Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Provincial funding to support healthier drinking habits
KAMLOOPS - The Province of B.C. is financially supporting the development of healthier drinking habits at post secondary institutions after announcing a 400-thousand dollar investment. A 2013 National...
Kayla Derkach Mar 02, 2016
Two arrested following armed robbery on Tranquille Road
KAMLOOPS - Two men have been arrested and charged in a scary armed robbery on the North Shore early yesterday morning. A man was walking on Tranquille Road near Yew Street and Aspen Street when three ...
Kayla Derkach Mar 02, 2016
Six Kamloops residents to receive awards from Governor General
KAMLOOPS - It was a frightening hostage taking that resulted in a 7 hour police standoff, and ended in a major explosion and fire. Now, the girl who rescued two children from this Dufferin home nearly...
Kayla Derkach Mar 02, 2016
HEU finds laundry privatization move 'deeply disappointing'
KAMLOOPS - The Hospital Employees Union says Interior Health could have done a better job explaining why it felt it needed to privatize laundry services at five sites across the region. WATCH: Full st...
Kayla Derkach Mar 02, 2016
Naturalist Club angered by Dewdrop dumping
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Naturalist Club says a popular hiking spot west of Kamloops is turning into a garbage dumping ground. The club says the area known as the Dewdrop is home to sensitive grassland...
Kayla Derkach Mar 02, 2016
Kamloops Film Festival Information
KAMLOOPS - This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Kamloops Film Festival, which kicks off this Thursday. To celebrate the milestone, organizers are showcasing 20 of the best movies of the past ye...
Kayla Derkach Mar 01, 2016
North Shore French Immersion school a future possibility
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops-Thompson School District has taken a first small step toward alleviating pressures being felt in the district’s French Immersion program. The board of education anticipat...
Kayla Derkach Mar 01, 2016
Coroners inquest ordered in the death of 18-year-old Jacob Setah
KAMLOOPS - The BC Coroners Service has ordered an inquest into the June, 2014 death of a Williams Lake man at Royal Inland Hospital. 18-year-old Jacob George Setah died after a fall from the Royal Inl...
Kayla Derkach Mar 01, 2016
Interior Health privatizing laundry services; cutting dozens of jobs
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health has made a final decision to privatize its laundry services. The health authority announced this afternoon it has reached a 20-year agreement with Ecotex Healthcare Linen Se...
Kayla Derkach Mar 01, 2016
Angus Reid's struggles go beyond gambling
KAMLOOPS - If you read his resume on the surface, Angus Reid is a 13-year CFL veteran, a three-time league All-Star, and and two-time Grey Cup champion with the B.C. Lions. But dig a little deeper and...
Kayla Derkach Mar 01, 2016
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