Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Unplug and Play Week gets parents and young children singing
KAMLOOPS - The Interior Savings Unplug and Play Week is underway and is encouraging people of all ages to do exactly that. Put down your phones or tablets and get out and enjoy one of the events they ...
Jan 23, 2018
Flu season ramps up, health officials urging people to get vaccinated
KAMLOOPS - The number of flu cases continues to spike, suggesting the peak of the season could still be a few weeks away. Influenza is taking a growing toll of lives across Canada, health officials sa...
Jan 23, 2018
City of Kamloops snow clearing to remain unstudied
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops council will not direct staff to do an in depth look at the city’s snow clearing practices. The motion put forward by Councillor Donovan Cavers in the wake of hundreds of com...
Jan 23, 2018
New Afton delaying new mining opportunity, would extend mine life 5 years
KAMLOOPS - New Afton is coming off a record year in 2017 with production of six million tonnes. The goal is to match that this year, but 2018 is also a year of exploration in other ways - to analyze o...
Jan 23, 2018
Accused in 2017 Dallas killing appears in Kamloops courtroom for pre-trial hearing
KAMLOOPS - A preliminary inquiry has begun in a Kamloops courtroom for a man accused in a February 2017 homicide. Stephen George Fraser is facing a single count of second degree murder in the death of...
Jan 23, 2018
Another snowfall warning issued for Coquihalla Highway
KAMLOOPS - Old Man Winter is about to hit the Coquihalla Highway again. Environment Canada has issued a snowfall warning from Hope to Merritt and a Pacific frontal system is to blame. “Periods o...
Jan 23, 2018
New Kamloops RCMP ops officer impressed with detachment's staffing levels
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops RCMP’s new Operations Officer, Insp. Todd Balaban has started on the job, spending his first two days familiarizing himself with the detachment he now calls home. Balaban...
Jan 23, 2018
Kamloops woman receives Peace Medal for her efforts to end youth homelessness
KAMLOOPS - A woman deemed an ‘inspiration’ for her work to help end youth homelessness in Kamloops will be honoured Tuesday. Katherine McParland, Youth Homelessness Manager with Interior C...
Jan 23, 2018
Small fire in concrete bunker contained quickly early this morning
KAMLOOPS - Some homeless people trying to keep warm are believed responsible for a small fire this morning at an old concrete bunker on West Seymour Street. Platoon Captain Rob Chalmers says KFR was c...
Jan 23, 2018
Kamloops celebrates 12th annual ABC Family Literacy Day
KAMLOOPS - For over a decade ABC Family Literacy Day has brought families together to help highlight the importance of literacy and spending time together, away from the screens and technology that se...
Jan 22, 2018
