Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Retail cannabis quiet in TNRD, but plenty of interest in legal production
KAMLOOPS - While the City of Kamloops is experiencing a boom in retail cannabis applications, the same cannot be said about the surrounding rural area. Planning Services Manager Alex Krause says the T...
Feb 22, 2019
Kamloops Art Council announces new executive director
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Arts Council will have a new face come March. Terri Hadwin has been appointed executive director of the KAC, a spot that recently opened after city councillor Kathy Sinclair an...
Feb 22, 2019
Kamloops man pleads guilty to luring 13-year-old girl over social media
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops man has pleaded guilty to a count of internet luring after paying a young girl in food and cash in exchange for nude photographs. Justin McGowan, 36, appeared in Kamloops Provinc...
Feb 22, 2019
Man wanted in Kamloops for assault nabbed near Penticton
KAMLOOPS - Penticton RCMP have nabbed a man wanted in Kamloops on a series of charges related to an incident February 14th where two men were robbed and a woman kidnapped. Robert James Rennie was arre...
Feb 22, 2019
As Sagebrush Theatre awaits repairs, arts groups forced to find alternative spaces
KAMLOOPS - UPDATE (Feb. 22): The Kamloops Symphony Orchestra says it has reached an agreement with Oasis Church to hold its upcoming KSO At the Movies concerts at the church. Oasis Church was formerly...
Feb 21, 2019
Facing Hunger: The Kamloops Food Bank's Community Partners
KAMLOOPS - Week in and week out, the Kamloops Food Bank supplies hundreds of individuals and families with the food they need to make it through until the next hamper; through the FoodShare program, t...
Feb 21, 2019
Post 2019 BC budget reveal — SD 73 hoping for future capital funds
KAMLOOPS - This week, the BC Government revealed its 2019 budget plan, outlining which areas will receive funding assistance, including education. With the fiscal plan, $2.7 billion will be invested o...
Feb 21, 2019
Kamloops mayor says visitors to Tournament Capital are safe despite recent violence
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Mayor Ken Christian says he has been in constant contact with the city’s RCMP Superintendent following a rash of high-profile police incidents in the city. Since January, thr...
Feb 21, 2019
VIDEO: MLA Stone pays tribute to Iacobucci at the Legislature
KAMLOOPS - It’s been just over two months since local radio legend Angelo Iacobucci’s sudden passing - but those who knew him are keeping his memory alive. Kamloops-South Thompson MLA Todd...
Feb 21, 2019
UPDATE: Missing youth has been found
KAMLOOPS - UPDATE: Kamloops RCMP say the missing teenager has been located.
Feb 21, 2019
