Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
'The Sound of Music', 'Chelsea Hotel' highlight Western Canada Theatre's 2019-20 season
KAMLOOPS - Western Canada Theatre (WCT) has announced the lineup for its 2019-20 season, and it includes a Rodgers and Hammerstein classic, a tribute to a Canadian troubadour and a comedy/horror mashu...
Mar 13, 2019
Tk'emlups negotiating with federal government to have cannabis stores on reserve
KAMLOOPS - With the federal government not giving First Nations across the country jurisdiction with cannabis under Bill C-45 (the Cannabis Act), many bands, including Tk’emlups, have choosen to...
Mar 13, 2019
Westsyde Elementary user groups on the hunt for alternatives
KAMLOOPS - While Monday’s unanimous approval from School District 73 board members to reopen Westsyde Elementary means some breathing room for Kamloops classrooms, many groups using the building...
Mar 13, 2019
TRU embracing all cultures as part of iDays celebration
KAMLOOPS - Thompson Rivers University is truly a hub for multiculturalism in our community. With more than 3,000 international students hailing from 90 different countries, TRU is weaving the multicul...
Mar 13, 2019
Usage up for Kamloops homeless storage facility
KAMLOOPS - While it was off to a slower start, the storage facility for Kamloops’ homeless on Victoria Street has seen a steady stream of use. Now nearly a year into operation of the mini storag...
Mar 13, 2019
Bond acquitted of manslaughter in 2016 death of Sean Dunn
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops man has been acquitted of manslaughter in connection to a beating death outside of a North Shore nightclub in December 2016. A B.C. Supreme Court jury found 29-year-old James Dav...
Mar 13, 2019
Charges laid in 2016 Kamloops hit and run after DNA match
KAMLOOPS - A man has been arrested more than two years after allegedly striking a Kamloops jogger with his vehicle and taking off. Deb Kennedy survived, but was injured in the collision. Kamloops RCMP...
Mar 13, 2019
Man robbed on TRU campus
KAMLOOPS - Police are investigating after a man was robbed on the Thompson Rivers University campus. Officers responded to a report of a personal robbery at 2:40 p.m. Monday (March 11). Kamloops RCMP ...
Mar 13, 2019
IIO investigating after man dies in Kamloops RCMP custody
KAMLOOPS - Officers have notified the province’s police watchdog after a man died in Kamloops RCMP custody. At 9:30 p.m. yesterday (March 12), Kamloops RCMP responded to a complaint from a busin...
Mar 13, 2019
Sunshine, warm temps coming to Kamloops in time for first day of spring
KAMLOOPS - It has so far been a cool month of March for Kamloops and the B.C. Interior - but that trend is about to change. Environment Canada meteorologist Carmen Hartt says sunshine and above normal...
Mar 13, 2019
