Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Social media seminar planned for Kamloops parents
KAMLOOPS - A seminar planned for next Tuesday is meant to give parents tools to help their children avoid getting hurt or hurting others on social media. The seminar “Digital Safety for Our Yout...
Kayla Derkach May 02, 2017
Local Liberals host Clark campaign rally in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - BC Liberal Leader Christy Clark made a campaign stop in Kamloops on Monday evening, and was welcomed by a throng of enthusiastic supporters. Chants of "Christy, Christy" broke out as Clark ...
Kayla Derkach May 01, 2017
Election issues: Ajax
KAMLOOPS - The proposed KGHM Ajax copper and gold mine has been a source of great contention in Kamloops for many years. On one side of the argument are those who believe the environmental and health ...
Kayla Derkach May 01, 2017
Real estate market strong, but slowed by unprepared prospective buyers
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops residential real estate market had another good month in April, up two per cent over the same month in 2016. But Kamloops and District Real Estate Association President Cyndi C...
Kayla Derkach May 01, 2017
20th annual Boogie the Bridge biggest ever
KAMLOOPS - Sunday's Boogie the Bridge marked the 20th running of the event. From humble beginnings in 1998, with just 62 participants in the inaugural Boogie the Bridge, the run has now become one of ...
Kayla Derkach May 01, 2017
Problem hillside north of Rayleigh still moving
KAMLOOPS - Equipment monitoring an unstable hillside above a neighbourhood north of Rayleigh has made an unsettling discovery: the hillside is still moving. 22 people were forced from their Ramage Roa...
Kayla Derkach May 01, 2017
Liberals pledge to create four-year engineering program at TRU
KAMLOOPS - The BC Liberal Party is pledging to fund a four-year engineering program at Thompson Rivers University, if elected on May 9. As it stands, TRU provides training for the first two years of a...
Kayla Derkach May 01, 2017
Rainy April in Kamloops to give way to heat
KAMLOOPS - We got the April showers, and now we’ll find out if the May flowers will follow. Environment Canada says April in Kamloops was much wetter than normal, with 24.9 millimetres of rain r...
Kayla Derkach May 01, 2017
Deceased author wins B.C. publishing award
VANCOUVER - A Kamloops author who died in March has been honoured with a B-C publishing award. Richard Wagamese’s latest book of essays — “Embers: One Ojibway’s MeditationsR...
Kayla Derkach May 01, 2017
Green leader encouraged by wave of support
KAMLOOPS - B.C. Green Party leader Andrew Weaver says he’s encouraged by the wave of Green support that keeps building. Weaver paid a visit to Kamloops Sunday, a visit arranged in support of loc...
Kayla Derkach Apr 30, 2017
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