Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Kamloops council votes to close Ord Road Recycling Depot
KAMLOOPS - No, it isn’t a swap meet. From TV’s and mattresses, right down to weed-eaters and kids toys, the Ord Road recycling depot has become a regular dumping ground during the last six...
Nov 22, 2016
Milobar, Cavers committed to City Council while running in provincial election
KAMLOOPS - For nearly three months, Peter Milobar has juggled his role as mayor of Kamloops while campaigning to be the Liberal candidate in the Kamloops-North Thompson riding. Now that he’s bee...
Nov 22, 2016
TRU Respiratory Therapy students want to help you sleep
KAMLOOPS - Do you have trouble sleeping? Does your significant other keep you up a night with their snoring? The answer to your sleep problems might be at Thompson Rivers University, where the student...
Nov 22, 2016
Mayor slams local columnist for 'conspiracy theory'
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Mayor Peter Milobar struck back at Armchair Mayor and CFJC Today columnist Bill McQuarrie today, saying a column on council’s negotiating process for a potential community be...
Nov 22, 2016
Logging truck rolls on Paul Lake Road
KAMLOOPS - RCMP are advising the public to be cautious around a crash site on Paul Lake Road this afternoon. At about 1:15 p.m., a logging truck tipped into the ditch about 3.5 kilometres east of the ...
Nov 22, 2016
Black ice blamed for morning crash
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Rural RCMP say black ice led to a crash east of the city this morning (Nov. 22). It happened at about 6:40 a.m., three kilometres east of the Lafarge Bridge on Shuswap Road. Police...
Nov 22, 2016
Utility rates expected to rise again in 2017
KAMLOOPS - Council began budget deliberations this morning with a briefing from Finance Director Kathy Humphrey. The initial tax increase under discussion is 3.23 per cent, and that will rise or drop ...
Nov 22, 2016
RCMP: don't have online purchases left at your front door
KAMLOOPS - RCMP say, in the age of online shopping, Kamloops residents should reconsider where they have their Christmas gifts sent. Cpl. Jodi Shelkie says many people have purchases sent to their hom...
Nov 22, 2016
Mounties nab dozens of distracted drivers in November blitz
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP have released the results of a pair of recent co-ordinated traffic enforcement operations, and they show distracted driving continues to be a prevalent problem in the city. Of...
Nov 22, 2016
Sun Peaks to launch delayed winter season this Saturday
SUN PEAKS, B.C. - Sun Peaks Resort has announced its new opening day for the 2016-17 winter season. Ski bums and snowboarders can hit the slopes as of this Saturday, November 26. The resort was forced...
Nov 21, 2016
