Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Longtime Kamloops RCMP volunteer retires
KAMLOOPS - The local RCMP detachment has honoured a longtime auxiliary constable who retired this month after dedicating more than half his life to the program. Corporal Shelkie says Don Torry likely ...
May 06, 2016
Police warn about excessive speeding in wet weather
KAMLOOPS - RCMP say just because snow and ice is no longer a factor on our highways, doesn’t mean you shouldn’t drive to conditions. Corporal Jodi Shelkie says a vehicle was pulled over We...
May 06, 2016
Hospice in Kamloops making end of life comfortable
KAMLOOPS - It’s a place that provides physical, mental, and emotional support. Hospice is a comfortable setting for those in the last stages of life. Marjorie Willoughby Snowden Memorial Hospice...
May 05, 2016
Mayor Milobar remains mum on proposed KGHM-Ajax mine
KAMLOOPS - Mayor Peter Milobar still isn’t tipping his hand as to how he feels about the proposed KGHM-Ajax mine, even after returning from a tour of Eastern Canadian mining towns. Along with Co...
May 05, 2016
Environmental Assessment Office approves KGHM-Ajax Delay
KAMLOOPS - The Environmental Assessment Office has approved KGHM-Ajax’s request to put the timeline for its environmental review process on hold. The company submitted the request earlier this w...
May 05, 2016
TRU announces honorary degree recipients
KAMLOOPS - Thompson Rivers University has announced the three people who will receive honorary degrees at convocation ceremonies this summer. They include arbitrator Vince Ready renowned for bringing ...
May 05, 2016
National chief seeks permanent solutions to First Nations crises
KAMLOOPS - The Tk’emlups First Nation was recently visited by Assembly of First Nations National Chief Perry Bellegarde. While he was in the community to sit in on a panel review of the KGHM-Aja...
May 05, 2016
Kamloops Fire Rescue guarding against Fort McMurray repeat
KAMLOOPS - Emergency officials in Kamloops are doing the most they can to ensure the nightmare unfolding in Fort McMurray does not repeat itself here. Deputy Chief Mike Adams says Kamloops Fire Rescue...
May 05, 2016
McHappy Day raises $70,000+
KAMLOOPS - McHappy Day in Kamloops and Merritt was an unmitigated success. The event yesterday raised more than $70,000 to purchase a new ventilator for the Royal Inland Hospital Neonatal Intensive Ca...
May 05, 2016
Stabbing victim arrested, assailant still at large
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP say a man was slashed with a knife on the North Shore over night, but the victim is the only person in custody. Just after midnight, officers and paramedics responded to a rep...
May 05, 2016
