Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News

Refugees adjust to life in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Life in B.C. and in Kamloops is starting to feel like home for many of the Syrian Refugees. The Kamloops Mosque and the Islamic association have played a big role in their transitions. WATC...
Kayla Derkach Feb 05, 2016

Possible breakdown in TRU talks
KAMLOOPS - A note on the Thompson Rivers University website suggests there may be a breakdown in the negotiations between the university and its faculty association. The note announces the mediator be...
Kayla Derkach Feb 05, 2016

Ultralight crash near Knutsford
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops-area pilot survived a crash of his ultralight aircraft near Knutsford this week. Bill Yearwood of the Transportation Safety Board says it happened on Monday. Yearwood says the pi...
Kayla Derkach Feb 05, 2016

TCC hosts breakfast with Hockey's Holy Grail
KAMLOOPS - It was another chance for residents of Kamloops to rub elbows with hockey royalty, and an opportunity to see two of the most storied trophies in the game. This morning, as part of ScotiaBan...
Kayla Derkach Feb 05, 2016

Fun Family Day festivities in the Tournament Capital
KAMLOOPS - Monday marks the fourth Family Day in the province of B.C. and the holiday is being marked in the Tournament Capital with fun festivities. Hockey Day in Canada has taken over the TCC this w...
Kayla Derkach Feb 05, 2016

DFO still looking into lowest sockeye return since 1939
KAMLOOPS - After the Department of Fisheries and Oceans revealed the number of sockeye salmon returning to the South Thompson and Adams River fell to its lowest since 1939, it says it’s still lo...
Kayla Derkach Feb 05, 2016

Local company feeling affects of low sockeye return
KAMLOOPS - The record low numbers are having an impact on local salmon businesses like Riverfresh, which catches and sells sockeye salmon from the South Thompson. The company says it expected low numb...
Kayla Derkach Feb 05, 2016

Heavy snow in B.C.’s southern mountain passes may hamper Family Day plans
VANCOUVER - Mother Nature is delivering a miserable start to a long weekend for many British Columbia families. B.C. marks Family Day on Monday, but anyone driving to or from the southern Interior may...
Kayla Derkach Feb 04, 2016

TRU purchases Canadian Freightways property
KAMLOOPS - A day after the parent company of Canadian Freightways, Transforce, confirmed its Kamloops location would be shutting down next week, Thompson Rivers University says it’s bought the p...
Kayla Derkach Feb 04, 2016

Kamloops kids meet with NHL legends
KAMLOOPS - They were swept into a frenzy. These Kamloops kids got the chance to get up close and personal, with a piece of hockey history. Lord Stanley’s Cup made a visit to A.E. Perry Elementar...
Kayla Derkach Feb 04, 2016

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