Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News

KAMLOOPS - After 46 years working in public education, School District 73 Trustee Joan Cowden is calling it a career. Cowden spent 36 years as a public elementary school teacher and another 10 years a...

KAMLOOPS - Owen and Merek De Witte had a dream. The brothers wanted a skate park of their own, right in their own neighbourhood. This weekend, the City of Kamloops will host a grand opening for the Ra...

KAMLOOPS - Update: Police say Hellewell has been located by police. Kamloops RCMP are seeking the public’s help in locating missing Kamloops man Brian Hellewell. The 31 year old was last seen Au...

KAMLOOPS - Kamloops’ very own Urgent Primary Care Centre has grown. Opened in June outside Royal Inland Hospital, and the first of its kind in British Columbia, dignitaries and health care worke...

KAMLOOPS - It’s a move that’s expected to meet the increased demand for services and programs for the hungry and homeless in Kamloops. New Life Community has merged with The Mustard Seed, ...

KAMLOOPS - A slight increase in month-over-month residential real estate sales in Kamloops. Doren Quinton, president of the Kamloops & District Real Estate Association, says there were 326 residen...

KAMLOOPS - The nomination period opens today for those wanting to take a run at local politics. Michelle Nordstrom, communications and marketing manager with the Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNR...

KAMLOOPS - The body of the jet skier who went missing in July on a local waterway was discovered over the long weekend. Kamloops RCMP Cpl. Jodi Shelkie says the discovery was made on Sept. 2 in the So...

KAMLOOPS - It’s back to the classroom today for almost 14,000 students in School District 73. School starts at 10:30 for all students except kindergarten, and almost everyone will get out at noo...

KAMLOOPS - The sun was shining on the hundreds of current and former union members gathered at McDonald Park to celebrate Labour Day at the Kamloops and District Labour Council's 62nd annual Labour Da...