Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Kamloops libraries keeping kids busy over spring break
KAMLOOPS - Like many other medical waiting rooms throughout Kamloops, it was a packed house Saturday morning. What separated this waiting room from most clinics and RIH were the patients. Teddy bear h...
Mar 16, 2019
City's spring street sweeping getting underway
KAMLOOPS - With winter coming to a close for this year, the City of Kamloops is marching forward with street sweeping. Streets and Environmental Services Manager Glen Farrow says there are still bits ...
Mar 16, 2019
Kamloops youth vocalize against climate change inaction
KAMLOOPS - ‘Fridays for Future’ became viral in 2018 after Greta Thunberg, a 15-year-old student at the time, sat in front of Swedish Parliament building every day for 3 weeks to protest c...
Mar 15, 2019
Kamloops parents remain mixed on length of spring break
KAMLOOPS - Students across most of the province are now off on spring break, and while most B.C. students have the luxury of two weeks away from school, kids in School District 73 only get a one-week ...
Mar 15, 2019
Kamloops Cowboy Festival celebrates the western way of life
KAMLOOPS - All things cowboy are on display at the Coast Convention Centre, marking the 23rd year of the Kamloops Cowboy Festival. “What is the Cowboy Festival? It’s the celebration of rur...
Mar 15, 2019
Kamloops Muslim community gathering together after recent violence
KAMLOOPS - Locally, the Muslim community in Kamloops is shocked by news of the New Zealand massacre (March 15) which claimed the lives of 49 people. The Kamloops Islamic Association says there have no...
Mar 15, 2019
UPDATE: RCMP say missing person has been found
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP say Masaru Nakamura, reported missing March 15, has been found.
Mar 15, 2019
Man who admitted to semi hijacking near Clearwater gets more than five years prison
KAMLOOPS - A man who admitted to a series of crimes over several months in 2017 spanning from Alberta to Kamloops has been sentenced to more than five years in jail. David Chappell apologized to his v...
Mar 15, 2019
Two Kamloops schools among 50 in B.C. to receive new playgrounds
KAMLOOPS - Two Kamloops schools are among fifty across the province who will get new playgrounds, after a provincial government announcement today. The education ministry will spend $90,000 each for n...
Mar 15, 2019
Province, seven Secwepemc communities sign reconciliation agreement
KAMLOOPS - Seven Secwepemc communities have signed a long-term reconciliation agreement with the provincial government, meant to help the communities implement their inherent rights and title. Accordi...
Mar 15, 2019
