Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Kamloops missionary in Haiti says hurricane damage worse than first thought
LES CAYES, HAITI - A Kamloops man who works as a missionary in Haiti says, nearly two weeks after Hurricane Matthew hit the island nation, the devastation is worse than first thought. Rod Wray says th...
Oct 18, 2016
Opposition says government not taking softwood concerns seriously
KAMLOOPS - If the Trudeau Liberals don’t take softwood lumber problems seriously, Canada will be the big loser in the long run. The U.S. and Canada are talking to try and renew the expired softw...
Oct 18, 2016
Spooky steam train ready to roll
KAMLOOPS - It’s a tradition at this time of year in Kamloops, the 2141 Locomotive is getting ready to fire up for the Halloween season. There are big plans in place this year for the Ghost Train...
Oct 17, 2016
Information sessions garner support for first ever RCMP union
KAMLOOPS - It has been a long-fought battle for the right to collectively bargain with the government. Since the 1960’s the RCMP has been barred from forming a union and has remained the only po...
Oct 17, 2016
Cattlemen concerned about recent rustling cases
KAMLOOPS - The general manager of the BC Cattlemen’s Association says poaching incidents like the one reported in the Westsyde area over the weekend are more common than the general public belie...
Oct 17, 2016
SD73 Chair Harper on VSB firing: no room in public education for party politics
KAMLOOPS - The Board of Education chair for the Kamloops-Thompson School District says she takes no pleasure in hearing the democratically-elected Vancouver school board has been fired by Education Mi...
Oct 17, 2016
Economic downturn in Alberta drops Kamloops Airport numbers
KAMLOOPS - The downturn in the northern Alberta economy has hit the Kamloops Airport once again. New numbers show a 1.9 per cent dip in passenger travel through Fulton Field last month, compared to Se...
Oct 17, 2016
Roundup ruined by discovery of slaughtered pregnant cow
KAMLOOPS - Saturday was supposed to be the most exciting day of the year for local ranchers as they rounded up their cattle, but it was quickly ruined for Jason Bishop. Bishop came across a pregnant c...
Oct 16, 2016
Craft for Critters raises funds for SPCA
KAMLOOPS - While you wouldn't think animals and beer mix, one local brewery held a fundraiser last night for the Kamloops branch of the BC SPCA. For the folks at Red Collar Brewing, it was a natural f...
Oct 16, 2016
Volunteers construct homes for burrowing owls
KAMLOOPS - A species of bird that had once completely left British Columbia is now returning thanks to human help. The Nature Conservancy of Canada, the Burrowing Owl Society, and volunteers from the ...
Oct 15, 2016
