Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Christmas Amalgamated, Emerald House benefit from Fill the Ambulance event
KAMLOOPS -- The second annual Fill the Ambulance event was held on Friday (Dec. 13) at Royal Inland Hospital. BC Emergency Health Services partnered with the hospital to collect non-perishable goods, ...
Dec 13, 2024
Wildlights to feature Flinstones, Spider-Man, caribou
KAMLOOPS - More than 28,000 people attended Wildlights last year, a record-setting number for the annual event held at the BC Wildlife Park in Dallas. Organizers hope to surpass that mark this year an...
Dec 13, 2024
Striking Kamloops postal workers denounce federal labour minister's intervention
KAMLOOPS - A nearly month-long work stoppage at Canada Post could see a change over the next month. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) and Canada Post are set to meet with the Canadian Indust...
Dec 13, 2024
Bigger tax incentives a great conversation starter for the TNRD Film Commission
KAMLOOPS - Earlier this week, the NDP government announced plans to attract more film and TV productions to the province through increased tax incentives.Set to come forward in the NDP's 2025 budget, ...
Dec 13, 2024
'Once bitten, twice shy'; Kamloops MLA questions BC Greens' willingness to sign on with NDP
KAMLOOPS - The NDP were set to begin governing with am even 46-to-46 split with the two opposition parties, excluding the speaker, before striking a deal with the Greens this week to stabilize the leg...
Dec 13, 2024
A Way Home Kamloops' annual campout moved down the street as construction wraps at Katherine's Place
KAMLOOPS - Friday (Dec 13) marks A Way Home Kamloops' annual Campout to End Youth Homelessness.The organization had hoped to hold the campout at the brand new Katherine's Place building along Tranquil...
Dec 13, 2024
Kamloops retailers brace for GST exemption headaches
KAMLOOPS - The federal government's holiday GST and HST exemption kicks in Saturday (Dec. 14) for a two-month period. Certain items will qualify, including prepared food and snacks, restaurant meals, ...
Dec 13, 2024
SD73 considering parent suggestions for new catchment boundaries; final changes expected in May 2025
KAMLOOPS - With the new Snne Elementary School under construction and pressure mounting at schools in the southwest sector of the city, the Kamloops Thompson School District (SD73) is looking at chang...
Dec 13, 2024
UPDATE: RCMP say criminality not suspect as body of missing Sun Peaks skier found
SUN PEAKS B.C. - (UPDATE 3:15 p.m.): The search for a missing 68-year-old skier at Sun Peaks Resort has come to a tragic end. In a statement Friday (Dec. 13), Tk'emlps Rural RCMP confirmed that the bo...
Dec 13, 2024
Hospital board to share Kamloops cancer care centre concerns with new B.C. health minister
KAMLOOPS - The chair of the Thompson Regional Hospital District (TRHD) will be reaching out to B.C.'s new health minister, Josie Osborne, to share concerns about the Kamloops cancer care centre. Speak...
Dec 13, 2024
