Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Area restriction modified around Elephant Hill fire
KAMLOOPS - In a bid to aid firefighting efforts, the BC Wildfire Service has amended an area restriction around the Elephant Hill wildfire. The amendent went into effect at 3 p.m. Wednesday and will r...
Sep 13, 2017
Crime Stoppers seeks Aberdeen Mall laptop thief
KAMLOOPS - Crime Stoppers is asking for the public’s help in identifying a suspect who stole a laptop from the Aberdeen Mall. The laptop was snatched from a kiosk in the middle of the mall on Au...
Sep 13, 2017
Wildfire state of emergency likely to end this week
KAMLOOPS - It looks like the provincial state of emergency in British Columbia sparked by this summer’s devastating wildfires is coming to a close. Chris Duffy, executive director of operations ...
Sep 13, 2017
Running for Mayor: Stu Holland
KAMLOOPS - Mayoral candidate Stu Holland thinks he has the solution to improve the long-standing parking crunch downtown. He wants to push the curb back a metre or so to make room for angle parking. &...
Sep 13, 2017
Kamloops MP calls federal tax changes 'slap in the face' to small business
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo Conservative MP Cathy McLeod is no fan of the federal government’s proposed changes to small business taxes in this country. The proposed change aims to put ...
Sep 13, 2017
Federal tax proposal a 'slap in the face' to small business says Cathy McLeod
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo Conservative MP Cathy McLeod is no fan of the federal government’s proposed changes to small business taxes in this country. The proposed change aims to put ...
Sep 13, 2017
Daily News demolition nearing end of challenging section
KAMLOOPS - Demolition of the former Kamloops Daily News building downtown is 60 per cent complete and nearing the end of its most challenging portion. The contractor Dakota Reclamators has been taking...
Sep 13, 2017
Kamloops RCMP arrest suspect in robbery of Australian tourist
KAMLOOPS - UPDATED (Sept. 13, 3:45 p.m.): Kamloops RCMP have arrested a suspect in the robbery of an Australian tourist, just hours after releasing a photo to the public. The robbery happened last Thu...
Sep 13, 2017
Kamloops restaurant building custom shopping cart for homeless friend
KAMLOOPS - The local restaurant that’s rallied behind a Kamloops homeless person says his new custom-built shopping cart could be finished and unveiled as early as next week. Elie Hannah, the ow...
Sep 12, 2017
Kamloops-Thompson School District hoping new funding finds its way into city's schools
KAMLOOPS - As part of the budget update announced by the BC government yesterday, $681 million dollars has been earmarked for education – $177 million dollars of that is new money – meant ...
Sep 12, 2017
