Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Kamloops Imam getting ready to leave
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Mosque will soon be in search of a new Imam. After serving for 2 years as the religious leader of the mosque in Knutsford, Imam Mazhar Mahmood’s contract is expiring, and...
May 03, 2016
Kamloops RCMP seize sawed-off shotgun, drugs
KAMLOOPS - A 44 year old local man is facing a list of charges after a traffic stop in the downtown early this morning. RCMP say the man was driving a pickup truck when it sped past an unmarked police...
May 03, 2016
Eastern mining tour coming to an end
KAMLOOPS - Mayor Peter Milobar and Councillor Tina Lange are coming to the end of their Ontario and Quebec mining town tour. Councillor Denis Walsh has already returned to Kamloops. Milobar and Lange ...
May 03, 2016
Thousands affected by early morning power outage
KAMLOOPS - Another major outage for B.C. Hydro overnight. Power went off to parts of Dufferin, Sahali and the Notre Dame industrial area just after 11 last night. Hydro attributes the problem to an eq...
May 03, 2016
Immigration battle for Kamloops woman and her daughter
KAMLOOPS - She came to Canada from the Philippines 5 years ago, in search of a better life and to support her daughter back home. Since 2013, Windy Palmiano has been trying to bring her 15-year old da...
May 02, 2016
Record breaking weather returns to the B.C. Interior
KAMLOOPS - The numbers are in and confirm several temperature records were set in Kamloops last month. But Environment Canada Forecaster Lisa Coldwells says that still didn’t give Kamloops its h...
May 02, 2016
Lower Mainland exodus? Kamloops real estate sales rise
KAMLOOPS - The affordability crunch in the Lower Mainland appears to be paying some big dividends for Kamloops. New numbers released by the Kamloops and District Real Estate Association show 320 homes...
May 02, 2016
Heavy-footed Kamloops drivers lighter in the wallet
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP say a crackdown on speeders last Friday left a lot of heavy-footed drivers lighter in the wallet. Mounties issued 38 tickets for speeding in separate operations on Halston Ave...
May 02, 2016
Secwepemc Nation reviewing Ajax mine
KAMLOOPS - It’s a contentious issue all across Kamloops, and it’s no different in the Shuswap Nation. Some all for the proposed Ajax mine and the jobs it’ll bring. Others absolutely ...
May 02, 2016
BCLC looks to the future, pledges to stay in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - The head of the BC Lottery Corporation says a Request for Proposals issued for its Kamloops headquarters this week affirms the Crown corporation’s commitment to the Tournament Capital...
May 02, 2016
