Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Plenty of hope despite lower Kamloops Airport numbers
KAMLOOPS - The manager of the Kamloops Airport says, despite a year-end passenger total that was down from the previous year, 2016 was actually a good year for the airport. About 322,000 people flew t...
Jan 10, 2017
Lynx caught on camera near Kamloops Airport
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops man made a rare wildlife sighting near the Kamloops Airport today. Passerby Levante Whittingstall captured video of a lynx frolicking through the snow. Lynx are notoriously reclu...
Jan 10, 2017
RCMP suggest New Year's resolution of locking car doors
KAMLOOPS - It’s a warning the RCMP have issued time and time again: lock your vehicle doors. Now, they’re asking the public to make it a New Year’s resolution to get into the habit. ...
Jan 9, 2017
Zipcar provides additional transportation option for TRU students
KAMLOOPS - Thompson Rivers University students without cars of their own now have an additional option for getting around on and off campus. The university has partnered with the car-sharing service Z...
Jan 9, 2017
Snow here to stay, cold temperatures to persist
KAMLOOPS - Mother Nature won’t be helping Kamloops residents get rid of the dump of snow that has fallen in the past couple of days. Meteorologist Alyssa Charbonneau says a cold blast of air wil...
Jan 9, 2017
RCMP look for driver who bumped wheelchair
KAMLOOPS - Police would like to track down the driver of a silver van that hit a person operating a motorized wheelchair. Cpl. Jodi Shelkie says it happened last Thursday afternoon, just before 3:00, ...
Jan 9, 2017
'Heap the Honda' book drive kicks off in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Literacy is the ability to identify, understand, create, communicate, compute and use printed and written materials to help interpret the world around us. Shockingly, more than 40 per cent ...
Jan 8, 2017
Reclaim barge capsizes at Highland Valley Copper
LOGAN LAKE - Officials at Highland Valley Copper still looking to see why one of the pumping barges that recycles water from the reclaim pond at the mine capsized on Friday. Environment and Community ...
Jan 8, 2017
More snowfall warnings for B.C. as new front arrives
KAMLOOPS - Brace yourselves for another dump of snow throughout the province. There are snowfall warnings out for the South Thompson and Shuswap, as well as the Coquihalla from Hope to Merritt. WeR...
Jan 8, 2017
Accident leaves over 4,000 without power Friday night
KAMLOOPS - The most seriously injured in an accident last night was a power pole. But that injured pole caused a large power outage that affected most of Westsyde for close to an hour last night. Abou...
Jan 7, 2017
