Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Remaining Kamloops transit buses to be upgraded to CNG
KAMLOOPS - Transit riders in Kamloops can look forward to more comfort and quiet in the months ahead. Kamloops council approved a new shipment of compressed natural gas-powered buses this week. 25 of ...
Kayla Derkach Sep 14, 2016
'Precision Ranching' research at TRU awarded large grant
KAMLOOPS - Advances in technology have made many facets of modern living easier. Now, one researcher at Thompson Rivers University is employing new technology to the cattle ranching industry, in the h...
Kayla Derkach Sep 13, 2016
Council gives safe injection site concept thumbs up
KAMLOOPS - City Council has voted unanimously in favour of the concept of a supervised drug injection site in the city. Council was responding to a presentation from Dr. Silvina Mema, a Medical Health...
Kayla Derkach Sep 13, 2016
Charges approved against Kamloops man caught in Creep Hunters sting
VICTORIA - BC’s Criminal Justice Branch has announced the approval of four charges against the former Kamloops sheriff caught in a Kelowna Creep Hunters sting. Charges against former Deputy Sher...
Kayla Derkach Sep 13, 2016
North Shore businesses overwhelmingly oppose safe injection site
KAMLOOPS - In a survey conducted by the North Shore Business Improvement Association, 77 per cent of businesses are saying they don’t want a safe injection site in their neighbourhood. The North...
Kayla Derkach Sep 13, 2016
RCMP search for alleged fraudster
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP would like the public’s help finding a man suspected of using a stolen debit card. Police say the card was obtained during a September 1 break and enter at a downtown ho...
Kayla Derkach Sep 13, 2016
More teachers hired in School District 73
KAMLOOPS - Higher enrollment means more teachers. With more students in elementary schools in District 73 than anticipated, the Board approved the hiring of seven more teachers at its meeting on Monda...
Kayla Derkach Sep 13, 2016
Kamloops man wins PNE Prize Home
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops man may be considering a move to Naramata after winning the Pacific National Exhibition Prize Home. Dave Maw’s name was drawn as the raffle’s grand prize winner by Va...
Kayla Derkach Sep 12, 2016
Gamers gather in Kamloops over weekend
KAMLOOPS - As long as people have been around, so have games, and as society has become more advanced, so have those games. This weekend, hundreds of gamers packed into TRU's Grand Hall, bringing with...
Kayla Derkach Sep 12, 2016
Discussion on electoral reform in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - The discussion on reforming Canada’s electoral system will be front and centre tonight in Kamloops, at a town hall meeting. The meeting, being held at St. Paul’s Cathedral downt...
Kayla Derkach Sep 12, 2016
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