Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News

How a TRU professor became close friends with Stan Lee
KAMLOOPS - A Thompson Rivers University professor is mourning the loss of a man he calls a very close friend: Marvel Comics legend Stan Lee. The 95-year-old Lee died Monday at a hospital in Los Angele...
Andrew Snook Nov 13, 2018

How a TRU professor became close friends with Stan Lee
KAMLOOPS - A Thompson Rivers University professor is mourning the loss of a man he calls a very close friend: Marvel Comics legend Stan Lee. The 95-year-old Lee died Monday at a hospital in Los Angele...
Kayla Derkach Nov 13, 2018

Eight-year-old Kamloops girl takes over as fire chief for a day
KAMLOOPS - A local third grade student got to skip school and become Fire Chief for a Day on Tuesday (Nov. 13). Eight-year-old Bryanna Eckhart earned the title through a contest at her school. Bryanna...
Andrew Snook Nov 13, 2018

Eight-year-old Kamloops girl takes over as fire chief for a day
KAMLOOPS - A local third grade student got to skip school and become Fire Chief for a Day on Tuesday (Nov. 13). Eight-year-old Bryanna Eckhart earned the title through a contest at her school. Bryanna...
Kayla Derkach Nov 13, 2018

Kamloops filmmaker hopes music video will help 'take down walls'
KAMLOOPS - A proposed music video has become a passion project for a local filmmaker, who recently received a $10,000 grant from Storyhive. Vesta Giles is partnering with Brian Tate, a composer and co...
Andrew Snook Nov 13, 2018

Kamloops filmmaker hopes music video will help 'take down walls'
KAMLOOPS - A proposed music video has become a passion project for a local filmmaker, who recently received a $10,000 grant from Storyhive. Vesta Giles is partnering with Brian Tate, a composer and co...
Kayla Derkach Nov 13, 2018

Kamloops will be first B.C. location for Popeyes Chicken
KAMLOOPS - The newest tenant of the Summit Shopping Centre will be a fried chicken chain from the U.S. Popeyes Chicken - which originally opened in New Orleans - has begun setting up shop near the Tom...
Andrew Snook Nov 13, 2018

Kamloops will be first B.C. location for Popeyes Chicken
KAMLOOPS - The newest tenant of the Summit Shopping Centre will be a fried chicken chain from the U.S. Popeyes Chicken - which originally opened in New Orleans - has begun setting up shop near the Tom...
Kayla Derkach Nov 13, 2018

Nearly 200 affordable rental homes coming to Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Middle-income families in communities across the province - including here in Kamloops - may have a better shot at securing affordable housing. The provincial government says in a news rele...
Andrew Snook Nov 13, 2018

Nearly 200 affordable rental homes coming to Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Middle-income families in communities across the province - including here in Kamloops - may have a better shot at securing affordable housing. The provincial government says in a news rele...
Kayla Derkach Nov 13, 2018

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