Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
National chief seeks permanent solutions to First Nations crises
KAMLOOPS - The Tk’emlups First Nation was recently visited by Assembly of First Nations National Chief Perry Bellegarde. While he was in the community to sit in on a panel review of the KGHM-Aja...
May 05, 2016
Kamloops Fire Rescue guarding against Fort McMurray repeat
KAMLOOPS - Emergency officials in Kamloops are doing the most they can to ensure the nightmare unfolding in Fort McMurray does not repeat itself here. Deputy Chief Mike Adams says Kamloops Fire Rescue...
May 05, 2016
McHappy Day raises $70,000+
KAMLOOPS - McHappy Day in Kamloops and Merritt was an unmitigated success. The event yesterday raised more than $70,000 to purchase a new ventilator for the Royal Inland Hospital Neonatal Intensive Ca...
May 05, 2016
Stabbing victim arrested, assailant still at large
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP say a man was slashed with a knife on the North Shore over night, but the victim is the only person in custody. Just after midnight, officers and paramedics responded to a rep...
May 05, 2016
AFN National Chief sits in on Ajax mine review
KAMLOOPS - The KGHM-Ajax Mine proposal is getting mixed reviews from a variety of groups in the Kamloops area, including First Nations. The proposal has caught the attention of Assembly of First Natio...
May 04, 2016
McHappy Day raising money for local children
KAMLOOPS - McHappy Day is McDonald’s longest running and most well-known fundraiser. For the 22nd year in a row, the event is drawing crowds. 1400 McDonald’s locations across the country a...
May 04, 2016
NICU needs upgrade to a vital piece of equipment
KAMLOOPS - Giving birth to a premature baby, or finding out your baby is critically ill can be a frightening experience for any parent. But thanks to the dedicated staff at Royal Inland Hospital’...
May 04, 2016
Food truck frustrations in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - The city’s Food Truck and Trailer program returns this month, but with several strict regulations on how and when they can operate some vendors are unable to participate. WATCH: Full ...
May 04, 2016
Kamloops RCMP seek two suspects after failed traffic stop
KAMLOOPS - Police are trying to determine who ditched a car after a failed traffic stop in Brocklehurst early this morning. An officer tried to pull the vehicle over after noticing it driving erratica...
May 04, 2016
Ajax asking for more time to respond to public comments
KAMLOOPS - KGHM-Ajax has asked the Environmental Assessment Office for another month to deal with questions brought up in the public comment period related the company’s environmental applicatio...
May 03, 2016
