Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Commuters asked to ditch cars for Bike to Work Week
KAMLOOPS - Starting Monday Kamloops residents will be encouraged to get out of their cars and onto their bikes for Bike to Work Week. It’s a province-wide initiative seeking to reduce greenhouse...
May 27, 2016
Chaos on the Coquihalla as sleet covers the highway
KAMLOOPS - BC Ambulance says there have been a series of crashes at the Inks Lake brake check on the Coquihalla Highway that have resulted in eight people transported to hospital. Emergency crews rush...
May 27, 2016
Kamloops educators look forward to new curriculum
KAMLOOPS - B.C. High school students will have fewer exams to write thanks to the province’s new curriculum. Rather than writing five mandatory provincial exams students will write only two. WAT...
May 27, 2016
Man survives fall from Overlanders Bridge
KAMLOOPS - RCMP say a 25 year old man is okay after falling from the Overlanders Bridge into the Thompson River this morning. At about 8:20, several witnesses called 9-1-1 to report the man hanging fr...
May 27, 2016
Health Minister says Kamloops a candidate for a safe injection site
KAMLOOPS - Health Minister Terry Lake says either Kamloops or Kelowna could become home to BC’s next safe injection site. Lake says Interior Health is in the initial stages of exploring the idea...
May 27, 2016
Pedestrian hit near Aberdeen Mall escapes serious injury
KAMLOOPS - A pedestrian who was hit by a car near Aberdeen Mall yesterday escaped serious injury. Kamloops RCMP say the 17 year old boy was in a marked crosswalk on Hillside Way with the warning light...
May 26, 2016
Kamloops Pit Stop helps hundreds of Fort McMurray evacuees
KAMLOOPS - A one-stop shop for Fort McMurray evacuees to pick up some essential supplies, is overwhelmed with the positive response the program has received. To date, Kamloops Pit Stop has helped near...
May 26, 2016
Supporters of grocery wine sales holding out hope
KAMLOOPS - The fight is far from over for those in Kamloops hoping to see B.C. wines line the shelves of Save-On-Foods. Wine makers were disappointed when city council voted down a proposed bylaw vari...
May 26, 2016
KGHM-Ajax lays off seven, blames commodity market
KAMLOOPS - KGHM-Ajax has issued a round of layoff notices at its Kamloops office, blaming the economy. According to a statement from Project Manager Clyde Gillespie, seven people have been laid off in...
May 26, 2016
New graduate degrees coming to TRU
KAMLOOPS - Thompson Rivers University will offer a pair of new graduate degrees come next year. The provincial Ministry of Advanced Education has approved TRU to offer a Master of Science in Environme...
May 26, 2016
