Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Relief could be coming to Kamloops gas prices
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops hefty gas prices could see a drop later this week. Prices are as high as $1.35 at some stations around the city. Gas Buddy Senior Petroleum Analyst Dan McTeague says the sky-high p...
Nov 12, 2017
School District not opposed to ditching letter grades
KAMLOOPS - A School District 73 official says she welcomes the discussion of ditching grades in Kamloops classrooms. Earlier this month Prince George Secondary School announced grade seven to nine stu...
Nov 12, 2017
Kamloops gathers at Riverside Park to remember
KAMLOOPS - 100 years ago, minus one day, the Canadian Corps captured the remaining high ground north of the Belgian village of Passchendaele from the German forces. While the number of casualties for ...
Nov 11, 2017
City Councillor wants to see higher parking fees on Victoria Street
KAMLOOPS - City Councillor Denis Walsh would like to see parking prices increased along Victoria Street. While Walsh doesn’t believe the downtown has a parking shortage issue, he says increasing...
Nov 11, 2017
Kamloops property tax rate 'doing well' compared to other cities
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops residential property tax rates are doing well compared to other municipalities. Those are the words from the city’s finance department in its 2018 provisional budget thatR...
Nov 11, 2017
TNRD working on monument to honour wildfire volunteers
KAMLOOPS - In light of the historic wildfire season that hit the B.C. Interior, the City of Kamloops and TNRD are planning a monument to commemorate the fire season, but more importantly to commemorat...
Nov 10, 2017
Remembrance day ceremony honours Secwepemc soldiers
KAMLOOPS - According to Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada, one third of aboriginal people in the country enlisted in World War I. Thousands more joined the effort in World War II. Hundreds of tho...
Nov 10, 2017
Kamloops RCMP seek missing youth
KAMLOOPS - Police are seeking the public’s help in locating a missing youth. Matheau Michael Aldridge has been missing since Oct. 29 when he failed to return home. He has not been in contact wit...
Nov 10, 2017
Kamloops company helping fund men's health initiative for Movember
KAMLOOPS - For the past decade, the month of November has signalled a new growth in the space between many men's noses and mouths. Now in its tenth year, the Movember movement has grown like a moustac...
Nov 10, 2017
Kamloops tourism numbers jump in August, but influenced by wildfire evacuees
KAMLOOPS - The number of visitors to Kamloops was up 14 per cent year over year in August. The numbers are relative to the accomodation tax that is collected locally and increased because of all the e...
Nov 10, 2017
