Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News

Kamloops construction sector builds momentum
KAMLOOPS - After lagging behind the 2015 pace for much of the year, the Kamloops construction came back in a big way last month. New numbers from the City of Kamloops Building Inspection Division show...
Kayla Derkach Nov 03, 2016

Kamloops Chamber wants city to reconsider changes to false alarm bylaw
KAMLOOPS - The President of the Kamloops Chamber of Commerce is voicing concerns about the city’s decision to ‘crack down’ on false break-in and panic alarms. False alarms are costin...
Kayla Derkach Nov 03, 2016

Cenotaph clocks won't keep time by Remembrance Day
KAMLOOPS - The restoration of the Kamloops Cenotaph is almost complete, but the clocks will not be in place in time to mark the 11th hour of November 11. The Memorial Hill Cenotaph on Battle Street be...
Kayla Derkach Nov 03, 2016

Drug seizure on St. Paul Street results in two arrests
KAMLOOPS - RCMP have arrested two people and expect a third arrest following a drug seizure last week. In a news release, Corporal Jodi Shelkie says police raided a home in the 700 block St. Paul Stre...
Kayla Derkach Nov 03, 2016

Growing the cause: Movember is now Growvember
KAMLOOPS - After raising awareness for breast cancer in October, the Canadian Cancer Society has now turned its attention to men’s illnesses such as prostate and testicular cancer. What used to ...
Kayla Derkach Nov 03, 2016

Federal regulations causing delays for safe consumption sites
KAMLOOPS - As health officials face the daunting task of trying to prevent overdose deaths in B.C., strict legislation is presenting a bit of a hurdle. Bill C-2 is making the establishment of new safe...
Kayla Derkach Nov 02, 2016

Winter Farmers' Market kicks off indoors
KAMLOOPS - As the temperature outside drops, those still looking to purchase fresh produce, baked goods, and handmade crafts will be toasty warm over the next couple of months, as the Kamloops Regiona...
Kayla Derkach Nov 02, 2016

Gloomy October featured frequent precipitation
KAMLOOPS - Environment Canada says precipitation totals for October were way outside of the normal for Kamloops. The city received 42.4 millimetres of rain last month. That’s more than twice the...
Kayla Derkach Nov 02, 2016

Changing Face of the Kamloops RCMP: Forensic Identification
KAMLOOPS - In the third installment of our series, ‘The Changing Face of the Kamloops RCMP,’ we look into the detachment’s forensic identification unit. Any time a crime is committed...
Kayla Derkach Nov 02, 2016

Attention passengers: NewLeaf delays return to Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Discount carrier NewLeaf Travel says it won’t be back to Kamloops this year, but hopes to return early in the new year. Director of Corporate Communications Julie Rempel says the airl...
Kayla Derkach Nov 02, 2016

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