Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News

KFR Training Centre to get $750k upgrade
KAMLOOPS - City staff have been given Kamloops council’s go-ahead for big changes at the Kamloops Fire Rescue training centre on Bunker Road. The project will see $750,000 go into building a new...
Kayla Derkach Sep 20, 2016

Tk'emlups Hops Farm harvests first crop
KAMLOOPS - With the 2016 growing season all but over, the time has come for many local producers to harvest whatever remains in their fields, and get ready for the winter ahead. At the Tk'emlups Hops ...
Kayla Derkach Sep 20, 2016

Social advocates applaud Province' affordable housing plan
KAMLOOPS - Social housing advocates are applauding the BC Government’s plan to pour millions of dollars into providing affordable housing. Premier Christy Clark has announced the province will s...
Kayla Derkach Sep 20, 2016

Police incident at Northills Mall comes to an end
KAMLOOPS - A police incident that unfolded through the noon hour at Northills Mall has come to an uneventful end. Cpl. Jodi Shelkie with Kamloops RCMP received a phone call at about 11:40 a.m., tellin...
Kayla Derkach Sep 20, 2016

New $30 million dollar TRU trades building gets government approval
KAMLOOPS - Today marked a momentous day for Thompson Rivers University, with the announcement of a new $30 million Industrial Training and Technology Centre, slated to open in 2018. The majority of th...
Kayla Derkach Sep 20, 2016

Greyhound confirms impending move
KAMLOOPS - Greyhound has confirmed to CFJC News that it plans to leave its current depot location on Laval Crescent and Notre Dame Drive. In an emailed statement, company spokesperson Lanesha Gipson s...
Kayla Derkach Sep 20, 2016

Police looking for Wildlife Park ATM thieves
KAMLOOPS - Police say they want to put the two men who stole an ATM from the BC Wildlife Park into a cage. The theft happened early yesterday morning, when the culprits smashed through the front glass...
Kayla Derkach Sep 19, 2016

Kamloops gathering hopes to breathe life into a taboo subject
KAMLOOPS - Talk about a dead room. Kamloops’ first ever ‘Death Cafe’ will be held at The Art We Are this evening. Organizer Helen McFadyen says the get-together is meant to allow peo...
Kayla Derkach Sep 19, 2016

Body located in North Kamloops deemed not suspicious
KAMLOOPS - RCMP say they have determined there was nothing suspicious in the death of a man whose body was found on the North Shore over the weekend. The body was found Saturday (September 17), lying ...
Kayla Derkach Sep 19, 2016

TRU unveils 'The Reach,' Kamloops' newest urban neighbourhood
KAMLOOPS - Plans for the first ever community on a university campus in the Interior – was unveiled at Thompson Rivers University this morning. ‘The Reach’ is a university village co...
Kayla Derkach Sep 19, 2016

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