
New BC Coroners Service tool generating tips for unsolved cases
KAMLOOPS - The BC Coroners Service says traffic to their website has increased significantly since launching its Unidentified Human Remains Viewer Map Tool last week. The map was released in the hopes...
Apr 02, 2019
