Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News

Former Speaker weighs in on current conundrum
KAMLOOPS - The uncertainty in Victoria right now centers on one person’s role: the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly. Premier Christy Clark says a Speaker will come forward in time for the res...
Kayla Derkach Jun 14, 2017

Water levels continue to drop in Kamloops-Shuswap
KAMLOOPS - There’s no doubt now that water levels are receding substantially in the Kamloops-Shuswap area, and it will take some startling precipitation to bring them back up. All of the levels ...
Kayla Derkach Jun 14, 2017

Fire crews make quick work of bin blaze
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Fire Rescue has made quick work of a fire in a large industrial bin on the Tk’emlups Reserve this afternoon. The fire was reported at about 2:20 coming from Progressive Rubbe...
Kayla Derkach Jun 14, 2017

Wet spring gives way to late allergy season in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Allergies are an annual annoyance for many Kamloops residents. Some allergy sufferers claim their symptoms have been worse this year than ever before. Missagh Manshadi, owner of Manshadi Ph...
Kayla Derkach Jun 13, 2017

Friends of missing pilot say Alex Simons was living out his dream
KAMLOOPS - It’s been a tragic last week for friends and family of Alex Simons, the newly licensed pilot who’s been missing since Thursday after he and girlfriend Sydney Robillard left the ...
Kayla Derkach Jun 13, 2017

City consultant releases final report on proposed Ajax mine
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops-contracted consultant has released its final report after its review of the KGHM-Ajax mine application. In the report, SLR Consulting says its findings are consistent w...
Kayla Derkach Jun 13, 2017

Crown wins appeal, RCMP attackers going to jail
KAMLOOPS - Two men convicted of beating a Kamloops RCMP officer until he was unconscious will go to jail after all. Jerry Lamar and Leon Leclerc were convicted in the brutal beating of Cst. Paul Koest...
Kayla Derkach Jun 13, 2017

SD73 implements "flush protocol" to address lead issue
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops-Thompson School District believes it knows how to solve the problem of lead in the drinking water at several Kamloops-area schools. A slightly elevated lead level was first det...
Kayla Derkach Jun 13, 2017

Kamloops to take over popular Victoria buskers festival
KAMLOOPS - Canada’s Tournament Capital has beaten out several BC communities to become the next host of the Victoria International Buskers Festival. The popular Victoria festival has been called...
Kayla Derkach Jun 13, 2017

"Unfortunate accident" at Kamloops gun range shocks shooting community
KAMLOOPS - The B.C. shooting community is shocked and saddened by the death of a Vancouver man at a Kamloops gun range on Sunday. “It’s a close knit community in the shooting fraternity, j...
Kayla Derkach Jun 12, 2017

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