Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Kamloops welcomes new doctors through Practice Ready Assessment program
KAMLOOPS - For years, offices at the NorKam Healthcare Centre sat empty, with no physicians available to fill the spaces left behind by retiring doctors. But with three new doctors being brought in ov...
Aug 30, 2017
Demolition beginning, Daily News knockdown to start by end of week
KAMLOOPS - The demolition has started downtown, but taking the former Kamloops Daily News building down brick by brick won’t begin until the end of the week. Since Monday, an excavator has been ...
Aug 30, 2017
Grass fire on East Shuswap Road quickly doused
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Fire Rescue crews rushed to douse a fire that sparked on the Tk’emlups Reserve this morning. The grass fire was called in at about 11:50 a.m., in the 600-block of East Shuswa...
Aug 30, 2017
Scheer has plum spot for McLeod in shadow cabinet
KAMLOOPS - Newly-minted Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is visiting the Kamloops area today, and making news while he’s here. Scheer will address a Kamloops Chamber of Commerce small business ...
Aug 30, 2017
Smoke lingering in Kamloops visited Russia before returning to BC
KAMLOOPS - Thick smoke has returned to the Thompson valleys, causing a return to breathing difficulties for those with respiratory sensitivity. Fire Information Officer Claire Allen says the smoke ori...
Aug 30, 2017
RCMP Musical Ride trots into Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - The RCMP Musical Ride has arrived in town with shows on Tuesday and Wednesday evening for people in Kamloops to see. A tradition since 1876, the first known performance, it gives the RCMP h...
Aug 29, 2017
Ebata Eyecare focuses on giving back for Day of Caring
KAMLOOPS - People suffering with mental illness may find it difficult to access or afford healthcare services. Through the United Way’s Day of Caring dozens of clients of the Canadian Mental Hea...
Aug 29, 2017
"Build Week" begins for Kamloops Habitat for Humanity families
KAMLOOPS - Back in February, two lucky families were given the opportunity of lifetime, when Habitat for Humanity chose them as recipients of their newest Kamloops homes. This week is Build Week for t...
Aug 29, 2017
Explosive device leads to tense morning on Brocklehurst street
KAMLOOPS - RCMP say a tense situation in Brocklehurst this morning was caused by the discovery of a “potential incendiary device.” The device was reported to police at about 2:00 a.m., out...
Aug 29, 2017
Marion Schilling playground designed, to be installed next month
KAMLOOPS - The design has been finalized for the Stephen Dormer Memorial Park playground at Marion Schilling Elementary School. The Valleyview school is building a new playground after it was voted on...
Aug 29, 2017
