Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Mother's Day at the BC Wildlife Park
KAMLOOPS - It can be a thankless job; long hours, labour-intensive, and little to no pay. Yet people still seem willing to take the job. Yesterday was Mother's Day, so we went to the BC Wildlife Park ...
May 09, 2016
Kamloops group offers pit stop for Fort McMurray evacuees
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops residents continue to find ways to help the evacuees of Fort McMurray. An group of women in the community have created the Kamloops Pit Stop for those making their way through the ...
May 07, 2016
Kamloops firefighters being trained to administer naloxone
KAMLOOPS - It’s a drug that, if administered quickly into a patient that’s overdosed, can save a life. So far this year, naloxone, which reverses the effects an opiate overdose, has been u...
May 06, 2016
Car 40 a success in tackling mental health crises
KAMLOOPS - It’s mental health week across the country, bringing awareness to conditions that plague one in five Canadians. In Kamloops a partnership between Interior Health and the RCMP is helpi...
May 06, 2016
First Nations stay patient with Ajax process
KAMLOOPS - After 5 days of discussions, the Secwepmec and Scheetchestn Joint Council Review on the Kghm-Ajax project wrapped up today, at Moccasin Square Garden. 13 members from each band were on the ...
May 06, 2016
Kamloops man attempts to conquer a mountain of meat
KAMLOOPS - "Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever." Napoleon Bonaparte said that, but Napoleon never faced a challenge quite like the Reubinator, a 7 pound sandwich which can bring even the stro...
May 06, 2016
Family faces fire evacuation for the second time
KAMLOOPS - A family who fled the flames in Fort McMurray this week is no stranger to disaster. Don and Loretta Gammel’s evacuation from the community they call home is bringing back painful memo...
May 06, 2016
Party animals raising money for shelter animals
KAMLOOPS - It’s one of the biggest fundraisers of the year for the Kamloops SPCA. The third annual Fur Ball Gala takes place Saturday evening. The event raises money to help provide medical care...
May 06, 2016
Police bust two Kamloops drug houses
KAMLOOPS - Police were busy this morning in Kamloops, executing search warrants at two problem residences on the North Shore. In a news release Kamloops RCMP stated they seized a variety of drugs, inc...
May 06, 2016
Kamloops community helping Fort McMurray victims
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops man who has worked in Fort McMurray for the past four years is organizing a way for people like him to give back. Mike Schill is accepting donations of both money and supplies th...
May 06, 2016
