Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Binary exploding targets banned in Kamloops Fire Centre
KAMLOOPS - As of noon today, the Kamloops Fire Centre is banning the use of binary exploding targets. When a marksman hits one of the targets, two compounds mix together leading to a small explosion t...
Jun 16, 2016
One hospitalized after crash near Tobiano
KAMLOOPS - Emergency crews attended to the scene of a single vehicle crash west of Kamloops Wednesday afternoon (June 15). The driver of a SUV lost control of their vehicle near Tobiano on the Trans-C...
Jun 15, 2016
Expert: Don't play chicken with dangerous wildlife
KAMLOOPS - The smell of backyard chicken coops might be offensive to some, but it’s an attractant to many wild animals living around Kamloops. Bears have an especially strong sense of smell, abl...
Jun 15, 2016
CRTC announces beefed up funding for local television
KAMLOOPS - Canada’s telecommunications regulator has announced a new framework to support local television news. In a news release this morning, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunicati...
Jun 15, 2016
RCMP say elder abuse is under-reported, sometimes not even recognized
KAMLOOPS - This is elder abuse awareness day and the local RCMP detachment says elder abuse is typically an under-reported crime. Corporal Jodi Shelkie says sometimes the behavior isn’t even rec...
Jun 15, 2016
City Council passes by-law to allow urban hens
KAMLOOPS - A small flock of urban hen supporters had reason to crow aloud outside City Hall on Tuesday night, knowing they’ve won a nearly 10-year battle to bring chickens to city backyards. WAT...
Jun 14, 2016
Aging South Kamloops Secondary campus still waiting for replacement
KAMLOOPS - If the South Kamloops Secondary campus were a person, and paid taxes, it would be eligible for an Old Age Security Pension next year. Despite its' advancing age, the building was passed ove...
Jun 14, 2016
City relaxes smoking ban in Kamloops parks
KAMLOOPS - Emissions from the Ribfest ribbers won’t be the only smoke in Riverside Park this summer. Kamloops council has voted to relax its complete ban on smoking in city parks in order to all...
Jun 14, 2016
Interior Health introduces improved overdose surveillance
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health has unveilled a new surveillance tool to improve how overdoses are tracked at emergency departments across the regions. Now when a patient who has overdosed, or is suspected...
Jun 14, 2016
Kamloops council to reconsider allowing wine sales in Save-On-Foods
KAMLOOPS - The debate over whether wine will be sold at the Sahali Save-On Foods store is far from over. Last month, the grocery store was denied a variance allowing it to move the former Discover Win...
Jun 14, 2016
