Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
SD73 sees brighter short-term financial outlook even as storm clouds loom on the horizon
KAMLOOPS - The 2024-25 audited budget was released on Monday evening (Sept. 8) during the regular Kamloops-Thompson Board of Education meeting. The budget saw a surplus, which was able to cover the de...
Sep 9, 2025
Former Blazers' captain Loewen retires from hockey
KAMLOOPS - Former Kamloops Blazers' captain Jermaine Loewen is calling it a career.Loewen announced his retirement from hockey on Monday (Sept. 9) on social media, saying it is the best decision for h...
Sep 9, 2025
Kamloops council considers options to provide mail-outs with upcoming AAP
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops city council is currently planning to begin four new alternative approval processes (AAP) this fall for major projects throughout the city. It comes on the heels of a successful AA...
Sep 9, 2025
BCGEU workers in Kamloops join province-wide picket lines
KAMLOOPS - Nearly nine months after negotiations began between the BCGEU (British Columbia General Employees Union) and the BC Public Service Agency back in January, the union is escalating strike act...
Sep 9, 2025
Ex-SD73 superintendent Nixon hired to lead Red Deer Catholic district
RED DEER, AB. - Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools has a new superintendent. At a special meeting Sept. 8, the board of trustees appointed Dr. Rhonda Nixon to the position, effective immediately. In a...
Sep 9, 2025
TRU receives $5 million award to advance post-secondary education for Indigenous youth
KAMLOOPS - A $5 million award to Thompson Rivers University (TRU) will go toward advancing post-secondary education for Indigenous youth. TRU announced it was a recipient of the Mastercard Foundation'...
Sep 9, 2025
Tourism Kamloops study reveals $18M in economic impacts from mountain biking
KAMLOOPS - Tourism Kamloops says the results of a newly released study show that the city's mountain bike trail networks are "worth protecting, improving and expanding."It says the new study by Larose...
Sep 9, 2025
Applications open Tuesday as 2025 Kamloops Santa Claus Parade scheduled for November 23
KAMLOOPS - The annual Santa Claus Parade will take over the streets of downtown Kamloops in late November, but organizers will begin taking applications from prospective entrants later today (Sept. 9)...
Sep 9, 2025
Teck Resources plans to merge with British mining company; Highland Valley Copper Mine expansion to proceed
LOGAN LAKE, B.C. - The owner of the Highland Valley Copper Mine near Logan Lake has merged with a British-based global mining company. In a news release issued overnight (Sept. 8), Vancouver-based Tec...
Sep 9, 2025
More than 600 impaired drivers removed from B.C. highways this summer, police say
KAMLOOPS - It was a busy summer for the BC Highway Patrol as officers say they took 626 impaired drivers off the road during the 2025 Summer Impaired Driving Campaign, which ran from June 15 to Aug. 3...
Sep 8, 2025
