Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News

KAMLOOPS - If the heavy smoke we’ve been breathing in for almost two weeks straight isn’t bad enough, many businesses in town are also feeling choked out by these compromised conditions. T...

KAMLOOPS - Earlier this week a Geography and Environmental Studies Professor at TRU called for this year’s Ribfest to be cancelled, saying with the city’s Air Health Quality Rating is stil...

KAMLOOPS - RCMP investigators say it’s too early to tell whether the death of a young male in a Lower Sahali hotel room was suspicious. Hotel staff at the Columbia Motor Inn on Columbia Street W...

KAMLOOPS - Today is Dairy Queen Miracle Treat Day across Canada. In BC, proceeds from all Blizzard treats sold today will go to BC Children’s Hospital. Angelo Fontana is the owner-operator of th...

KAMLOOPS - Two of the City’s major annual events are going ahead this weekend, despite the smoky skies, and a warning from a professor at Thompson Rivers University that the smoke is causing ser...

KAMLOOPS - New information on the proposed KGHM-Ajax mine project is up on the B.C. Environmental Assessment Office web site for public comment. The material was posted Tuesday and the comment period ...

LOGAN LAKE, B.C. - Nearly 1,000 members of the United Steelworkers can look forward to four years of labour peace. The members of USW Local 7619 ratified a five-year contract with Teck Highland Valley...

KAMLOOPS - In early July, The Barnhartvale Horse and Hiker Trail Preservation Society closed its trails due to the extreme wildfire risk. While the move has helped protect animals and nearby homes fro...

KAMLOOPS - Just weeks after the winner was announced for this year’s Y Dream Home, work has already begun on the 2018 Training House, which will eventually become the next YMCA Dream Home. The p...

KAMLOOPS - The thick smoke blanketing Kamloops is keeping many people indoors. But that doesn’t necessarily leave you in the clear when it comes to smoke and particulate. As the smoke drags on, ...