Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Bear sightings up in Kamloops, actual conflict down
KAMLOOPS - Bear-human conflicts have increased across the province in 2017. In Kamloops, there have been a high number of bear sightings, but fewer conflicts than average. 266 black bear sightings hav...
Sep 21, 2017
City wants to put brakes to Greyhound cuts
KAMLOOPS - Cuts could be coming to Greyhound routes throughout the province, including here in Kamloops, as early as the new year. Greyhound Canada recently filed an application to the B.C. Transporta...
Sep 20, 2017
Acting Mayor taking Kamloops drug issue to UBCM
KAMLOOPS - It’s a problem that outreach workers in Kamloops say is only getting worse. The city’s lack of housing, combined with the ongoing opioid crisis has the Ask Wellness Centre facin...
Sep 20, 2017
Provincial budget consultations coming to Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops residents have been invited to have their say on next year’s provincial budget. The all-party Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services will be in Kamloops...
Sep 20, 2017
Heffley Creek recycling thieves sought
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops and District Crime Stoppers are asking Heffley Creek residents to search their memories for details of a theft. The target was the recycling depot at Heffley Creek, where on August...
Sep 20, 2017
Kamloops couple survives Mexico quake
KAMLOOPS - It’s a bye week the assistant coach of the Kamloops Broncos will never forget. Darryl Chow was in Mexico with his wife this week when a deadly earthquake hit Tuesday. He was actually ...
Sep 20, 2017
All Clear: Elephant Hill evacuation alerts rescinded
KAMLOOPS - The Elephant Hill wildfire is no longer considered a threat to properties in the Thompson-Nicola Regional District. As a result, the TNRD has lifted all evacuation alerts and the area is no...
Sep 20, 2017
Maker Kits give SD73 students tools for critical thinking
KAMLOOPS - Students throughout the Kamloops-Thompson School District will be able to get a little more inventive, thanks to some new equipment. Every elementary school in the district has been equippe...
Sep 19, 2017
Kamloops Search and Rescue hope to find new members
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Search and Rescue provide a necessary service to our community, sometimes risking life and limb to help those who find themselves caught out in the mother nature unprepared. Like m...
Sep 19, 2017
Running for Mayor: Mike McKenzie
KAMLOOPS - 24-year-old Mike McKenzie is the youngest candidate running for mayor in the civic by-election, but he says he’s far from inexperienced. “I was on the national council for the N...
Sep 19, 2017
