Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Expert says painkillers are the hallmark drugs of the 2000s
KAMLOOPS - You might be familiar with the hallucinogenic phase of the 1960s, or the cocaine wave of the 1970s and 1980s. Now, experts are warning of the "painkiller" phase of the 2000s. And with fenta...
Kayla Derkach Feb 18, 2016
TNRD, library staff agree on three-year pact
KAMLOOPS - The Thompson-Nicola Regional District has announced a contract settlement with its library workers. More than 100 members of the BC Government and Service Employees’ Union ratified th...
Kayla Derkach Feb 18, 2016
Tourism drives uplifting numbers at Kamloops Airport
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Airport is seeing the scale of passenger traffic increases it hasn’t seen since Westjet landed in the city eight years ago. The airport saw more than 31-thousand traveler...
Kayla Derkach Feb 18, 2016
Local film industry heating up
KAMLOOPS - The Thompson-Nicola Film Commission is projecting a strong year ahead for the local film industry, with several productions on the horizon. WATCH: Local film industry heats up 3 productions...
Kayla Derkach Feb 17, 2016
More interest for second Ajax info session
KAMLOOPS - A second public briefing on the proposed KGHM-Ajax copper gold mine drew a larger crowd at the Coast Hotel and Conference Centre this afternoon. The public was met by staff from the provinc...
Kayla Derkach Feb 17, 2016
New life for New Afton
KAMLOOPS - A feasibility study released by New Gold today suggests the New Afton mine just outside Kamloops might have more life in it than first thought. While the operation is currently extracting o...
Kayla Derkach Feb 17, 2016
Huge TV audience measured for Hockey Day in Canada
KAMLOOPS - There were a lot of eyeballs on Kamloops during this month’s Hockey Day in Canada – and now we know how many. Rogers has told Tourism Kamloops the second of three NHL games aire...
Kayla Derkach Feb 17, 2016
B.C. Budget a boon for home builders
KAMLOOPS - The president of the Canadian Home Builders Association – Central Interior says yesterday’s tax changes announced by the BC government are something his association has been lob...
Kayla Derkach Feb 17, 2016
Edmonton going after Tournament Capital title
KAMLOOPS - It appears the so-called City of Champions is trying to grab a piece of the action from Kamloops. The owner’s of Edmonton’s Rexall Place – Northlands – unveiled a re...
Kayla Derkach Feb 17, 2016
Ajax info sessions now underway in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Tonight marks another important step in the Ajax mine timeline. The BC Environmental Assessment Office, as well as representatives from the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency will be ...
Kayla Derkach Feb 16, 2016
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