Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News

Mudslide covers Yellowhead Highway north of Rayleigh
KAMLOOPS - Crews spent the evening cleaning up a minor mudslide on Highway 5 North, near Rayleigh. The slide came down shortly after 6:30pm, and covered all four lanes of the highway. Crews were able ...
Kayla Derkach Apr 10, 2017

Tickets for Dream Home Lottery selling at record speed
KAMLOOPS - Tickets for the 21st Y Dream Home Lottery have been selling at a record pace. Just one week after going on sale, value packs of five tickets for $400 are sold out. “There were 888 Val...
Kayla Derkach Apr 10, 2017

Construction of North Thompson water intake system progressing
KAMLOOPS - It’s an emergency intake on the North Thompson River that will supply the city with the necessary water in case of an emergency, such as a spill into the South Thompson. Work has been...
Kayla Derkach Apr 10, 2017

Grasslands Boulevard construction begins
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops has begun a major road construction project in Batchelor Heights. The project will see Grasslands Boulevard extended all the way through from Batchelor Drive to Westsyd...
Kayla Derkach Apr 10, 2017
Kamloops RCMP seek publics help finding teen
This missing person has now been located.
Kayla Derkach Apr 10, 2017

Anti- Ajax activist to appeal Ombudsmen's decision
KAMLOOPS - A man opposed to the proposed KGHM-Ajax mine says he’s appealing a decision by the B.C. Ombudsperson not to go forward with a formal investigation into his allegations that Kamloops M...
Kayla Derkach Apr 10, 2017

Cenotaph clocks officially ticking
KAMLOOPS - The Cenotaph clocks are officially ticking at Memorial Hill Park. The clock hands were turned on near the end of Sunday’s ceremony honouring the 100th Anniversary of the Battle of Vim...
Kayla Derkach Apr 09, 2017

Hundreds gather at cenotaph to honour Battle of Vimy Ridge
KAMLOOPS - The sun peaked its head out of the clouds just in time for the city’s ceremony marking the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge Sunday afternoon. On April 9 1917, allied forc...
Kayla Derkach Apr 09, 2017

TRU sees shift in international enrollment
KAMLOOPS - There’s been a shift in international students at TRU. According to Baihua Chadwick, Associate Vice-President of TRU World Global Operations, the majority of TRU’s overseas stud...
Kayla Derkach Apr 08, 2017

Domtar Mill odour complaints triple in 2016
KAMLOOPS - Odour complaints may be up but Domtar Mill officials say emissions at the pulp mill have decreased significantly. A report presented to city council earlier this week shows Domtar received ...
Kayla Derkach Apr 08, 2017

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