Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Council to decide on four more cannabis store applications today
KAMLOOPS - It’s a busy day head for Kamloops city council, with four more retail cannabis licence applications on the table. Council will determine today (Feb. 12) whether this new batch of stor...
Feb 12, 2019
Chances Casino workers vote to unionize
KAMLOOPS - Less than a month after Gateway Casinos announced its acquisition of Chances Casino on the Kamloops North Shore, Chances employees have voted to unionize. According to the website for Unifo...
Feb 12, 2019
City crews cleaning up after multiple water main breaks last week
KAMLOOPS - City crews are in the clean-up phase after multiple water main breaks last Thursday. The city’s Utility Services Manager Greg Wightman says the leaks on Greenstone Drive and near the ...
Feb 11, 2019
Snow, below average temperatures expected for Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Along with more well-below average temperatures, Kamloops is expecting to get hit with some snow early this week. Environment Canada forecaster Bobby Sekhon says the city is going from drie...
Feb 11, 2019
Community consultations point to re-opening of Westsyde Elementary School
KAMLOOPS - School District 73 is moving closer to making a final decision on the fate of the old Westsyde Elementary, and it appears most of the community supports the idea of re-opening the school. D...
Feb 11, 2019
Woman uninjured after being dumped into garbage truck in Brock
KAMLOOPS - A woman was somehow uninjured after the dumpster she was in was dumped into a garbage truck earlier this morning. Kamloops Fire Rescue Platoon Capt. Darryl Cooper says the call came in just...
Feb 11, 2019
UPDATE: Interior Health says two new cases of norovirus at RIH
KAMLOOPS - Just when we thought it was the beginning of the end for norovirus outbreaks in Kamloops health facilities, another has been declared. Interior Health spokesperson Brad Buie said earlier th...
Feb 11, 2019
Robber hits North Shore gas station
KAMLOOPS - RCMP are investigating a weekend robbery at a North Shore gas station. According to a news release, a suspect walked into the Canco Gas Station in the 200 block of Tranquille Road early Sun...
Feb 11, 2019
KFR called to drown out fire near Sandman Centre overnight
KAMLOOPS - It may be the most chilly, wintery time of the year, but that doesn’t prevent fires from spreading. That’s the message from Kamloops Fire Rescue, whose personnel had to knock do...
Feb 11, 2019
TRU speaker to share Canadian Red Cross first aid experience in disasters
KAMLOOPS - Not only laying out how vital Red Cross responders are for countries experiencing disasters, but showing how those crises impact first aid workers will be the topic of an event at TRU tomor...
Feb 10, 2019
