Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Kamloops company helping fund men's health initiative for Movember
KAMLOOPS - For the past decade, the month of November has signalled a new growth in the space between many men's noses and mouths. Now in its tenth year, the Movember movement has grown like a moustac...
Nov 10, 2017
Kamloops tourism numbers jump in August, but influenced by wildfire evacuees
KAMLOOPS - The number of visitors to Kamloops was up 14 per cent year over year in August. The numbers are relative to the accomodation tax that is collected locally and increased because of all the e...
Nov 10, 2017
Kamloops couple comes face-to-face with cougar
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops couple is breathing a big collective sigh of relief after coming face-to-face with a cougar this morning in Pineview. Crystal Becker says she was hiking with her husband and dog ...
Nov 10, 2017
Grasslands extension for Batchelor Heights almost ready
KAMLOOPS - A long-awaited second outlet for Batchelor Heights is nearly ready. The Grasslands Boulevard extension connecting the Batchelor neighbourhood with Westsyde Road was slated to open earlier i...
Nov 10, 2017
SPCA exhumes two dead horses from Kamloops property
KAMLOOPS - The BC SPCA has released further details into their investigation of a property on Shuswap Road where nine horses were seized yesterday. Senior Manager of Cruelty Investigations Shawn Eccle...
Nov 10, 2017
Remembrance Day Ceremonies set for Kamloops Saturday
KAMLOOPS - Everything is ready for Saturday’s Remembrance Day Ceremonies in Kamloops. The Royal Canadian Legion and the City of Kamloops are hosting the ceremonies at the Cenotaph in Riverside P...
Nov 10, 2017
Wildfire recovery manager to help homeowners rebuild
KAMLOOPS - More than two-hundred homes were partially or completed destroyed in the Thompson Nicola Regional District after this summer’s record-breaking wildfire season. With a large portion of...
Nov 09, 2017
Highway 5A to be closed between Merritt and Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Motorists take note: the Quilchena Bridge on Highway 5A will be fully closed to traffic on Nov. 14 and 16 for bridge maintenance. The bridge, which is 25 kilometres north of Merritt, will b...
Nov 09, 2017
New shuttle bus service from North Shore to Stuart Wood
KAMLOOPS - Members of the North Shore’s most vulnerable population now have an easier way to access cold weather shelters in Kamloops. This as Glenn Hilke, volunteer coordinator with local non-p...
Nov 09, 2017
Ranta re-elected chair of TNRD board
KAMLOOPS - John Ranta has been re-elected chair of the Thompson-Nicola Regional District. The Cache Creek mayor beat out lone challenger, Area “I” Director Steven Rice, at today’s re...
Nov 09, 2017
