Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Kamloops council to discuss applying for wildfire prevention grant
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops city council will be meeting today and discussions regarding applying for a wildfire protection grant will be held. On the agenda is a report seeking council’s approval to ap...
Dec 11, 2018
Closing arguments expected in Kamloops murder trial today
KAMLOOPS - Closing arguments are expected to be heard today in the trial of Stephen Fraser. He’s facing a second-degree murder charge in connection to the stabbing death of 26-year-old Cody Fost...
Dec 11, 2018
Kamloops welcomes winter at 2nd annual Downtown Block Party
KAMLOOPS - The weather was cool, but not too cold for folks to have some fun Saturday afternoon at the second annual Welcome Winter Block Party held in Downtown Kamloops. If Saturday’s downtown ...
Dec 10, 2018
Huatulco airport responds to claim by Kamloops man he was threatened
KAMLOOPS - After retired Kamloops physician Dennis Karpiak told his story of a terrifying experience at the Huatulco International Airport, the story generated a series of comments online and to our n...
Dec 10, 2018
Kamloops Shoe Memorial remembers victims of violence
KAMLOOPS - On Saturday, dozens of women, children and men gathered at Heritage House in Riverside Park for the 11th annual Shoe Memorial to End Violence Against Women. The event is held on or around D...
Dec 10, 2018
First Stuff the Bus raises food and money for Kamloops Food Bank
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops and BC Transit partnered with Save-On Foods in Columbia Square over the weekend to try and Stuff the Bus with non-perishable food and monetary donations for the Kamloop...
Dec 10, 2018
Christmas charities enter final weeks of campaigns
KAMLOOPS - Christmas is just over two weeks away and charitable organizations in Kamloops are ramping up their efforts to make sure everyone is cared for over the holidays. At Christmas Amalgamated to...
Dec 10, 2018
Man charged in connection to downtown business raid will stay behind bars
KAMLOOPS - A former Kamloops man charged in connection to a nearly year-long investigation ending in a business raid last week will remain behind bars - for now. Court documents show 35-year-old Camer...
Dec 10, 2018
Suspended TRU professor to resume teaching in New Year
KAMLOOPS - A Thompson Rivers University professor who claims he was suspended for criticizing his colleagues whose work had been published in disreputable academic journals will resume his position in...
Dec 10, 2018
Five cruisers stuffed, more than $1,000 raised in Kamloops this weekend
KAMLOOPS - More Christmas cheer has come to Christmas Amalgamated after the Kamloops RCMP’s annual Stuff the Cruiser campaign. In a news release, Kamloops RCMP say they delivered five police cru...
Dec 10, 2018
