Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Crash claims the life of Kamloops motorcycle rider
KAMLOOPS - A 32 year old Kamloops man is dead after a motorcycle crash south of the city yesterday. Kamloops RCMP say the man was riding on Highway 5A at Cardu Hill at about 6:30 Thursday evening when...
Jun 23, 2017
Marion Schilling Elementary wins $100k in BCAA contest
KAMLOOPS - A local elementary school is one of four winners of the BCAA Play Here contest. Marion Schilling Elementary will be awarded $100,000 to build a new playground on its campus. The result was ...
Jun 23, 2017
Councillors question SLR report before making final decision on Ajax
KAMLOOPS - Three days after SLR presented the final results of its study into KGHM-Ajax’s application to the public on Monday night, the environmental consultant opened the floor for questions f...
Jun 22, 2017
Chinese World War I soldier to be honoured in France and Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - More than 200 Chinese soldiers were part of the Canadian Expeditionary Forces in World War I and they weren’t even Canadian citizens. One of those soldiers has remained relatively ano...
Jun 22, 2017
Raising awareness for an invisible injury
KAMLOOPS - June is Brain Injury Awareness Month. 160,000 people suffer a brain injury every year in Canada. Unlike other injuries, brain injuries are impossible to see, but their impacts on a person&#...
Jun 22, 2017
Rae Fawcett Breast Health Clinic officially opens at RIH
KAMLOOPS - It’s been open and screening for breast cancer for nearly a month now, but on Thursday Royal Inland Hospital officially opened the Rae Fawcett Breast Health Clinic. The Fawcett family...
Jun 22, 2017
Rivers Trail, pier re-open at Riverside Park
KAMLOOPS - After they were closed for a large portion of the spring, the City of Kamloops has re-opened the Riverside Park pier and the Rivers Trail between Riverside and Pioneer Parks. High water res...
Jun 22, 2017
Sears to shut Kamloops location
KAMLOOPS - Sears Canada is going to cut about 2,900 employees and close 59 stores across the country under a court-supervised restructuring plan announced this morning. Former chairman and CEO Mark Co...
Jun 22, 2017
Police recover stolen vehicle with weapon inside
KAMLOOPS - A 34 year old Chilliwack man is facing charges after he was found with a stolen truck in Sahali yesterday. An employee of a hotel on Columbia Street West called police Wednesday morning, af...
Jun 22, 2017
Airport Manager Fred Legace announces his departure
KAMLOOPS - Airport Manager Fred Legace is planning a new flight path. Legace, who began working at the Kamloops Airport nearly 15 years ago, says he feel it is time to step aside. “What we’...
Jun 22, 2017
