Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
School District 73 begins process of filling 30 new teaching positions
KAMLOOPS, B.C - Relief is officially on the way for the Kamloops / Thompson School District. School District 73 Board Chair Meghan Wade says they’ve begun the first phase in hiring more than 30 ...
Jan 21, 2017
Health Minister's call to raise legal smoking age to 21 receives cloudy reviews
KAMLOOPS - It’s the number-one preventable form of death in B.C. “You look at cancer, heart disease, other vascular strokes, they’re all related to smoking,” said BC Health Min...
Jan 21, 2017
Baby boomer retirement leading to trade boom
KAMLOOPS - Admission numbers show trades have never been more popular at Thompson Rivers University. “We have probably grown 10 to 15% in the last few years,” said Baldev Pooni, Interim De...
Jan 20, 2017
Mail theft caught on camera
KAMLOOPS - The managers of the Glynnwood Terrace apartments on Hugh Allan Drive in Kamloops say they want the person who stole their tenants’ mail caught. The break-in and theft happened just af...
Jan 20, 2017
Kamloops makes a big splash on the big screen
KAMLOOPS - This is an exciting time for the local film industry, as recent large scale productions that have shot in the Kamloops area are being released. The family film Monster Trucks, which shot al...
Jan 20, 2017
Former Kamloops RCMP constable avoids jail time on drug charge
KAMLOOPS - The former Mountie who purchased cocaine on three separate occasions in June 2015 will not serve any jail time. 41-year-old Randi Love was at the Kamloops courthouse today to receive her se...
Jan 20, 2017
Province funds hospice beds at Overlander Residential Care
KAMLOOPS - The Province announced funding today to improve end-of-life care in Kamloops by adding four hospice care beds to Overlander Residential Care. $120,000 has been provided for the renovation a...
Jan 20, 2017
Police arrest 33-year old male after Sahali standoff
KAMLOOPS -We’ll get an update later this morning on an incident last night in the 100 block Waddington Drive in Sahali. Staff Sergeant Ed Preto says just before 6:00 PM, police responded to a re...
Jan 20, 2017
Kamloops teachers not impressed with one week spring break decision
KAMLOOPS -Three days later, Kamloops Thompson Teachers’ Association says they are still struggling to come to terms with School District 73 trustees decision to go back to a one week spring brea...
Jan 19, 2017
All work, no play for TRU students?
KAMLOOPS - Thompson Rivers University isn’t much of a party school. At least, that’s according to MacLean’s Magazine. The magazine surveyed more than 17,000 students across Canada to...
Jan 19, 2017
