Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Kamloops-based presidential candidate says Mugabe arrest not the change Zimbabwe needs
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops man running to succeed Robert Mugabe as president of Zimbabwe says the military’s removal of Mugabe doesn’t represent the kind of change the country needs. A Zimbabwe...
Nov 15, 2017
Training exercise reason for Forces appearance in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Finally, an explanation as to why a Royal Canadian Airforce C-130 Hercules was circling above Kamloops Tuesday. Steven Van Wagoner, area air deputy for PEP Air, says Search and Rescue Squad...
Nov 15, 2017
Highway 1 four-laning open house scheduled for Chase residents
KAMLOOPS - The provincial government is canvassing Chase-area residents for their views on the four-laning project planned for the Trans Canada Highway from Hoffman’s Bluff to Jade Mountain. An ...
Nov 15, 2017
Forces aircraft attracts Kamloops residents' attention
KAMLOOPS - A large C-130 Hercules aircraft has been spotted by a number of Kamloops residents today, circling above Batchelor Heights. Airport Manager Heather McCarley says the Canadian Forces aircraf...
Nov 14, 2017
Kamloops Food Bank receives 35,000 pounds of pet food from PetSmart
KAMLOOPS - As the holiday season approaches, it is a tough time for many people who rely on organizations like the Kamloops Food Bank to get what they need. Many of the people who use the food bank ha...
Nov 14, 2017
Wildfire 2017: Fuel management key to preventing interface fires
KAMLOOPS - Last week, we looked back at the 2017 Wildfire season, and the impact it had on our province and region.While the cost to many communities was high, the potential for destruction was even g...
Nov 14, 2017
Utility rate, recycling options to be discussed at council Nov. 28
KAMLOOPS - While the city established a provisional tax increase of 1.93% on Tuesday, utility rates won’t be discussed for another two weeks at a Nov. 28 council meeting. That’s also when ...
Nov 14, 2017
Kamloops Crime Prevention team wants to keep your Christmas shopping safe
KAMLOOPS - As holiday traffic at local retail spaces begins to pick up, the opportunities for enterprising criminals also increases. Today, city staff and volunteers were out reminding shoppers how to...
Nov 14, 2017
Stone offering 'new generation of leadership'
KAMLOOPS - About six weeks into the BC Liberal leadership race and Kamloops candidate Todd Stone says things “are going absolutely fantastic.” Originally a field of eight candidates, that ...
Nov 14, 2017
'Now is the time': Interior Health advises public to get the flu shot
KAMLOOPS - According to Statistics Canada, only 34 per cent of adults chose to get immunized against influenza last flu season. Health professionals say it’s important that everyone is vaccinate...
Nov 14, 2017
