Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Kamloops Cenotaph needs upgrades
It’s a constant reminder of the ultimate sacrifice our soldiers have made. The Memorial Hill Cenotaph in Kamloops holds hundreds of local names, commemorating soldiers who lost their lives. The ...
Nov 11, 2015
Scandal building within TRU trades program
There's trouble in the trades at TRU. Instructors in the Faculty of Trades have issued a vote of non-confidence in dean Lindsay Langill. Langill is out of the country, and was not available to comment...
Nov 10, 2015
Weather Contrasts: Highways passes snow covered
If you’re looking to travel in the next few days you should know that the mountain passes don’t look anything like the valleys in the BC Interior. Bob Gilowski of VSA Highway Maintenance s...
Nov 10, 2015
First tracks at Sun Peaks Resort
Ski teams from BC and Alberta had the chance to take a few runs Monday at Sun Peaks. “Mountain crews have been making snow since late October”, explains Erik Meertens, Director of Mountain...
Nov 10, 2015
Walmart Employee Stabbed Trying to Prevent Theft
A Walmart loss prevention officer is recovering today after he was stabbed while doing his job. Corporal Cheryl Bush says Kamloops RCMP were called to the Kamloops Walmart in the early evening. “...
Nov 09, 2015
No arts centre means parking congestion remains
Saturday’s vote to reject the performing arts centre means no parkade either, and the struggle for some to find parking downtown will continue. “It’s always been an issue,” say...
Nov 09, 2015
Arts community disappointed in PAC vote
It was a project that was intended to revitalize downtown Kamloops, stimulate the local arts community, and provide economic growth to the City. But over the weekend, Kamloops residents shot down the ...
Nov 09, 2015
PAC Referendum: Centre Rejected
Kamloops residents have had their say, rejecting the Performing Arts Centre and Parkade Complex. 31.97% of eligible voters cast a ballot in the referendum. Of those 53.74% voted against the centre and...
Nov 07, 2015
Teck Resources announces Highland Valley Copper workforce reduction
The flagging price of copper has hit close to home. Teck Resources has announced plans to trim six percent of its workforce at Highland Valley Copper in Logan Lake. That could result in as many as 80 ...
Nov 05, 2015
Demand for health-care workers will be fastest-growing
Nursing students are the future of health care, the fastest-growing demand in the Thompson-Cariboo region in the next 10 years. A labour market study, released Friday by Venture Kamloops, reveals that...
Nov 05, 2015
