Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Vancouver concierge company wins 'Built in Kamloops' Contest
KAMLOOPS - A Vancouver business has gotten a big boost thanks to the Built in Kamloops Contest. The tech concierge company Porter beat out 40 other companies to win the contest that helps startup comp...
Jun 15, 2017
Kamloops fire crews battle blaze at Blackwell Dairy Farm
KAMLOOPS - Fire crews were kept busy overnight containing a blaze at the Blackwell Dairy Farm in Barnharvale. The fire destroyed the Dairy’s processing plant, including large coolers inside that...
Jun 15, 2017
Former Health Minister Terry Lake looking forward to next chapter
KAMLOOPS - Last September, Terry Lake announced he would be stepping away from provincial politics. It is a bitter-sweet transition for the former Kamloops-North Thompson MLA and health minister. WATC...
Jun 14, 2017
Former Speaker weighs in on current conundrum
KAMLOOPS - The uncertainty in Victoria right now centers on one person’s role: the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly. Premier Christy Clark says a Speaker will come forward in time for the res...
Jun 14, 2017
Water levels continue to drop in Kamloops-Shuswap
KAMLOOPS - There’s no doubt now that water levels are receding substantially in the Kamloops-Shuswap area, and it will take some startling precipitation to bring them back up. All of the levels ...
Jun 14, 2017
Fire crews make quick work of bin blaze
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Fire Rescue has made quick work of a fire in a large industrial bin on the Tk’emlups Reserve this afternoon. The fire was reported at about 2:20 coming from Progressive Rubbe...
Jun 14, 2017
Wet spring gives way to late allergy season in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Allergies are an annual annoyance for many Kamloops residents. Some allergy sufferers claim their symptoms have been worse this year than ever before. Missagh Manshadi, owner of Manshadi Ph...
Jun 13, 2017
Friends of missing pilot say Alex Simons was living out his dream
KAMLOOPS - It’s been a tragic last week for friends and family of Alex Simons, the newly licensed pilot who’s been missing since Thursday after he and girlfriend Sydney Robillard left the ...
Jun 13, 2017
City consultant releases final report on proposed Ajax mine
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops-contracted consultant has released its final report after its review of the KGHM-Ajax mine application. In the report, SLR Consulting says its findings are consistent w...
Jun 13, 2017
Crown wins appeal, RCMP attackers going to jail
KAMLOOPS - Two men convicted of beating a Kamloops RCMP officer until he was unconscious will go to jail after all. Jerry Lamar and Leon Leclerc were convicted in the brutal beating of Cst. Paul Koest...
Jun 13, 2017
