Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News

Needle buyback program hopes to clean up sharps around the city
KAMLOOPS - A group of Kamloops residents have banded together to try and clean up the needles around the city. Caroline King and Dennis Geisbrecht are teaming up to reduce the number of sharps that...
Kayla Derkach Jun 27, 2018

Engagement sessions on First Nations languages in Kamloops this week
KAMLOOPS - First Nations will gather in Kamloops this week to give their input into pending language legislation. A pre-engagement session will be held Thursday while on Friday, the federal Ministry o...
Kayla Derkach Jun 27, 2018

Veteran Kamloops councillor Lange won't run for fifth term
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Councillor Tina Lange is saying farewell. “Four terms has been a heck of a ride and I’m really pleased. I’ve loved every minute of it.” After months of sitt...
Kayla Derkach Jun 27, 2018

Cascades Casino workers going on strike
KAMLOOPS - Cascades Casino workers in Kamloops are getting set to walk off the job. The BC Government Employees Union confirmed today that the union issued 72-hour strike notice Tuesday following fail...
Kayla Derkach Jun 27, 2018

Police looking for suspects following report of home invasion Monday
KAMLOOPS - RCMP looking for suspects and information after a reported home invasion on Salish Road Monday night. RCMP Staff Sergeant Bob Fogarty says police got the call around 10:45 Monday to the res...
Kayla Derkach Jun 27, 2018

Property tax deadline looming
KAMLOOPS - The deadline for Kamloops property owners to pay their property taxes, and to apply for the homeowner’s grant, is quickly approaching. Property taxes were sent out in late May and are...
Kayla Derkach Jun 26, 2018

Canadian Red Cross still helping BC wildfire victims
KAMLOOPS - The one year anniversary of the start to last year’s wildfire season is quickly approaching. It’s a season that will go down in history as the worst BC has ever seen. The fires ...
Kayla Derkach Jun 26, 2018

Kamloops council adopts flag policy
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops council has approved a new policy that will allow community groups to request having their flags flown in front of City Hall. The document is an addition to a previous policy gover...
Kayla Derkach Jun 26, 2018

Crash near Cherry Creek sends two to hospital
KAMLOOPS - Two men were lucky to escape with only minor injuries after a single-vehicle crash on the Trans Canada Highway near Cherry Creek this morning. Kamloops RCMP Cpl. Jodi Shelkie says it happen...
Kayla Derkach Jun 26, 2018

BUILDING KAMLOOPS (Part 2): Aberdeen key to future development in Kamloops
In the second installment of our series Building Kamloops, we look at the Aberdeen community, which is perched above the valley bottom. The Aberdeen community started growing in the 1980s before an ec...
Kayla Derkach Jun 26, 2018

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