Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
City cracks down on false alarm calls to RCMP
KAMLOOPS - 95 per cent of the alarm calls Kamloops RCMP respond to are false. At a workshop this morning, Kamloops council took steps to change that, moving forward on bylaw changes that would result ...
Nov 01, 2016
City encouraging Kamloops residents to recycle their pumpkin
KAMLOOPS - Now that Hallowe’en is over, people are going to start throwing out their pumpkins over the next few days. But the City of Kamloops is encouraging residents not to toss them in the ga...
Nov 01, 2016
Kamloops students say 'thank you' to veterans through hand-written letters
KAMLOOPS - Each one is carefully written, with just the right words to say thank you. With just over a week to go until Remembrance Day Grade 5 students at St. Ann’s Academy in Kamloops are reac...
Nov 01, 2016
8-1-1 doctor match service now live in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - The 8-1-1 HealthLink BC line connecting Kamloops residents with primary medical care is now live. Health Minister Terry Lake says the line is set up specifically for those who don’t h...
Nov 01, 2016
Busy Kamloops off-ramp gets upgrade
KAMLOOPS - The provincial Ministry of Transportation is widening a busy Trans Canada Highway off-ramp in Kamloops. The ministry says work has begun to improve exit 370 to Notre Dame Drive and Summit D...
Nov 01, 2016
Hallowe'en a quiet time in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Everyone had fun-there were no major problems. A routine Hallowe’en according to both RCMP and Kamloops Fire and Rescue. Relatively few calls came in to either emergency service, so i...
Nov 01, 2016
Sewer, transportation top issues for City of Kamloops, Tk'emlups
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops City Council and the Tk’emlups Indian Band met for the second time this year, a community to community meeting. Both councils met at the Parkside Lounge on Monday to discuss ...
Oct 31, 2016
Baseball bat beating victim awaits surgery
KAMLOOPS - Tentative dates have been set for a preliminary inquiry into charges against the Kamloops man accused in a brutal baseball bat beating in Brocklehurst in June. Kristopher Teichrieb is sched...
Oct 31, 2016
Summit Connector construction to last three weeks
KAMLOOPS - After months of road construction along Pacific Way, the main route in and out Aberdeen is officially open to local traffic. The city’s Capital Projects manager Darren Crundwell says ...
Oct 31, 2016
NDP leader promises to accelerate Kamloops to Alberta highway construction
KAMLOOPS - Twinning the TransCanada Highway from Kamloops to Alberta was first announced in 2008. The first phase from Monte Creek to Pritchard finished in 2012. There were delays in the process after...
Oct 31, 2016
