Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Cascades Casino workers vote in favour of strike action
KAMLOOPS - Workers at Gateway Casinos across the Thompson-Okanagan - including over 200 at Cascades Casino in Kamloops - are getting set to walk off the job unless they get a new contract offer from t...
Jun 8, 2018
Apartment construction drive May housing starts in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Year-over-year housing starts for May were way up in Kamloops. New numbers released today by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) reveal there were 100 housing starts last mon...
Jun 8, 2018
Kamloops Urgent Primary Care Centre to open this month
KAMLOOPS - 44 per cent of Royal Inland Hospital emergency room patients could be getting care somewhere else. That’s spurred the creation of the Kamloops Urgent Primary Care and Learning Centre,...
Jun 8, 2018
VIDEO: Ride along as world champion mountain biker Sam Pilgrim shreds the Kamloops Bike Ranch
KAMLOOPS - Sam Pilgrim is the 2013 Freeride Mountain Bike world champion and recently visited the Kamloops Bike Ranch in Juniper Ridge for the first time. Pilgrim took to the skies as part of a video ...
Jun 8, 2018
Kamloops unemployment rate plunges to 5.9 per cent in May
KAMLOOPS - May was a strong month for job growth in Kamloops. Statistics Canada Labour Market Analyst Vincent Ferrao says almost 70,000 people were employed last month, compared to 59,000 in May 2017....
Jun 8, 2018
VIDEO: With eight-day old Violet in her arms, Melissa Klassen graduates from TRU
KAMLOOPS - It’s a special day for one Kamloops woman, who has been very busy of late. Melissa Klassen - whose husband Chad is one of our reporters - graduated today from School of Nursing at TRU...
Jun 7, 2018
Cache Creek hoping to cash in with BCAA Play Here contest
CACHE CREEK, B.C. - Almost two weeks ago, we told you about Pinantan Lake Elementary School's efforts to earn your vote in BCAA's Play Here contest. There's another area school in the mix for a new pl...
Jun 7, 2018
Breaking barriers: Becca Peters valedictorian of TRU School of Trades & Technology
KAMLOOPS - It’s traditionally been a male-dominated industry, but over the years more and more women are stepping into skilled trades. From carpentry, welding, plumbing, electrical and mechanics...
Jun 7, 2018
Environment Canada issues special weather statement, calls for weekend heavy rain
KAMLOOPS -Environment Canada says the sunny, warm weather this week will give way to a potentially volatile storm system in the Southern Interior this weekend. The forecaster has issued a special weat...
Jun 7, 2018
DIY vehicle repair database now available for TNRD library patrons
KAMLOOPS - Do-it-your-selfers, start your engines. The Thompson-Nicola Regional Library is now offering its patrons free access to the vehicle repair database AutoMate. The database offers up-to-date ...
Jun 7, 2018
