Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News

Students and faculty celebrate kickoff to TRU's first Master of Nursing program
KAMLOOPS - The nursing program at TRU has long been regarded as one of the best in the province. Its reputation received an even bigger boost when it was announced a Master of Nursing program was comi...
Kayla Derkach Sep 8, 2017

Residents, farmers, and industry urged to conserve water
KAMLOOPS - Don’t overdo it with your water consumption. Today the provincial government announced a Level 4 drought rating for the South Thompson, Kettle and Granby watersheds due to continuing ...
Kayla Derkach Sep 8, 2017

TRU welcomes students back with 30th annual BBQ
KAMLOOPS - September means it's back to the books for thousands of post secondary students at Thompson Rivers University – and what better way to celebrate the new school year than with the annu...
Kayla Derkach Sep 8, 2017

Local producers and chefs set to celebrate on Sunday
KAMLOOPS - This Sunday at the former Stuart Wood Elementary, the annual Farm2Chefs Culinary Grazing event will take place. It's a chance for foodies to enjoy some fare produced by local farmers and co...
Kayla Derkach Sep 8, 2017

MLAs express 'surprise' and 'shock' with Speaker move
KAMLOOPS - Abbotsford South MLA Daryl Plecas’ decision to take the Speaker’s chair caught his Liberal colleagues off guard today, including those from Kamloops. “I was very surprised...
Kayla Derkach Sep 8, 2017

Kamloops couple caught in the eye of a hurricane
KAMLOOPS - Heffley Lake resident Bodie Shandro has learned more about hurricanes in the past 72 hours than he ever imagined he would in his entire lifetime. The owner of ‘Paddle Surfit’ he...
Kayla Derkach Sep 8, 2017

Operation Nicaragua convoy set to depart Kamloops on 24th mission
KAMLOOPS - A team of firefighters, paramedics, and volunteers are preparing to embark on the 24th Operation Nicaragua. The initiative that sends decommissioned fire trucks, ambulances, and medical and...
Kayla Derkach Sep 8, 2017

Estimates show close to 300 more students throughout school district this year
KAMLOOPS - There are 294 more students in the District this year than last year. Rob Schoen, Assistant SuperIntendent of Elementary Schools, says preliminary estimates from the first week of school sh...
Kayla Derkach Sep 8, 2017

Cleaner air headed our way
KAMLOOPS - It looks like we’re going to get a brief reprieve from the smoky conditions in Kamloops over the next twenty-four hours. “There is good news on the horizon,” says Environm...
Kayla Derkach Sep 8, 2017

Cleaner air headed our way
KAMLOOPS - It looks like we’re going to get a brief reprieve from the smoky conditions in Kamloops over the next twenty-four hours. “There is good news on the horizon,” says Environm...
Kayla Derkach Sep 8, 2017

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