Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
First Syrian refugee family settling nicely in Kamloops with new twins
KAMLOOPS - When the Al Mohammad family arrived at Fulton Field in December 2015, the first Syrian refugee family in Kamloops, they were overwhelmed to be in Canada after fleeing their war-torn home. T...
Kayla Derkach Apr 13, 2017
Supreme Court ruling brings extra moving parts to School District 73 budget
KAMLOOPS - On Wednesday, the school district presented its preliminary upcoming budget to employee groups and the public. While Canada’s Supreme Court ruling for B.C classrooms to return to 2002...
Kayla Derkach Apr 13, 2017
TRU students one step closer to launching 'Open Textbook Program'
KAMLOOPS - TRU students are are petitioning to cut textbook costs. After collecting more than 1,800 signatures of support, TRU Student Union members made a presentation the university’s board of...
Kayla Derkach Apr 13, 2017
City races to keep up with pothole, paint problems
KAMLOOPS - With the spring weather now here, city crews are hard at work trying to repair our streets and roadways from the wrath of winter. Street sweeping is underway, and so is the filling of hundr...
Kayla Derkach Apr 13, 2017
Kamloops residents slowly adapting to recycling change
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops says residents still have some work to do in order to be in compliance with the city’s new Recycle BC contract. The new framework came into effect April 3, result...
Kayla Derkach Apr 13, 2017
McLeod unhappy with hazy pot legislation
Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo Conservative MP Cathy McLeod says she has a laundry list of concerns about marijuana legalization legislation introduced by the Trudeau government today. The bill works towar...
Kayla Derkach Apr 13, 2017
Senator Nancy Greene Raine undergoing treatment for thyroid cancer
KAMLOOPS - Senator Nancy Greene Raine is receiving treatment for thyroid cancer. The champion alpine skier and Director of Skiing at Sun Peaks Resort will be having her thyroid removed in Kelowna toda...
Kayla Derkach Apr 13, 2017
Two missing fishermen found dead in Red Lake
RED LAKE, B.C. - The search for two missing fishermen has concluded with the recovery of both bodies from Red Lake. The two men, ages 61 and 66, were out ice fishing on the lake Tuesday, but failed to...
Kayla Derkach Apr 13, 2017
AquaVan gives Kamloops students rare, up-close look at animal life
KAMLOOPS - Dallas Elementary school students got to take part in a special hands-on learning experience Wednesday morning. Kindergarten to grade seven students were given the chance to get an up-close...
Kayla Derkach Apr 12, 2017
Brock students helping city cut down on unnecessary waste
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops has a goal of reducing waste by 50% of the 2008 levels over the next three years, a process made potentially more challenging with the recent recycling changes. But stu...
Kayla Derkach Apr 12, 2017
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