Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Indigenizing universities the focus of TRU talk
KAMLOOPS - Teaching younger generations about Indigenous history will be the focus of an event at Thompson Rivers University tonight. (Monday) Dr. Jacqueline Romanow, an associate professor and chair ...
Apr 09, 2018
Downed power line sparks grass fire in Campbell Creek
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Fire Rescue personnel were able to keep a grass fire in the Campbell Creek area from spreading too far this afternoon. Platoon Captain Rob Chalmers says the crews were called to Wi...
Apr 09, 2018
Kamloops MP: Trudeau government must ensure Kinder Morgan pipeline gets built
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo Conservative MP Cathy McLeod says she’s “profoundly worried” by Kinder Morgan’s decision to halt all non-essential work and spending on its...
Apr 09, 2018
Whispering Pines among many regional bands that could lose big tax revenues
KAMLOOPS - Monday marked a regularly scheduled maintenance day on the Trans Mountain pipelines at Whispering Pines. Coincidentally, it came a day after Kinder Morgan suspended further expansion work. ...
Apr 09, 2018
Kamloops woman who set her children on fire granted day parole
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops woman who doused her two children in a solvent and set them on fire, killing one, has had her freedoms expanded. Donna Hysop, now 50, was convicted of second degree murder and at...
Apr 09, 2018
Kamloops MLAs say pipeline delay putting hundreds of local jobs at risk
KAMLOOPS - Both Kamloops MLAs are expressing grave concern following Kinder Morgan’s announcement Sunday that it is halting all non-essential work and spending on its multi-billion dollar pipeli...
Apr 09, 2018
Mayor of Kamloops disappointed in suspension of Trans Mountain pipeline
KAMLOOPS - With Kinder Morgan’s announcement it is suspending all activity around the twinning of the Trans Mountain pipeline, the mayor of Kamloops is disappointed with a delay in the project. ...
Apr 09, 2018
Third annual Grasslands Cleanup removes lots of garbage from the Dewdrop
KAMLOOPS - Between 150 and 200 people showed up yesterday for the big grasslands cleanup on the Dewdrop. Naturalist Club vice-president Frank Ritcey posted on his Facebook page that they took a lot of...
Apr 09, 2018
KFR called out for yet another rope rescue in Peterson Creek Park
KAMLOOPS - It seems people just aren’t getting the message. Kamloops Fire Rescue was called out for yet another rope rescue near the Peterson Creek waterfall Sunday afternoon. “Shortly aft...
Apr 08, 2018
'I'm doing a lot of praying': Uncle of Broncos head coach grieving from Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - The pain of loss after Friday’s bus crash in Saskatchewan that killed 15 people on board the Humboldt Broncos team bus is being felt in Kamloops. Head coach Darcy Haugan was one of th...
Apr 08, 2018
