Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Police warn about scams- talk to your families
KAMLOOPS - The number of scammers continues to boggle the mind. But what is more mind-boggling is that many people are falling for them, largely because they don’t understand how large agencies ...
Sep 16, 2016
Kamloops arts students adjusting to new K-12 structure
KAMLOOPS - After years of planning by School District 73, the vision has become a reality. For the first time, all students from kindergarten to Grade 12 are attending the Kamloops School of the Arts....
Sep 15, 2016
Kamloops Firefighters burn up the pages of a new calendar
KAMLOOPS - It’s a red-hot calendar featuring photos of 13 Kamloops Firemen, and it’s all for a good cause. For $20 the 2017 Kamloops Firefighters Calendar is now available to be picked up ...
Sep 15, 2016
Kamloops tourism industry stays hot in the summer
KAMLOOPS - 2016 has been a fantastic year for tourism in Kamloops. Tourism Kamloops CEO Beverley DeSantis says the local tourism industry is experiencing a visitor boom, and an increase in accommodati...
Sep 15, 2016
Former Tobiano developer Michael Grenier announces BC Liberal nomination
KAMLOOPS - Former Tobiano developer Michael Grenier has made it official, he is throwing his hat into the political ring. Thursday morning, Grenier used the Kamloops Airport as the backdrop to announc...
Sep 15, 2016
Burning bans coming down in Kamloops Fire Centre
KAMLOOPS - Property owners in the Clearwater and Salmon Arm fire zones can begin their fall backyard burning as of tomorrow morning. Kamloops Fire Centre officials have announced they are rescinding C...
Sep 15, 2016
Arraignment delayed for accused in baseball bat beating
KAMLOOPS - Arraignment has been delayed for the man accused in a brutal baseball bat beating in Brocklehurst. 39 year old Kristopher Teichrieb is charged with attempted murder. 19 year old Jessie Simp...
Sep 15, 2016
Kamloops accommodation tax to jump from 2% to 3%
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops hotel owners have voted in favour of bumping the city’s accommodation tax up a percentage point, from 2% to 3%. Tourism Kamloops says 70 per cent of accommodation owners appr...
Sep 15, 2016
Kamloops SPCA reminds owners to leave dogs at home
KAMLOOPS - It may feel like summer is over, with cooler temperatures, but the Kamloops SPCA is reminding dog owners to keep their animals at home, instead of in their vehicles. The SPCA has received a...
Sep 15, 2016
Construction on schedule at Westsyde pool, uncovers mould
KAMLOOPS - It’s been just a month into reconstruction of the Westsyde pool. Crews have been working to dismantle the frame of the aging roof, which has uncovered many pieces of rotting wood. ...
Sep 15, 2016
