Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Volunteers needed for 2018 BC Winter Games in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - The countdown is on to the BC Winter Games, and this year organizers are celebrating 40 years of exceptional experiences for young athletes in our province. Since 1978, the BC Winter Games ...
Jan 25, 2018
Kamloops MLA confident in third or fourth ballot leadership victory
KAMLOOPS - BC Liberal leadership hopeful Todd Stone of Kamloops is feeling confident heading into the final stretch of his party’s leadership campaign. Three days of voting start February 1 and ...
Jan 25, 2018
TRU volleyball teams coming together to stand up against sexual violence
KAMLOOPS - As more women all around the world who have experienced sexually violence speak up, the TRU volleyball teams are standing together in solidarity and fighting back against sexual violence th...
Jan 25, 2018
SD73 reaches school completion rate target
KAMLOOPS - Top marks for School District 73 when it comes to completion rates. The district reached its long sought after goal of 85 per cent in the 2016-2017 school year, just slightly higher than th...
Jan 25, 2018
Letter carrier blasts City of Kamloops over snow clearing
KAMLOOPS - Longtime letter carrier and city council candidate Bill Sarai is taking the City of Kamloops to task for failing to clear residential streets quickly enough. He says the city is not fulfill...
Jan 25, 2018
Kamloops-area Senator honoured with postage stamp
KAMLOOPS - Six outstanding Canadian female athletes have been honoured with their own Canada Post stamps, including Kamloops-area Senator Nancy Greene Raine. The honorees were recognized at a ceremony...
Jan 25, 2018
Stolen gas card leads to over $5K in charges
KAMLOOPS - A stolen gas card has led to a hefty gas bill for an unlucky company in the Kamloops area. Kamloops Crime Stoppers says sometime between Jan. 10-15, a man allegedly used a stolen company ga...
Jan 24, 2018
TRU student launches petition drive in hopes of landing American Sign Language course
KAMLOOPS - A Thompson Rivers University student has launched a petition drive in hopes of prompting the school to offer a for-credit American Sign Language course. Robert Wisla started the petition at...
Jan 24, 2018
People in Motion nearing fundraising goal
KAMLOOPS - The response to People in Motion’s fundraising drive for a new para-transit bus has been “phenomenal.” The drive, which started just two weeks ago, has almost reached its ...
Jan 24, 2018
Kamloops CUPW rep 'disappointed' door-to-door delivery won't be restored
KAMLOOPS - Reaction in Kamloops this morning (Wednesday) to the federal government’s announcement it will end community mailbox conversions but won’t restore door-to-door service for the r...
Jan 24, 2018
