Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Kamloops tech sector gets boost, with iTel opening
KAMLOOPS - Today was the official grand opening of the new iTel facility in the old Weyerhaeuser sawmill offices, on Mission Flats Road. The location is somewhat symbolic of new technology supplanting...
Kayla Derkach Sep 21, 2016
SD73 Chair says new rules could mean new schools
KAMLOOPS - School District 73 Board Chair Denise Harper says an announcement from Education Minister Mike Bernier today could be the key to seeing new schools built in Kamloops. Bernier announced the ...
Kayla Derkach Sep 21, 2016
Kamloops Fire Rescue thrilled about new training facility
KAMLOOPS - Almost anytime Kamloops Fire Rescue responds to a call, they're putting the safety of the community ahead of their own. on Tuesday, Kamloops council gave the green light to a brand new, sta...
Kayla Derkach Sep 21, 2016
Kamloops woman killed in crash north of Vernon
VERNON - A Kamloops woman is dead and another suffered critical injuries after a crash north of Vernon yesterday. RCMP say at about 5:30 yesterday evening, the two were passengers in a Honda SUV drive...
Kayla Derkach Sep 21, 2016
Crash near Pritchard kills Alberta man
CHASE, B.C. - An Alberta man has died in a pre-dawn crash east of Kamloops. According Chase RCMP, the 57 year old man was driving a pickup truck on the Trans Canada Highway near Martin Prairie Road at...
Kayla Derkach Sep 21, 2016
Tourism Kamloops unveils long-range strategy
KAMLOOPS - Tourism Kamloops has pitched a bold new vision to City Council. The group unveiled its 5-year strategy initiative to council yesterday afternoon. CEO Beverly De Santis outlined the plan, wh...
Kayla Derkach Sep 21, 2016
Mountie shot in 2014 to return to Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - The RCMP officer who was seriously injured in a shooting in Batchelor Heights nearly two years ago is returning to Kamloops. Corporal J.R. Michaud spent months in hospital after the Decembe...
Kayla Derkach Sep 20, 2016
KFR Training Centre to get $750k upgrade
KAMLOOPS - City staff have been given Kamloops council’s go-ahead for big changes at the Kamloops Fire Rescue training centre on Bunker Road. The project will see $750,000 go into building a new...
Kayla Derkach Sep 20, 2016
Tk'emlups Hops Farm harvests first crop
KAMLOOPS - With the 2016 growing season all but over, the time has come for many local producers to harvest whatever remains in their fields, and get ready for the winter ahead. At the Tk'emlups Hops ...
Kayla Derkach Sep 20, 2016
Social advocates applaud Province' affordable housing plan
KAMLOOPS - Social housing advocates are applauding the BC Government’s plan to pour millions of dollars into providing affordable housing. Premier Christy Clark has announced the province will s...
Kayla Derkach Sep 20, 2016
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