Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
RIH ER still busy, more space coming
KAMLOOPS - Royal Inland Hospital’s emergency department is regularly over capacity, an issue that has become a strain since the department was not designed to see the sort of volume that it curr...
Sep 02, 2016
Life after Lake: who's next in the North Thompson?
KAMLOOPS - Just one day after Terry Lake announced he would not be seeking another term as the Kamloops-North Thompson MLA, one candidate has put his name forth as a hopeful replacement, and there's t...
Sep 02, 2016
Police nab texters in traffic enforcement blitz
Kamloops RCMP have released the results of a traffic blitz this week. On Tuesday, officers targeted a pair of busy intersections – Seymour Street and First Avenue downtown, and Tranquille Road a...
Sep 02, 2016
RCMP remind drivers to slow down in school zones
KAMLOOPS - The kids are heading back to school on Tuesday, so RCMP are issuing a reminder to slow down in school zones. Drivers are required to slow down to 30 km/h when going through a school zone. C...
Sep 02, 2016
North Shore BIA Executive running for B.C. Liberal nomination
KAMLOOPS - Just one day after Terry Lake announced he won’t run for a third term in Kamloops-North Thompson, a contender to succeed him has already emerged. Steven Puhallo, a longtime BC Liberal...
Sep 02, 2016
District 73 sharpens its pencil for the upcoming school year
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops-Thompson School District is ramping up for another school year starting Tuesday. Changes this year include the closure of Stuart Wood Elementary, and the opening of the K-to-12...
Sep 02, 2016
Will September bring summer weather to Kamloops?
KAMLOOPS - The summer – as marked by Environment Canada – is over. The forecasting agency marks summer as June, July and August. Forecaster Armel Castellan says the summer may have been a ...
Sep 01, 2016
Stabbed cab driver eager to get back behind the wheel
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops taxi driver who was stabbed last week returned to his place of business today to be met with friendly chatter and cheque for more than $5,000. It was just last Wednesday, Aug 24,...
Sep 01, 2016
Abbotsford man charged in Aberdeen motel homicide
KAMLOOPS - RCMP say an Abbotsford man has been arrested for murder in the death of a woman at an Aberdeen motel last weekend. The body of 52 year old Debra Novacluse, also of Abbotsford, was found at ...
Sep 01, 2016
Small gathering to protest disability benefits
KAMLOOPS - Rallies were held in various communities across the province today to send a message to the Liberal government about the inadequacy of disability benefits. A rally was held in Kamloops this...
Sep 01, 2016
