Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Minimal impact to operations after expansion of pesticide ban
KAMLOOPS - The city's Parks and Recreation Department is confident there will be minimal impact to operations after council expanded its pesticide ban to include municipal land. At Tuesdays council me...
Dec 16, 2015
Santa's helper busy with wish lists
KAMLOOPS - When it comes to Christmas, he does his best to get it right. In just over a weeks time, Santa Claus and his nine reindeer will travel around the world delivering presents. But how does Jol...
Dec 16, 2015
CP Holiday train rolls through Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - For the 16th year running, the CP Holiday Train rolled into Kamloops, bringing with it Christmas cheer. Decked out in hundreds of thousands of lights and festive decorations, the Canadian P...
Dec 16, 2015
Ajax watchdog raises air quality concerns
KAMLOOPS - An Ajax mine watchdog group says new air quality readings raise fresh concern about what would happen if the mine is approved. According to Kamloops Physicians for a Healthy Environment, No...
Dec 16, 2015
Construction worker dies following fall
KAMLOOPS - The BC Coroners Service has identified a man who died one week after falling from a scissor lift at a Kamloops construction site. He was 45-year-old Sean Alexander Donetz of Burnaby. On Nov...
Dec 16, 2015
Royal Inland Hospital project into new phase
KAMLOOPS - The Royal Inland Hospital clinical services building project is hitting a major milestone this week. Site administrator Carol Laberge says Bird Construction is putting the finishing touches...
Dec 16, 2015
3.4 Magnitude earthquake shakes Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Did you feel it? That was the question on everyone’s tongue this morning after a small earthquake struck at about 1:48am Wednesday December 16, centered 18 kilometres east of Ashcroft...
Dec 16, 2015
Norkam students helping bring Syrian refugees to Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - A group of Norkam leadership students has raised more than $1,500 to help bring Syrian refugees to Kamloops in the New Year. The group, known as Saints For Syria, has been fundraising all s...
Dec 15, 2015
Council confusion; former Daily News building to remain untouched
KAMLOOPS - The former Kamloops Daily News building will remain standing, for now. Council has voted in favour of tabling the issue of demolishing the building to make way for parking, and then wallowe...
Dec 15, 2015
Kamloops parks staff to stop using pesticides on city property
KAMLOOPS - City council has voted to cease the use of pesticides in the city’s parks operations. The vote passed by the same 5-4 margin as the summertime vote to ban pesticide use on residential...
Dec 15, 2015
