Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Jobs and LNG hot topics during Liberal campaign stop in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - It was a short but energy-filled visit for Christy Clark and her election team who stopped by Peter Milobar’s campaign office Friday afternoon on day four of the campaign trail. The p...
Apr 14, 2017
Budget Car Rental fire deemed suspicious
KAMLOOPS - An early morning fire at Budget Car Rental and Self-Storage on Notre Dame Drive is being deemed suspicious. In a press release Kamloops Rcmp say the fire is suspicious in nature and investi...
Apr 14, 2017
Outdoor enthusiasts urged to use extreme caution on ice surfaces
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Search and Rescue is reminding people to use caution on area lakes following the death of two fishermen earlier this week. The bodies of two Kamloops men, aged 61 and 66 were locat...
Apr 13, 2017
First Syrian refugee family settling nicely in Kamloops with new twins
KAMLOOPS - When the Al Mohammad family arrived at Fulton Field in December 2015, the first Syrian refugee family in Kamloops, they were overwhelmed to be in Canada after fleeing their war-torn home. T...
Apr 13, 2017
Supreme Court ruling brings extra moving parts to School District 73 budget
KAMLOOPS - On Wednesday, the school district presented its preliminary upcoming budget to employee groups and the public. While Canada’s Supreme Court ruling for B.C classrooms to return to 2002...
Apr 13, 2017
TRU students one step closer to launching 'Open Textbook Program'
KAMLOOPS - TRU students are are petitioning to cut textbook costs. After collecting more than 1,800 signatures of support, TRU Student Union members made a presentation the university’s board of...
Apr 13, 2017
City races to keep up with pothole, paint problems
KAMLOOPS - With the spring weather now here, city crews are hard at work trying to repair our streets and roadways from the wrath of winter. Street sweeping is underway, and so is the filling of hundr...
Apr 13, 2017
Kamloops residents slowly adapting to recycling change
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops says residents still have some work to do in order to be in compliance with the city’s new Recycle BC contract. The new framework came into effect April 3, result...
Apr 13, 2017
McLeod unhappy with hazy pot legislation
Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo Conservative MP Cathy McLeod says she has a laundry list of concerns about marijuana legalization legislation introduced by the Trudeau government today. The bill works towar...
Apr 13, 2017
Senator Nancy Greene Raine undergoing treatment for thyroid cancer
KAMLOOPS - Senator Nancy Greene Raine is receiving treatment for thyroid cancer. The champion alpine skier and Director of Skiing at Sun Peaks Resort will be having her thyroid removed in Kelowna toda...
Apr 13, 2017
