Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Snowfall warning lifted for Coquihalla Highway
KAMLOOPS - Update:The snowfall warning for the Coquihalla Highway has ended. Earlier: Motorists may want to think twice before heading down the Coquihalla today. Environment Canada has issued a snowfa...
Feb 02, 2018
Stone says it's up to the NDP government to turn ICBC around
KAMLOOPS - After his Liberal leadership rally on Thursday, Todd Stone addressed the potential of ICBC losing up to $1.3 billion this fiscal year, saying it’s on the new government to take action...
Feb 02, 2018
Stone confident in final ballot showdown with Dianne Watts
KAMLOOPS - Todd Stone entered the Valley First Lounge on Thursday night to loud music and partisan cheers from family, friends and supporters, less than two days before the B.C. Liberal Party decides ...
Feb 01, 2018
Kamloops mother reacts to chilling overdose statistics
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops mother is speaking out reacting to the alarming numbers from the BC Coroner’s Service on illicit drug overdoses in this province. Over 1400 British Columbians died in 2016....
Feb 01, 2018
TRU Law students visit Tk’emlups te Secwepemc
KAMLOOPS - TRU Law students ventured off campus today to hear emotional stories from residential school and Sixties Scoop survivors on the grounds of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School. The...
Feb 01, 2018
Police arrest man with loaded gun in downtown Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Mounties arrested a man with a loaded gun outside the downtown branch of the Kamloops Public Library Thursday afternoon. RCMP Cpl. Jodi Shelkie says at around 2:20 p.m. the RCMP...
Feb 01, 2018
Kamloops Chamber of Commerce urges Victoria to support multi-billion dollar pipeline project
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Chamber of Commerce says it’s time the provincial government get moving on the $7.4 billion Trans Mountain Expansion Project (TMEP). In a news release issued Thursday, th...
Feb 01, 2018
New Gold announces layoffs at its New Afton operation
KAMLOOPS - A tough couple of days for employees at New Gold’s New Afton operation in Kamloops. Manager representative Scott Davidson says the company has laid off 28 employees due to a “re...
Feb 01, 2018
RIH opens new clinic for quick access to specialists
KAMLOOPS - A new clinic at Royal Inland Hospital has opened with the goal of helping patients receive specialist care more quickly. Interior Health is touting the Rapid Access Clinic as a new option f...
Feb 01, 2018
2018 begins with Kamloops real estate market on a roll
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops area had a hot real estate market to start the year - and the Resort Municipality of Sun Peaks is leading the way. Statistics released by the Kamloops and District Real Estate ...
Feb 01, 2018
