Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Feb 04, 2016
Horizon North layoffs hit 80+ employees in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - The decline in the price of oil and a slowdown in the energy field is having a direct impact on a large manufacturing plant in Kamloops forcing Horizon North to lay off 25% of its workforce...
Feb 04, 2016
Suspicious male identified by Kamloops RCMP
KAMLOOPS - On February 3, 2016 Kamloops RCMP received a report of a suspicious male near Marion Schilling School. The male had approached a 6 year old girl and spoken to her, then ran off when the mot...
Feb 03, 2016
Prime Minister Trudeau grants Kamloops woman one on one interview
KAMLOOPS - They are pictures that Nikki Fraser holds closely. Memories of two special women in her family, that suffered so much pain and tragedy. 1995 Nikki’s aunt, Dorothy Spence, disappeared ...
Feb 03, 2016
Westsyde residents upset over potential pool closure
KAMLOOPS - After Kamloops Council voted on Tuesday to explore the public’s wants and desires when it comes to North Shore sporting facilities, there is early indication of mixed reaction from th...
Feb 03, 2016
School district warns parents after reported cougar sighting
KAMLOOPS - A reported cougar sighting prompted a warning for parents in Brocklehurst this afternoon. District 73 Assistant Superintendent John Churchley says the sighting was reported near Parkcrest E...
Feb 03, 2016
