Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News

KAMLOOPS - Even after ratifying a new contract with Thompson Rivers University earlier this month, it’s clear the school’s faculty still has an axe to grind. TRUFA is running an online mem...

KAMLOOPS - Thompson Rivers University has unveiled its list of distinguished alumni for 2016, including three individuals and a local company. Dean Nelson receives the Human Rights Leadership Award. H...

KAMLOOPS - RCMP conducted a clandestine operation at the intersection of Summit Drive and Columbia Street in Kamloops this morning. It was meant to snag distracted drivers and people not wearing seat-...

KAMLOOPS - Students in School District 73 are counting every last penny they’ve raised over the last month before they’re sent to help a small community in Nicaragua. The campaign ‘C...

KAMLOOPS - A man was taken to hospital around midnight after a single vehicle accident on Parkcrest Drive in Brocklehurst. Police say the man was driving west on Parkcrest, when the vehicle left the r...

KAMLOOPS - Traffic was brought to a hault on Columbia Street West after a motorcycle accident. Paramedics attended the scene of the crash, which happened near the pedestrian intersection just passed t...

KAMLOOPS - There are over 500 British Columbians waiting for an organ transplant, including Kamloops native Tony Maidment, who’s been suffering from liver disease for 20 years. It’s made w...

KAMLOOPS - The BC SPCA is applauding Premier Christy Clark’s announcement, to crack down on irresponsible cat and dog breeders. The Province and the BC SPCA will work closely to develop new laws...

KAMLOOPS - Kamloops is one of five BC communities that will be part of pilot project meant to make testing for sexually-transmitted infections easier and more secure. The Get-Checked-Online program ha...

KAMLOOPS - A 44-year-old heavy equipment instructor from Kelowna says 21 is his new lucky number after winning 21.9-million dollars in the weekend Lotto 6-49 draw. Robert Goertzen collected his winnin...