Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Craft for Critters raises funds for SPCA
KAMLOOPS - While you wouldn't think animals and beer mix, one local brewery held a fundraiser last night for the Kamloops branch of the BC SPCA. For the folks at Red Collar Brewing, it was a natural f...
Oct 16, 2016
Volunteers construct homes for burrowing owls
KAMLOOPS - A species of bird that had once completely left British Columbia is now returning thanks to human help. The Nature Conservancy of Canada, the Burrowing Owl Society, and volunteers from the ...
Oct 15, 2016
Students and staff set sights on the future at fall convocation
KAMLOOPS - Thompson Rivers University held their fall convocation Friday morning, Oct. 14. The event was an opportunity for students to reflect on their years of study and look forward to what the fut...
Oct 14, 2016
Roof comes off Westsyde Pool
KAMLOOPS - Since the Westsyde Pool closed in June 2015, the city has been under pressure from residents in that part of the community to fix the facility. While the city has taken the opportunity to l...
Oct 14, 2016
Officers who responded to J.R. Michaud shooting recognized
KAMLOOPS - RCMP have handed out commendations to a number of local heroes, including several people who sprang into action on the day Corporal J.R. Michaud was shot. The detachment’s annual Awar...
Oct 14, 2016
First youth homeless count in Canada begins in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Youth homelessness is an issue that has long been kept in the shadows, but Interior Community Services is hoping to shed some light on the subject by conducting a youth homelessness count, ...
Oct 13, 2016
Kamloops Therapeutic Riding Association among local entries for Aviva Fund Contest
KAMLOOPS - A non-profit charitable organization in Kamloops is looking for financial support for its At-Risk Youth Program. The Kamloops Therapeutic Riding Association is one of several local projects...
Oct 13, 2016
Another delay for accused in baseball bat beating
KAMLOOPS - Arraignment has been delayed yet again for the man accused in a brutal baseball bat beating in Brocklehurst over the summer. 39-year-old Kristopher Teichrieb is charged with attempted murde...
Oct 13, 2016
Former Kamloops Mountie charged with dealing drugs chooses trial by jury
KAMLOOPS - A former Kamloops RCMP officer, charged with three counts of trafficking cocaine last summer, has elected to be tried by a judge and jury. Randi Love did not appear in Provincial Court toda...
Oct 13, 2016
'Got No Doc' discussion planned in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - With an estimated 30,000 people in Kamloops without a family doctor, organizers of the Got No Doc discussion event planned for this evening don’t believe they’ll have a problem ...
Oct 13, 2016
