Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Greyhound shutting down its western operations
KAMLOOPS - Shock and anger from union members today as Greyhound Canada plans to shut down its operations in Western Canada. The Amalgamated Transit Union confirmed the news this morning with Local 13...
Jul 09, 2018
Kamloops emergency crews respond to serious collision involving motorcycle
KAMLOOPS - RCMP and other emergency crews were called to the scene of a serious collision Saturday afternoon involving a motorcycle at the intersection of Westmount Drive and Westsyde Rd. The collisio...
Jul 07, 2018
RCMP confirm death of Vernon woman in collision at Peterson Creek Bridge
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP have confirmed the death of a Vernon woman following Friday’s collision on the Trans Canada Highway near Peterson Creek Bridge. According to police, a commercial vehicle...
Jul 07, 2018
Pedestrian safety improvements coming to Park Drive
KAMLOOPS - Preliminary work is set to begin next week along Park Drive in Valleyview. As part of the Marion Schilling Safer Schools Project the street will be improved for pedestrian safety. The impro...
Jul 07, 2018
Expansion of insulin pump coverage a relief to Kamloops resident
KAMLOOPS - As of Tuesday, PharmaCare is covering the cost of insulin pumps for everyone who needs them, regardless of age. Prior to this, coverage stopped at age 25, causing those living with diabetes...
Jul 06, 2018
Kamloops hosts picnic for city's seniors in Riverside Park
KAMLOOPS - It was the late great George Burns who said you can't stop getting older, but you don't have to get old. On Friday, over 400 seniors took part in the 3rd Annual City of Kamloops Seniors Pic...
Jul 06, 2018
UPDATE: Fatal crash closes Trans-Canada Highway
KAMLOOPS -UPDATE: The Kamloops RCMP say it will be a while before traffic gets back to normal on the westbound Trans Canada Highway at the Peterson Creek Bridge. “We anticipate it will be a leng...
Jul 06, 2018
Kamloops unemployment rate drops year-over-year
KAMLOOPS - The unemployment rate continues to move in the right direction in Kamloops. According to Statistics Canada the rate fell year-over-year from 8.8 per cent in June 2017 to 5.8 per cent in Jun...
Jul 06, 2018
BUILDING KAMLOOPS (Part 5): Densification the future on the North Shore
In the fifth instalment of Building Kamloops, we jump across the Thompson River to the North Shore, which is slowly running out of land to build on but is still growing. The city says the North Shore ...
Jul 05, 2018
Former transportation minister 'baffled' by delay in Hwy 1 twinning
KAMLOOPS - The B.C. government will be taking a break from construction on the Trans-Canada Highway between Hoffman’s Bluff and Chase this year. Former Transportation Minister Todd Stone says he...
Jul 05, 2018
