Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
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
CMHA weighs in on Crossroad Inn changes
KAMLOOPS - Tightening restrictions at the Crossroads Inn may put more pressure on the Kamloops branch of the Canadian Mental Health Association. The CMHA is already feeling the strain of a full house ...
Jul 05, 2018
B.C. Wildlife Park 'welcomes' Employer Health Tax exemption
KAMLOOPS - The general manager of Kamloops’ B.C. Wildlife Park is welcoming the news the non-profit will be exempt from the soon to be implemented Employer Health Tax. The tax will replace Medic...
Jul 05, 2018
Gateway and BCGEU headed back to mediation next week
KAMLOOPS - The BC Government Employees Union (BCGEU) has confirmed it is heading back to mediation talks with Gateway Casinos. Close to 675 casino workers - including about 200 Cascades Casino workers...
Jul 05, 2018
Full list of winners in Y Dream Home Lottery released
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops YM-YWCA has released the full list of winners from yesterday’s 2018 Y Dream Home Lottery draw. 504 entries were drawn throughout the day, with Jo-Anne Hordal winning the ...
Jul 05, 2018
Province of B.C. condemns racist graffiti in Kamloops
VICTORIA - Provincial Minister of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation Scott Fraser has issued a statement condemning recently-discovered racist graffiti in Kamloops. The racist and profane stateme...
Jul 05, 2018
Expert encourages fact-based arguments in proportional representation debate
KAMLOOPS - As B.C. residents prepare to decide whether to shift from a first-past-the post voting system to a form of proportional representation, Fair Vote Kamloops has brought an expert in to discus...
Jul 04, 2018
Crossroads Inn changes mean more people living on the streets
KAMLOOPS - New rules at a popular ‘transitional housing’ site in Kamloops could mean more homeless people ending up on the streets. The Crossroads Inn, run by Ask Wellness, has been a hub ...
Jul 04, 2018
