Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Single-use plastic bag ban advocates making headway
KAMLOOPS - The group behind a growing online petition to ban single-use plastic bags in Kamloops is now working to bring the issue to municipal and provincial officials. After meeting yesterday with b...
Jan 18, 2019
Cherry Creek residents hope flood mitigation comes with bridge construction
CHERRY CREEK, B.C. - After back-to-back years of extensive flooding in the Cherry Creek area, three of the valley’s bridges are being replaced ahead of the anticipated spring flooding in 2019. T...
Jan 17, 2019
Kamloops students prepare to present video games to industry judges
KAMLOOPS - School is usually a place where youth are separated from their video games, but at Sahali Secondary, students have been learning to create them. DigiPen Tech Academy students have put the f...
Jan 17, 2019
SD 73 moving forward with Westsyde Elementary consultation process
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops-Thompson School District is taking another step toward reopening Westsyde Elementary School. In a news release, School District 73 said it’s beginning the consultation pr...
Jan 17, 2019
UPDATE: MLA Stone blasts NDP after BCLC shelves plans for new headquarters
KAMLOOPS - The BC Lottery Corporation says it is putting off a plan to build a new headquarters in Kamloops - and the area’s MLA is calling the current provincial government out. The Crown corpo...
Jan 17, 2019
Soft support for Riverside Park location not a disappointment for Kamloops public market group
KAMLOOPS - The executive director of the Kamloops Public Market Co-operative (KPM Co-op) says results of a survey on the idea illustrate the two distinct approaches to new proposals in Kamloops. The r...
Jan 17, 2019
Interior Health touts mobile supervised consumption sites as valuable service in recent study
KAMLOOPS - According to a recent study by Interior Health, the mobile supervised consumption sites in Kamloops and Kelowna have been a valuable service, despite some operational challenges. The study ...
Jan 17, 2019
City of Kamloops launches wood stove and fireplace rebate program
KAMLOOPS - Residents in Kamloops could receive up to $1,100 in rebates for upgrading their old, uncertified wood-burning appliance for a new, certified, low-emission heating option. The City of Kamloo...
Jan 17, 2019
Suspects sought in December break-in at Mount Paul Way business
KAMLOOPS - Police and Crime Stoppers in Kamloops are seeking two suspects in a December break-in. Early in the morning on Dec. 28, two men broke into a business on Mount Paul Way, Kamloops & Distr...
Jan 17, 2019
Interior Health observing more severe flu season for younger population
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health officials are noticing what many other health care professionals are observing across the country, and that’s an outbreak of the dominant H1N1 strain of the flu virus ...
Jan 16, 2019
