Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Kamloops council clears a path for hundreds of new rental units
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops city council was set to consider a trio of purpose built rental buildings on Tuesday (Jan. 28), as the community works toward housing targets imposed by the provincial government. ...
Jan 28, 2025
BC Cattlemen's Association bracing for potential U.S. tariffs on livestock exports
KAMLOOPS - Talk of the new U.S. administration bringing in tariffs on Canadian goods has ramped up this week. And if those tariffs are implemented, agriculture in this country would be heavily impacte...
Jan 28, 2025
Kamloops Airport passenger traffic steady in 2024
KAMLOOPS - It was level flight for Kamloops Airport in 2024, with its year-end passenger totals showing almost no change from the previous year.Statistics distributed to media on Tuesday (Jan. 28) sho...
Jan 28, 2025
Union representing CVSE officers calls for improved safety measures after Kamloops weigh scale assault
KAMLOOPS - An assault in Kamloops has the union representing Commercial Vehicle Safety and Enforcement (CVSE) officers calling on the B.C. government to improve their safety. While an investigation in...
Jan 28, 2025
Response plans being formulated after 11 invasive Japanese beetles found in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Work to come up with a plan to eradicate the Japanese beetle, an invasive species of insect, that has made its way to Kamloops is underway. However, details about what that plan looks like ...
Jan 28, 2025
TRU trades program celebrates completion of 35th training house
KAMLOOPS - Thompson Rivers University (TRU) trades and technology students marked a milestone on Monday (Jan. 27), celebrating the completion of the program's 35th training house with a campus lunch-i...
Jan 27, 2025
Kamloops families encouraged to Unplug and Play for Literacy Week
KAMLOOPS - Literacy in Kamloops is challenging families to put down their devices and engage in free activities during the annual Unplug and Play Week, coinciding with Family Literacy Day on Monday (J...
Jan 27, 2025
Macpherson retakes the helm of KTTA after departure of Martin
KAMLOOPS - There has been a change at the top of the Kamloops Thompson Teachers' Association (KTTA). Darcy Martin stepped down as president on Friday (Jan. 24) to take a new job with the Gold Trail Sc...
Jan 27, 2025
Faced with rising costs, PIT Stop Kamloops asks for community support to keep weekly meal program rolling
KAMLOOPS - PIT Stop Kamloops has been dealt a tough hand of late, with increasing need across the community and the loss of its home in the Kamloops United Church fire last year. Since the blaze the w...
Jan 27, 2025
Report: Peavey Mart in process of closing all Canadian locations
RED DEER, AB. - Red Deer-based Peavey Mart is going under and will close all 90 of its Canadian locations, according to a report by website Retail Insider.'Store closing' signs are up at the Red Deer ...
Jan 27, 2025
