Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Arts community disappointed in PAC vote
It was a project that was intended to revitalize downtown Kamloops, stimulate the local arts community, and provide economic growth to the City. But over the weekend, Kamloops residents shot down the ...
Nov 09, 2015
PAC Referendum: Centre Rejected
Kamloops residents have had their say, rejecting the Performing Arts Centre and Parkade Complex. 31.97% of eligible voters cast a ballot in the referendum. Of those 53.74% voted against the centre and...
Nov 07, 2015
Teck Resources announces Highland Valley Copper workforce reduction
The flagging price of copper has hit close to home. Teck Resources has announced plans to trim six percent of its workforce at Highland Valley Copper in Logan Lake. That could result in as many as 80 ...
Nov 05, 2015
Demand for health-care workers will be fastest-growing
Nursing students are the future of health care, the fastest-growing demand in the Thompson-Cariboo region in the next 10 years. A labour market study, released Friday by Venture Kamloops, reveals that...
Nov 05, 2015
Guilty Pleas in Archie LePretre Murder
KAMLOOPS - A surprise out of the Kamloops courthouse this afternoon. The two men charged in the brutal 2011 stabbing death of Archie LePretre in a Kamloops schoolyard have pleaded guilty to second deg...
Nov 04, 2015
Big-horned sheep ready for mating season
KAMLOOPS - In the grasslands above Kamloops Lake, the rams are trying everything and anything to woo the ewes. They’re ready to mate and grow the herd. “The rams follow the ewes around and...
Nov 04, 2015
Overlanders Bridge now open to 4 lanes
After six months of reconstruction, and rain delays that threatened to postpone the projected opening date, the Overlanders Bridge has re-opened to four lanes of traffic. All four lanes were open to t...
Nov 02, 2015
Woman dies after assault in Care Home
The BC Coroners Service has confirmed another resident of a Kamloops care home has died after being attacked by a fellow resident. 84-year-old Emily Houston died on July 15th, 10 days after she was pu...
Nov 02, 2015
Robbery at Westsyde Cooper's
RCMP looking for a thief or thieves who broke into the Cooper’s store in Westsyde early this morning. RCMP say they responded about 2:30 this morning to a reported breakin at the store in the We...
Nov 02, 2015
Mountain passes see first significant snowfall
Environment Canada called for it, and it came. Snow was falling on most major highway passes over the weekend. 15 to 20 centimetres of snow was reported on the Highway 5 (Coquihalla) and Highway 97 (O...
Nov 02, 2015
