Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Body not yet recovered from Domtar mill site
KAMLOOPS - Forensic specialists have yet to recover the body discovered at the Domtar pulp mill Wednesday, and Kamloops RCMP say it could take longer than a day before the body is removed from the sce...
Mar 08, 2018
Specialty dogs take up search for man missing at Sun Peaks
KAMLOOPS - It has been nearly three weeks since anyone has seen 20 year old Ryan Shtuka. The Alberta man disappeared after leaving a house party in Sun Peaks Resort, where he was living and working. E...
Mar 07, 2018
Body discovered at Domtar Pulp Mill
KAMLOOPS - A gruesome discovery in Kamloops Wednesday afternoon. Kamloops RCMP Cpl. Jodi Shelkie says just after 3:00 p.m. Mounties were called to Domtar Pulp Mill on Mission Flats Road after employee...
Mar 07, 2018
Stone, James clash in legislature over payroll tax, ICBC
VICTORIA - Kamloops-South Thompson BC Liberal MLA Todd Stone sparred with Finance Minister Carole James in the BC legislature today over the NDP employer health tax plan. Stone used organic food busin...
Mar 07, 2018
Kamloops group seeks referendum on time change
KAMLOOPS - With Daylight Saving Time just days away a Kamloops group is confident its push to end the practice is nearing fruition. Bob Dieno, co-founder of ‘STOP the Time Change,’ has bee...
Mar 07, 2018
Province's employer health tax to cost SD73 $250K a year by 2020
KAMLOOPS - School District 73 estimates Victoria’s newly proposed employer health tax will start to cost the district approximately $250,000 a year starting in 2020. Secretary-Treasurer Kelvin S...
Mar 07, 2018
Kamloops hoping for long-term solutions to biosolid waste
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops, in partnership with the province, local First Nations and the local agriculture sector, will put together a stakeholder group to deal with the city’s increasing ...
Mar 06, 2018
Kamloops mayor says city should be compensated with significant cannabis tax revenues
KAMLOOPS - The mayor of Kamloops says the city should be receiving tax revenue when cannabis is officially legalized by the federal government. It comes after the mayor of Sicamous sent a letter to Vi...
Mar 06, 2018
TRU celebrates international flavour with IDays
KAMLOOPS - It's an opportunity for the students who come to Thomspon Rivers University from abroad to show off their culture to the community. IDays is a celebration of the diversity of cultures that ...
Mar 06, 2018
Sa-Hali Secondary students prepare for Guatemala missions trip
KAMLOOPS- Over spring break, most teenagers look forward to sleeping in and hanging out with their friends. But for sixteen Sa-Hali Secondary students, the holiday will be all about giving back to oth...
Mar 06, 2018
