Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Proposed 'Good Neighbour' bylaw to crack down on nuisance properties
A new bylaw is being developed to toughen the city’s stance on problem properties. The Good Neighbour Bylaw would consolidate a number of nuisance, property maintenance, and noise bylaws while g...
Oct 31, 2017
Council hopes to rebate residents with Recycle BC funds
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops has been participating the Recycle BC program since April, and is now faced with the question of how best to use recycling revenues received through the agreement. The Packaging an...
Oct 31, 2017
Cannabis plant, solar farm among airport development options
KAMLOOPS - With 36.2 hectares of land available for new developments, the Kamloops Airport is looking into a variety of new opportunities. “We’re focusing on some of the groundside space a...
Oct 31, 2017
Higher beef prices helping ranchers recoup some of the losses from wildfires
KAMLOOPS - Nearly two months after the province dropped the State of Emergency around the B.C. wildfires, ranchers are still recovering. In total, 1.2 million hectares burned - the most in the provinc...
Oct 31, 2017
Kamloops RCMP, Kamloops Fire Rescue issue Halloween safety tips
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP members will be out in full force tonight ensuring a safe and happy Halloween in Kamloops. Cpl. Jodi Shelkie notes police activity on Halloween night “can be brisk,̶...
Oct 31, 2017
RFP issued to three companies vying for RIH Patient Care Tower Project
KAMLOOPS - The three companies shortlisted as potential builders of the new Patient Care Tower Project at Royal Inland Hospital now have their homework. EllisDon Infrastructure Healthcare, Inter River...
Oct 31, 2017
Snow expected on area highways, including the Coquihalla
KAMLOOPS- If you plan on driving on area highways this week, be prepared to encounter some snow. “Well, you know we have a big low pressure system that’s tracking through Alberta and that&...
Oct 31, 2017
Kamloops Fly Fishers Association demand audit of Thompson River Steelhead
KAMLOOPS - Thompson River Steelhead (TRS) are spawning at historically low numbers, and something needs to be done about it. That from Leonard Piggin, president of the Kamloops Fly Fishers Association...
Oct 31, 2017
Kamloops man has gone missing twice this month
KAMLOOPS - For the second time this month, Kamloops RCMP have put out a call for help finding a missing man. 36 year old Marcel Allen Hutchings was last seen leaving a local medical facility on Octobe...
Oct 31, 2017
Parents of shooting suspect feared son would be killed in standoff
KAMLOOPS - A 35-year-old Kamloops man was arrested over the weekend after a lengthy standoff at the G & M Trailer Park beside Highway 5. Shane Caron is facing a long list of charges related to the...
Oct 30, 2017
