Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News

KAMLOOPS - Thompson Rivers University will honour its 2016 distinguished alumni at a ceremony tonight (7pm, TRU Grand Hall). Dean Nelson receives the Human Rights Leadership Award. He is the founder o...

KAMLOOPS - Coming home to a pet at the end of a long day can be a simple thing that ignites happiness in someone. For a veteran suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, or Depression, a canine c...

KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops employer that relies on the struggling oil and gas sector has announced another round of layoffs. Horizon North, which manufactures trailers and modular units, laid off 34 employ...

KAMLOOPS - It’s been a pool used by North Shore residents since 1958, the oldest facility on the north side of the river. But in a short time, it will be closed and replaced by a wading pool and...

KAMLOOPS - Fentanyl has claimed countless lives across the country, the drug seeping into social circles of all kinds. With the number of overdoses steadily increasing, the highly powerful painkiller ...

KAMLOOPS - The Power Rangers will be taking over several areas next week, including downtown Kamloops, causing some traffic disruptions. Streets will be closing intermittently, depending on where film...

KAMLOOPS - Two lunchtime diners were taken to hospital this afternoon after an SUV crashed through the front of the restaurant where they were enjoying their lunch. Just after 12:15, a Dodge Journey c...

KAMLOOPS - Residents in Westsyde and Brocklehurst are celebrating after learning their opposition to the closure of the neighborhood pools did not go unheard. City Council has voted to keep both pools...

KAMLOOPS - It’s official. Sun Peaks resort has had a record breaking season. President of Tourism Sun Peaks, Christopher Nicolson says the resort saw a 13.4 per cent increase in room occupancy c...

KAMLOOPS - The face of the Kamloops RCMP detachment is changing. Cpl. Jodi Shelkie will take over as the detachment’s media relations officer, starting next Monday. She succeeds Cpl. Cheryl Bush...