Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Election issues: Ajax
KAMLOOPS - The proposed KGHM Ajax copper and gold mine has been a source of great contention in Kamloops for many years. On one side of the argument are those who believe the environmental and health ...
May 01, 2017
Real estate market strong, but slowed by unprepared prospective buyers
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops residential real estate market had another good month in April, up two per cent over the same month in 2016. But Kamloops and District Real Estate Association President Cyndi C...
May 01, 2017
20th annual Boogie the Bridge biggest ever
KAMLOOPS - Sunday's Boogie the Bridge marked the 20th running of the event. From humble beginnings in 1998, with just 62 participants in the inaugural Boogie the Bridge, the run has now become one of ...
May 01, 2017
Problem hillside north of Rayleigh still moving
KAMLOOPS - Equipment monitoring an unstable hillside above a neighbourhood north of Rayleigh has made an unsettling discovery: the hillside is still moving. 22 people were forced from their Ramage Roa...
May 01, 2017
Liberals pledge to create four-year engineering program at TRU
KAMLOOPS - The BC Liberal Party is pledging to fund a four-year engineering program at Thompson Rivers University, if elected on May 9. As it stands, TRU provides training for the first two years of a...
May 01, 2017
Rainy April in Kamloops to give way to heat
KAMLOOPS - We got the April showers, and now we’ll find out if the May flowers will follow. Environment Canada says April in Kamloops was much wetter than normal, with 24.9 millimetres of rain r...
May 01, 2017
Deceased author wins B.C. publishing award
VANCOUVER - A Kamloops author who died in March has been honoured with a B-C publishing award. Richard Wagamese’s latest book of essays — “Embers: One Ojibway’s MeditationsR...
May 01, 2017
Green leader encouraged by wave of support
KAMLOOPS - B.C. Green Party leader Andrew Weaver says he’s encouraged by the wave of Green support that keeps building. Weaver paid a visit to Kamloops Sunday, a visit arranged in support of loc...
Apr 30, 2017
New record for Boogie participants
KAMLOOPS - It’s still early, but it appears a new record was set today for participants in the CFJC-TV Boogie the Bridge. MC Tara Holmes told the crowd it was the biggest Boogie ever. Indication...
Apr 30, 2017
Distraught man with knife forces road closure in Valleyview
KAMLOOPS - RCMP had to close down a section of roadway in Valleyview yesterday afternoon while they dealt with a distraught man with a knife. Around 4:00 PM, Staff Sergeant Robert Daly says police wer...
Apr 30, 2017
