Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Affordable housing development plans unveiled in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Marylyn Simpson was given new life 10 years ago when she was provided affordable housing by the John Howard Society. “Low-income housing provides freedom. Freedom to be housed, to be ...
Mar 13, 2018
Fire investigators say Westsyde duplex fire began in basement
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Fire Rescue (KFR) personnel are working with RCMP today as they look into a devastating fire at a Westsyde duplex. The blaze broke out at about 3:30 and quickly engulfed one unit, ...
Mar 13, 2018
Body found at Domtar identified as missing wildfire evacuee
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Mounties have identified the body that was discovered at the Domtar Pulp Mill last week as that of missing wildfire evacuee David Michael Jeff. Police were able to make the positiv...
Mar 13, 2018
Non-profits say employer health tax would be 'very significant hit'
KAMLOOPS - The impending employer health tax coming in 2019 is not being well received by some in Kamloops, including non-profit organizations that say it could mean the different between providing a ...
Mar 12, 2018
Charred Kamloops duplex a Habitat for Humanity home
KAMLOOPS - Habitat for Humanity Kamloops has confirmed the duplex on Westsyde Road that suffered a fire Monday afternoon was one of the duplexes they helped build. “We’re really terribly c...
Mar 12, 2018
House fire breaks out in Westsyde
KAMLOOPS - Update: Westsyde Road, between Huntington Drive and Kyle Drive, has reopened to single lane alternating traffic. Earlier: Janice Lawson had a close up view of the fire on Westsyde Road this...
Mar 12, 2018
SD73 considers moving rural Grade 7 students to high schools
KAMLOOPS - Parents, students, and staff in Chase, Clearwater and Barriere will have their chance this week to let trustees in School District 73 know how they feel about the idea of moving Grade 7 stu...
Mar 12, 2018
Couple caught with large drug haul in Valentine's Day traffic stop near Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - A Valentine’s Day traffic stop near Kamloops was decidedly unromantic for a Surrey couple. On February 14, a member of RCMP Central Interior Traffic Services stopped the couple for sp...
Mar 12, 2018
Retired Kamloops Mountie to receive prestigious volunteer award
KAMLOOPS - A retired Kamloops RCMP officer will soon be recognized nationally for his dedicated service to the community. Sorrento resident Reid Tait will receive the Sovereign’s Medal For Volun...
Mar 12, 2018
Training for 21st annual Boogie the Bridge begins
KAMLOOPS - It’s a sure sign of spring. Training for CFJC TV’s Boogie the Bridge began Sunday morning, with dozens of runners in red gathering at the Sandman Signature Hotel for the first d...
Mar 11, 2018
