Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Enrolment up in Kamloops/Thompson School District
KAMLOOPS - The preliminary numbers are in and the Kamloops/Thompson School District is reporting a modest student body increase over last year. "It shows growth, certainly in our kindergarten numbers,...
Oct 2, 2017
Kamloops real estate market surged forward in September
KAMLOOPS - September was another strong month for the Kamloops real estate market. New statistics released by the Kamloops and District Real Estate Association show 302 homes changed hands last month,...
Oct 2, 2017
September 'a warm and dry month' in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - It was certainly warm and dry in Kamloops in September, but not enough to break any records. “We didn’t come close to breaking any and I think that’s because the fall is u...
Oct 2, 2017
Singh victory 'a stunning breakthrough in Canadian politics' says Kamloops lawyer
KAMLOOPS - “Stunning” and “historic.” The reaction of Kamloops lawyer and former local NDP candidate Bill Sundhu in regards to Jagmeet Singh’s election as federal NDP lea...
Oct 2, 2017
Three companies shortlisted for RIH patient care tower construction
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health has its proponent shortlist together for construction of the Royal Inland Hospital patient care tower. Four companies responded to the Request for Qualifications (RFQ) proce...
Oct 2, 2017
Shuswap woman, friends escape Las Vegas attack
LAS VEGAS - A Shuswap woman attending the Route 91 Harvest festival in Las Vegas last night says she must have a guardian angel. Darcy Custeau of Blind Bay was at the festival with three friends when ...
Oct 2, 2017
Christian and Sinclair's win strengthens city's fight against Ajax
KAMLOOPS - City Councillor Tina Lange says Ken Christian and Kathy Sinclair’s win in Saturday’s by-election will strengthen the city’s stance against the proposed Ajax Mine. “T...
Oct 1, 2017
TRU retired prof not surprised by low voter turnout
KAMLOOPS - Twenty-one per cent of people turned out to vote in Saturday’s by-election. Retired TRU political studies instructor Ray Pillar says he isn’t surprised by the number. “Vot...
Oct 1, 2017
Kamloops by-election turnout a dismal 21 per cent
KAMLOOPS - Twenty-one per cent. That’s how many people turned out to vote in Saturday’s Kamloops by-election, giving Ken Christian the mayor’s chair and Kathy Sinclair and Ray Dhaliw...
Sep 30, 2017
Sinclair and Dhaliwal join the Kamloops council table
KAMLOOPS - Kathy Sinclair and Ray Dhaliwal have been elected city councillors in Saturday’s civic by-election in Kamloops. There were 21 candidates for council and Sinclair, also the executive d...
Sep 30, 2017
