Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
City warns of water system changes
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops is warning residents about upcoming emergency repairs to the Juniper water booster station. During the repairs, the city will be conducting tests on the water distribut...
Mar 08, 2016
Slow start to the year for building numbers
KAMLOOPS - It’s been a quiet start to the year for the Kamloops building sector. Numbers released by the City of Kamloops show 11.4-million dollars in building activity last month, bringing the ...
Mar 07, 2016
Lac Du Bois grasslands being destroyed by irresponsible users
KAMLOOPS - While many people enjoy the Lac Du Bois grasslands to hike or take in the scenary, others are enjoying the area at a huge cost to the environment. Irresponsible drivers of off-road vehicles...
Mar 07, 2016
Emergency department at RIH undergoing upgrades
KAMLOOPS - Patients heading to Royal Inland Hospital will have another construction project to deal with in the coming weeks. The hospital’s Emergency Department will be under renovation to supp...
Mar 07, 2016
Kamloops RUNClub kicks off Boogie Training Clinics
KAMLOOPS - Spring is a time of new beginnings, and rebirth; while there's still two weeks left until the official start of the season, Jo Berry and rest of the RUNClub has started training for Boogie ...
Mar 07, 2016
B.C. NDP criticizes IH decision to privatize laundry services
KAMLOOPS - BC’s opposition NDP are raising concerns over the company chosen to provide laundry services to Interior Health. When the privatization announcement was made last week, Interior Healt...
Mar 07, 2016
Kamloops Mayor to meet with Ottawa's Environment Minister regarding Ajax
KAMLOOPS - The Federal Environment Minister has expressed willingness to meet with the Mayor of Kamloops regarding the proposed Ajax copper gold mine. In a letter from Ottawa in Tuesdays council agend...
Mar 06, 2016
Murder charge filed in city's first homicide of 2016
KAMLOOPS - RCMP have shed more light on the city’s first homicide of 2016. 32 year old Eric Charlie was arrested yesterday, and charged with the January 22nd killing of 30 year old John Southwel...
Mar 06, 2016
Pedestrians struck in Westsyde Friday night
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP confirm there was a pedestrian motorvehicle incident in Westsyde on Overlander Drive Friday night around 7pm. Police could provide no further comment at this time as the file ...
Mar 05, 2016
Kamloops RCMP officer assaulted while arresting suspect Friday night
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP say a female officer was injured while attempting to arrest a male suspect Friday night at 8pm. Corporal Jodi Shelkie says RCMP received a call from U-Haul that one of their t...
Mar 05, 2016
