Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Daily News property plans move forward
KAMLOOPS - CIty of Kamloops staff say the demolition of the former Kamloops Daily News building, and the construction of a surface parking lot will cost about $1.1 million. At its regular meeting on T...
Jun 23, 2017
Small fire extinguished quickly on McArthur Island
Kamloops Fire Rescue crews made quick work of a fire on McArthur Island this afternoon. Flames popped up at about 1:15 p.m., on the west side of the island along the walking trail behind the golf cour...
Jun 23, 2017
Temperatures expected to soar this weekend
KAMLOOPS - Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement for several areas in the BC Interior due to the heat we’re expecting. Forecaster Alyssa Charbonneau says Kamloops could see t...
Jun 23, 2017
Crash claims the life of Kamloops motorcycle rider
KAMLOOPS - A 32 year old Kamloops man is dead after a motorcycle crash south of the city yesterday. Kamloops RCMP say the man was riding on Highway 5A at Cardu Hill at about 6:30 Thursday evening when...
Jun 23, 2017
Marion Schilling Elementary wins $100k in BCAA contest
KAMLOOPS - A local elementary school is one of four winners of the BCAA Play Here contest. Marion Schilling Elementary will be awarded $100,000 to build a new playground on its campus. The result was ...
Jun 23, 2017
Councillors question SLR report before making final decision on Ajax
KAMLOOPS - Three days after SLR presented the final results of its study into KGHM-Ajax’s application to the public on Monday night, the environmental consultant opened the floor for questions f...
Jun 22, 2017
Chinese World War I soldier to be honoured in France and Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - More than 200 Chinese soldiers were part of the Canadian Expeditionary Forces in World War I and they weren’t even Canadian citizens. One of those soldiers has remained relatively ano...
Jun 22, 2017
Raising awareness for an invisible injury
KAMLOOPS - June is Brain Injury Awareness Month. 160,000 people suffer a brain injury every year in Canada. Unlike other injuries, brain injuries are impossible to see, but their impacts on a person&#...
Jun 22, 2017
Rae Fawcett Breast Health Clinic officially opens at RIH
KAMLOOPS - It’s been open and screening for breast cancer for nearly a month now, but on Thursday Royal Inland Hospital officially opened the Rae Fawcett Breast Health Clinic. The Fawcett family...
Jun 22, 2017
Rivers Trail, pier re-open at Riverside Park
KAMLOOPS - After they were closed for a large portion of the spring, the City of Kamloops has re-opened the Riverside Park pier and the Rivers Trail between Riverside and Pioneer Parks. High water res...
Jun 22, 2017
