Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
UPDATE: Police locate missing 15 year old boy
KAMLOOPS - Great news. Mounties have located the missing 15 year old Kamloops-area boy reported missing earlier today. Due to privacy issues, no further information will be released.
Jul 19, 2018
Greyhound cuts to impact vulnerable women and seniors
KAMLOOPS - It’s an important service for those without a vehicle, a crucial lifeline for many travellers wanting to get from one place to another. Ever since Greyhound announced it’s takin...
Jul 18, 2018
EUReKA! Science Program encourages future female scientists
KAMLOOPS - It’s Girl’s Week for the EUReKA! science camps happening at Thompson Rivers University. This week young girls had the opportunity to learn about science in a low-pressure enviro...
Jul 18, 2018
Study shows Ribfest provides big economic boost to Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - A new study by O’Leary & Associates Ltd. shows Ribfest 2017 provided a big economic boost to Kamloops. Spokesperson Colin O’Leary says it revealed the direct economic contri...
Jul 18, 2018
BC Wildfire Service maintains upper hand on Shuswap Road wildfire
KAMLOOPS - No new growth to report on the East Shuswap Road wildfire in Kamloops. No longer considered a fire of note, Fire Information Officer Marla Catherall with the Kamloops Fire Centre says the 5...
Jul 18, 2018
Rocky Mountaineer planning expansion
KAMLOOPS - It’s full steam ahead for the Rocky Mountaineer tourist train in Kamloops. Vice President of Rail Operations and Asset Development Gord Miller says the company is planning a big incre...
Jul 18, 2018
Power outage hits downtown Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Roughly 400 BC Hydro customers are currently without power, most of them in downtown Kamloops. According to BC Hydro, crews are enroute to assist with the downtown outage – the second...
Jul 18, 2018
Kitten rescued from underground pipe
KAMLOOPS - The owner of a sewer and drain cleaning company in Kamloops can now add kitten rescuer to his resume. Dan Groess, owner of A Groess Underground sewer and drain services, says he responded t...
Jul 18, 2018
Lightning sparks 40 new wildfires Tuesday night
KAMLOOPS - Tuesday night was a busy one for the BC Wildfire Service. Fire Information Officer Claire Allen says there were 40 new fire starts – 20 of them in the Kamloops Fire Centre – pre...
Jul 18, 2018
BUILDING KAMLOOPS (Part 8): Labour shortage putting a squeeze on housing projects
In the eight instalment of Building Kamloops, we switch our focus to the workforce. While builders in Kamloops struggle to find developable land, they’re also struggling to find and retain worke...
Jul 17, 2018
