Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Liberals pledge to create four-year engineering program at TRU
KAMLOOPS - The BC Liberal Party is pledging to fund a four-year engineering program at Thompson Rivers University, if elected on May 9. As it stands, TRU provides training for the first two years of a...
May 1, 2017
Rainy April in Kamloops to give way to heat
KAMLOOPS - We got the April showers, and now we’ll find out if the May flowers will follow. Environment Canada says April in Kamloops was much wetter than normal, with 24.9 millimetres of rain r...
May 1, 2017
Deceased author wins B.C. publishing award
VANCOUVER - A Kamloops author who died in March has been honoured with a B-C publishing award. Richard Wagamese’s latest book of essays — “Embers: One Ojibway’s MeditationsR...
May 1, 2017
Green leader encouraged by wave of support
KAMLOOPS - B.C. Green Party leader Andrew Weaver says he’s encouraged by the wave of Green support that keeps building. Weaver paid a visit to Kamloops Sunday, a visit arranged in support of loc...
Apr 30, 2017
New record for Boogie participants
KAMLOOPS - It’s still early, but it appears a new record was set today for participants in the CFJC-TV Boogie the Bridge. MC Tara Holmes told the crowd it was the biggest Boogie ever. Indication...
Apr 30, 2017
Distraught man with knife forces road closure in Valleyview
KAMLOOPS - RCMP had to close down a section of roadway in Valleyview yesterday afternoon while they dealt with a distraught man with a knife. Around 4:00 PM, Staff Sergeant Robert Daly says police wer...
Apr 30, 2017
'Green' is the word at city's second annual Green Living Expo
KAMLOOPS - The second annual ‘Green Living Expo’ took place at the Sandman Centre Saturday. More than 50 exhibitors were on site promoting their companies sustainable practices and service...
Apr 29, 2017
Boogie breakdown, tips for crossing the finish line strong
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - Break it down. That’s the advice Boogie Coordinator Jo Berry is giving runners ahead of Sunday’s Boogie The Bridge that features a 5k, 10k, or 21k half-marathon run. ̶...
Apr 29, 2017
Advance voting opens this weekend
KAMLOOPS - It’s your democratic right to vote, but according to Elections BC only 55 per cent of eligible voters cast a ballot during the last provincial general election. This time around votin...
Apr 28, 2017
State of emergency, evacuation order remain in place
KAMLOOPS - Twenty-two Kamloops residents remain out of their homes at this hour after sloughing of a nearby hillside past Rayleigh has made for slope instability. The city declared the local state of ...
Apr 28, 2017
