Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Emotional reunion for mother, daughter apart for 38 years
KAMLOOPS - In November 1978, 18-year-old Edna Tom of Kamloops was on the verge of giving birth to a baby girl. But she knew at the time she could not raise a child on her own. Edna made the difficult ...
Nov 17, 2016
B-100's Basics for Babies holds 10th annual fundraiser
KAMLOOPS - It has become an annual tradition, B-100’s Basics for Babies breakfast will be in full swing Friday at hotel 540. For the 10th year in a row, the donations will be flowing and hundred...
Nov 17, 2016
Operation Red Nose kicks off 2016 campaign
KAMLOOPS - It’s a program designed to combat impaired driving. The 20th annual Operation Red Nose Campaign in Kamloops is returning for another year. Beginning November 25th the designated servi...
Nov 17, 2016
Kamloops Airport braces for slowdown
KAMLOOPS - The manager of the Kamloops Airport says a number of factors have him predicting a lean few months for passenger traffic in and out of Kamloops. Numbers were down nearly 10 per cent in Octo...
Nov 17, 2016
Winter warning: Police remind motorists to be prepared
KAMLOOPS - With snow on the ground greeting many Kamloops residents as they woke up this morning, RCMP are reminding commuters to adjust their driving behaviour. Corporal Jodi Shelkie says it’s ...
Nov 17, 2016
Providing hope to women in need through the Shoebox Project
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops residents have an opportunity to brighten up the holidays for women in need this Christmas. The Shoebox Project for Shelters distributes gifts to homeless or at-risk women in Canad...
Nov 17, 2016
Changing Face of the Kamloops RCMP: Victim Services
KAMLOOPS - In the final installment of our series The Changing Face of the Kamloops RCMP, we look at the Victim Services unit of the detachment. Consisting mostly of volunteers, Victim Services play a...
Nov 16, 2016
Go Fund Me page aims to help Kamloops woman waiting for transplant
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops woman is hoping she will be a viable candidate to receive a heart and lung transplant. Two years ago, Sue Stratford found out her heart was failing and she would need to undergo ...
Nov 16, 2016
New overdose stats released, Health Minister to meet with feds
KAMLOOPS - Health Minister Terry Lake and Premier Christy Clark will be meeting with the federal health and public safety ministers in Ottawa tomorrow to discuss B.C.’s opioid epidemic. The meet...
Nov 16, 2016
Students get close-up look at dangers of fentanyl
KAMLOOPS - The fentanyl crisis has hit home in Kamloops. There have been 31 overdose deaths as of the end of October The Tk’emlups Indian Band has taken notice, and on Tuesday night, in partners...
Nov 16, 2016
