Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Kamloops funeral home applauds death benefit changes
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops funeral home is applauding the federal government’s decision to set the death benefit at a flat $2,500. The change to the Canada Pension Plan announced earlier this week me...
Dec 16, 2017
Kamloops camp-out for youth homelessness raises over $28,000
KAMLOOPS - It certainly wasn't the most restful night of sleep for many of the campers at the inaugural A Way Home Camp-out to End Youth Homelessness. "I slept probably three hours in total, through t...
Dec 16, 2017
Dozens camping out in North Kamloops for Youth Homlessness initiative
KAMLOOPS - With a little chill in the air, and some snow falling from the sky, it's not likely the time you'd want to sleep outside, but that's exactly what a number of people are doing tonight. All f...
Dec 15, 2017
TRU, UNBC, UBCO join forces to increase research capacity
KAMLOOPS - The old saying "Two heads are better than one" got a new twist Friday at Thompson Rivers University, as the three biggest universities in BC's interior put their heads together to make a si...
Dec 15, 2017
Deadline nearing to get Christmas parcels delivered on time
KAMLOOPS - Like every major shipping company around the holidays, the UPS Store in Columbia Square is trying to keep up with the demand. “The last week has been five times busy,” said owne...
Dec 15, 2017
KGHM contemplates options; SSN elated about Ajax rejection
KAMLOOPS - KGHM-Ajax officials are taking stock after the province’s announcement this week that the mine will not receive an environmental certificate. The project manager for the Ajax project,...
Dec 15, 2017
Butler family makes big donation to RIH
KAMLOOPS - A longtime Kamloops family has embraced the spirit of giving by making a generous donation to the Royal Inland Hospital Foundation. June and Joe Butler, best known as the owners of Butler A...
Dec 15, 2017
Former Kamloops city councillor Marg Spina passes away
KAMLOOPS - A former Kamloops city councillor has passed away. Marg Spina succumbed to cancer early this morning while surrounded by her family at hospice in Kamloops. In a Facebook post this morning, ...
Dec 15, 2017
Construction of new Blackwell Dairy operation to begin in the new year
KAMLOOPS - It’s been six months since a fire broke out at the Blackwell Dairy Farm, destroying the company’s entire milk processing plant. Since then, the family has been working with the ...
Dec 14, 2017
Ajax reaction pours in
KAMLOOPS - Reaction has been swift to the provincial government’s decision not to issue an environmental assessment certificate for the KGHM Ajax mine project. Environmental and Climate Change S...
Dec 14, 2017
