Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News

Binary exploding targets banned in Kamloops Fire Centre
KAMLOOPS - As of noon today, the Kamloops Fire Centre is banning the use of binary exploding targets. When a marksman hits one of the targets, two compounds mix together leading to a small explosion t...
Kayla Derkach Jun 16, 2016

One hospitalized after crash near Tobiano
KAMLOOPS - Emergency crews attended to the scene of a single vehicle crash west of Kamloops Wednesday afternoon (June 15). The driver of a SUV lost control of their vehicle near Tobiano on the Trans-C...
Kayla Derkach Jun 15, 2016

Expert: Don't play chicken with dangerous wildlife
KAMLOOPS - The smell of backyard chicken coops might be offensive to some, but it’s an attractant to many wild animals living around Kamloops. Bears have an especially strong sense of smell, abl...
Kayla Derkach Jun 15, 2016

CRTC announces beefed up funding for local television
KAMLOOPS - Canada’s telecommunications regulator has announced a new framework to support local television news. In a news release this morning, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunicati...
Kayla Derkach Jun 15, 2016

RCMP say elder abuse is under-reported, sometimes not even recognized
KAMLOOPS - This is elder abuse awareness day and the local RCMP detachment says elder abuse is typically an under-reported crime. Corporal Jodi Shelkie says sometimes the behavior isn’t even rec...
Kayla Derkach Jun 15, 2016

City Council passes by-law to allow urban hens
KAMLOOPS - A small flock of urban hen supporters had reason to crow aloud outside City Hall on Tuesday night, knowing they’ve won a nearly 10-year battle to bring chickens to city backyards. WAT...
Kayla Derkach Jun 14, 2016

Aging South Kamloops Secondary campus still waiting for replacement
KAMLOOPS - If the South Kamloops Secondary campus were a person, and paid taxes, it would be eligible for an Old Age Security Pension next year. Despite its' advancing age, the building was passed ove...
Kayla Derkach Jun 14, 2016

City relaxes smoking ban in Kamloops parks
KAMLOOPS - Emissions from the Ribfest ribbers won’t be the only smoke in Riverside Park this summer. Kamloops council has voted to relax its complete ban on smoking in city parks in order to all...
Kayla Derkach Jun 14, 2016

Interior Health introduces improved overdose surveillance
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health has unveilled a new surveillance tool to improve how overdoses are tracked at emergency departments across the regions. Now when a patient who has overdosed, or is suspected...
Kayla Derkach Jun 14, 2016

Kamloops council to reconsider allowing wine sales in Save-On-Foods
KAMLOOPS - The debate over whether wine will be sold at the Sahali Save-On Foods store is far from over. Last month, the grocery store was denied a variance allowing it to move the former Discover Win...
Kayla Derkach Jun 14, 2016

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