Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Doctor assisted dying draws mixed reaction in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - A long awaited report from a special parliamentary committee is recommending the government take a relatively permissive attitude toward doctor assisted dying in Canada . The report makes 2...
Feb 26, 2016
KTTA raising concern over class size and composition
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Thompson Teachers Association is again up in arms over class size and composition within School District 73. Class size and composition has been a longstanding concern of teach...
Feb 26, 2016
Train temporarily blocks access in and out of Rayleigh
KAMLOOPS - A two-mile long train temporarily blocked both overland accesses to the community of Rayleigh this afternoon. The train sat listless on the CN tracks near the community for nearly an hour. ...
Feb 26, 2016
Kamloops firefighter returns from 23rd mission in Nicaragua
KAMLOOPS - Unimaginable poverty. It’s often hard to believe how the people of Nicaragua survive, in what is the 2nd poorest country next to Haiti, in the Western Hemisphere. WATCH: Full story by...
Feb 25, 2016
Spring appears to have come early in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - This weeks blue skies and sunshine are sure signs that Spring is on it’s way in the Tournament Capital Centre. WATCH: Full story by Reporter Jessica Lepp As are street sweepers and la...
Feb 25, 2016
Public meetings on access road to former Owl Road landfill
KAMLOOPS - After purchasing the Owl Road landfill in January, the City of Kamloops will be turning it into a resource recovery centre. As the city transitions the landfill to a recovery site over the ...
Feb 25, 2016
Police nab suspect; seize gun and drugs in Westsyde
KAMLOOPS - Traffic was disrupted along Westsyde Road at about 11:30 this morning, Thursday February 25, for a Kamloops RCMP takedown. Corporal Cheryl Bush says the arrest involved someone known to pol...
Feb 25, 2016
Bail hearing put off for Kamloops murder suspect
KAMLOOPS - The man charged with committing Kamloops’ second homicide of the year had a court appearance put over today. Gordon Paul Camille is charged with murder in the killing of 49-year-old D...
Feb 25, 2016
Kamloops Y Strong Kids Challenge kicks off
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops YMCA/YWCA has set a lofty goal as it kick starts it’s 2016 Strong Kids Campaign this morning. It’s hoped 100-thousand dollars will be raised which would sponsor a t...
Feb 25, 2016
Driver escapes injury in frightening Yellowhead highway crash
KAMLOOPS - Rural RCMP say a pickup truck driver avoided injury after a close call on the Yellowhead Highway last night. According to the driver of a southbound semi, a pickup truck came up alongside, ...
Feb 25, 2016
