Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
Mar 12, 2019
Kamloops P.A.R.T.Y. program explores the impacts of impaired driving
KAMLOOPS - Four Kamloops high schools are taking part in the Kamloops P.A.R.T.Y. program, and it’s a sobering event. P.A.R.T.Y. stands for Preventing Alcohol and Risk-related Trauma in Youth. &#...
Mar 11, 2019
Negotiations, civic duties causing delays in cultural centre at Stuart Wood
KAMLOOPS - The former Stuart Wood Elementary School has sat empty for nearly two years now, and while there are plans in place to transform it into a cultural centre, the building will remain vacant f...
Mar 11, 2019
