Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Fire engulfs Westsyde home
KAMLOOPS - UPDATE - Fire officials and possibly the RCMP will be back at the scene of a house fire in Westsyde this morning. A house at 2970 Bank Road caught fire during the supper hour. The home was ...
Feb 21, 2018
School board disappointed about lack of capital promises in NDP budget
KAMLOOPS - The NDP government is budgeting $2 billion for capital funding for schools around the province, as well as another $238 million for attracting and hiring more teachers in B.C. But the vice-...
Feb 21, 2018
Dominos Pizza celebrates employees with special needs
KAMLOOPS - The hiring of workers with diverse abilities is a business decision that can be rewarding for both the employer and employee. Dominos Pizza has been providing employment for people with div...
Feb 21, 2018
Cold snap making emergency shelters busy
KAMLOOPS - The current cold spell Kamloops is experiencing is posing a serious risk for the city’s homeless population, and emergency shelters are busy. The out of the cold program has been burs...
Feb 21, 2018
Greyhound stops between Kamloops and Kelowna to be axed June 1
KAMLOOPS - B.C.’s Passenger Transportation Board (PTSB) has officially allowed Greyhound to put the brakes on several bus routes around the province - including point of service stops between Ka...
Feb 21, 2018
Purse thief tricks Kamloops gym employee into opening locker
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Crime Stoppers is looking for a thief who bamboozled an employee of a local gym. Last Monday, February 12, the woman told the gym employee she had lost the key to her locker. After...
Feb 21, 2018
Housing, business development set to breathe life into North Shore Spirit Square
KAMLOOPS - A local development company has announced a new project for the Kamloops North Shore meant to revitalize the area around Spirit Square. The two-building development is being led by Arpa Inv...
Feb 21, 2018
Kamloops Chamber of Commerce decry 'crippling tax increases' in B.C. budget
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Chamber of Commerce is expressing concern about the tax increases included in Tuesday’s B.C. budget. The chamber says it leaves the business community to pick up a $1.92 ...
Feb 21, 2018
Kamloops RCMP investigate hammer attack
KAMLOOPS - A rude awakening for a Kamloops couple that lives on Oak Road Wednesday morning. Police say the bizarre assault occurred at around 3 a.m. “A male and female reported that two men dres...
Feb 21, 2018
WATCH: Kamloops RCMP arrest suspected drunk driver at gunpoint
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops RCMP officer in his cruiser escaped injury Wednesday morning after being hit by a suspected drunk driver on Columbia Street. Cpl. Jodi Shelkie says the collision occurred just af...
Feb 21, 2018
