Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Kamloops Chamber of Commerce decry 'crippling tax increases' in B.C. budget
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Chamber of Commerce is expressing concern about the tax increases included in Tuesday’s B.C. budget. The chamber says it leaves the business community to pick up a $1.92 ...
Feb 21, 2018
Kamloops RCMP investigate hammer attack
KAMLOOPS - A rude awakening for a Kamloops couple that lives on Oak Road Wednesday morning. Police say the bizarre assault occurred at around 3 a.m. “A male and female reported that two men dres...
Feb 21, 2018
WATCH: Kamloops RCMP arrest suspected drunk driver at gunpoint
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops RCMP officer in his cruiser escaped injury Wednesday morning after being hit by a suspected drunk driver on Columbia Street. Cpl. Jodi Shelkie says the collision occurred just af...
Feb 21, 2018
Mother makes emotional plea for information on missing son
KAMLOOPS - It has been four days since Ryan Shtuka mysteriously disappeared in Sun Peaks. The 20 year old, who moved to the mountain ski resort just a few months ago to work the winter season, went mi...
Feb 20, 2018
Motion Picture Orientation Course being offered in Kamloops this weekend
KAMLOOPS - With the film industry booming in British Columbia, the Thompson Nicola Film Commission is looking to get a bigger slice of the pie which is why they're hosting a Motion Picture Industry Or...
Feb 20, 2018
Traffic engineer looking at traffic solutions at Westmount Elementary
KAMLOOPS - It’s been an issue for years, but with higher enrolment and more kids being driven to school, the pressure to find a solution to the traffic crunch at Westmount Elementary School in W...
Feb 20, 2018
Kamloops MLAs blast 'tax and spend' NDP budget
VICTORIA - Kamloops BC Liberal MLAs Todd Stone (Kamloops-South Thompson) and Peter Milobar (Kamloops-North Thompson) have taken aim at what they’re calling a “tax and spend” NDP budg...
Feb 20, 2018
District PAC chair says policy to protect students against sexual violence 'long overdue'
KAMLOOPS - District PAC chair Don Kitt says a pair of allegations that have come forward have caught the attention of all parents across School District 73 and a policy change is “long overdue.&...
Feb 20, 2018
North Shore gas leak creates traffic issues
KAMLOOPS - Update: Fortis BC’s Corporate Communications Manager Sean Beardow says the gas leak has been brought under control and attributes the 5 a.m. gas line break to “third party damag...
Feb 20, 2018
Kamloops family honours daughter's memory with blood donor drive
KAMLOOPS - Often when tragedy strikes, it can present an opportunity for some good to come of it. In the case of Hayleigh O'Brien's death after a battle with ovarian cancer, her family is working to m...
Feb 19, 2018
