Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
City's top cop says major incidents are taking their toll on the Kamloops force
KAMLOOPS - “Unbelievable” That’s how Kamloops RCMP Supt. Syd Lecky describes the litany of major police incidents Kamloops has seen in recent months. Lecky presented Kamloops council...
Mar 5, 2019
New BC Housing initiative hoping to help 'the missing middle' income-earners
KAMLOOPS - The CEO of BC Housing was in Kamloops on Tuesday, getting a first-hand look at the progress of the 58 modular units on the verge of completion on Tranquille Road. Shayne Ramsay also spoke a...
Mar 5, 2019
As council approves 15th cannabis retailer, Christian advises community to move past fear
KAMLOOPS - City of Kamloops council has cleared the way for a second retail cannabis store in Valleyview, and did it over the objection of a local dance studio owner. Sandi Lewis of Kamloops Dance Aca...
Mar 5, 2019
Sahali 7-Eleven robbed for second time in two months
KAMLOOPS - For the second time in two months, a robber has hit the Sahali 7-Eleven store. According to a release from Kamloops RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Jodi Shelkie, a man walked into the Summit Drive s...
Mar 5, 2019
City awards $13 million West Victoria project to Kamloops firm
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops has awarded the contract for a major road and infrastructure reconstruction project to a local company. Extreme Excavating has won the $13 million contract to build imp...
Mar 5, 2019
RCMP blitz reminds Kamloops commuters to buckle up, drivers to put their phones away
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP kicked off a month of cracking down on distracted driving last Friday with a series of roadside checks. RCMP Traffic Services teamed up with Southeast District Integrated Road...
Mar 5, 2019
Residential construction leads the way for Kamloops building sector in February
KAMLOOPS - February was a steady-if-unspectacular month for the Kamloops building sector. According to new totals issued by the City of Kamloops Building Inspection Division, builders took out $6.5 mi...
Mar 5, 2019
Green Party leader provides insight into SNC-Lavalin affair during Kamloops visit
KAMLOOPS - The leader of the Federal Green Party is looking forward to Wednesday’s parliamentary justice committee meeting in Ottawa. Elizabeth May expects she’ll be able to direct questio...
Mar 4, 2019
Rookie Kamloops councillor wants to start discussion of evening meetings
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops mayor and council have been meeting in the afternoons for more than three decades, but if councillor Dale Bass has her way, the meetings would move to the evenings. “We’...
Mar 4, 2019
Jury hears victim at centre of Kamloops manslaughter trial was 'highly intoxicated'
KAMLOOPS - It was supposed to be a fun party night for James Bond and Dustin Pendrak. Pendrak was visiting from Alberta to have “Second Christmas” with Bond and his girlfriend Sarah Hupe. ...
Mar 4, 2019
