Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Nearly 15 centimetres of snowfall expected for the Coquihalla Highway from Hope to Merritt
MERRITT, B.C. - A snowfall warning is in effect for the Coquihalla Highway from Hope to Merritt. Environment Canada says nearly 15 centimetres of snowfall is expected on the stretch of Highway 5 Frida...
Nov 22, 2024
Attendees tell City of Kamloops budget open house another tax increase verging on 10 per cent is too high
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops residents were invited to a public budget meeting Wednesday night (Nov. 20) hosted by city administration to provide input on next year's budget as well as the city's five-year fin...
Nov 21, 2024
B-100 Basics for Babies fundraiser returns Friday morning
KAMLOOPS - B-100 Basics for Babies returns Friday (Nov. 22) in hopes of raising thousands of dollars, diapers and formula for the Kamloops Food Bank's youngest clients. The annual breakfast event is t...
Nov 21, 2024
New living wage report pegs Kamloops household earning threshold at $23.69 per hour
KAMLOOPS - The cost of living is a recurring headline lately, and a new report released this week shows the amount of money you need to earn to maintain an average lifestyle has shot up. The living wa...
Nov 21, 2024
Construction on proposed Tkemlúps healing centre expected to begin in 2025
KAMLOOPS - A healing centre and elders' lodge for Tkemlps te Secwpemc (TteS) members and others impacted by Canada's Residential School System cleared a public hearing Thursday afternoon (Nov. 21). Th...
Nov 21, 2024
Kamloops MLAs Milobar and Stamer hope to utilize past experience in critic roles
KAMLOOPS - Less than a week after Premier David Eby named his executive council during a ceremony held at government house in Victoria, Opposition Leader John Rustad has put forward his shadow cabinet...
Nov 21, 2024
Area 'G' director Melnychuk acclaimed chair of Columbia Shuswap Regional District board
SALMON ARM, B.C. - The Columbia Shuswap Regional District (CSRD) Board of Directors has a new chair. At the CSRD's inaugural meeting Thursday (Nov. 21), former vice-chair Natalya Melnychuk was acclaim...
Nov 21, 2024
Committee recommends Kamloops council temporarily turf Public Inquiries segment of regular meetings
KAMLOOPS - It appears the Public Inquiries portion of regular Kamloops council meetings is on its way out - at least for now.At Kamloops council's Governance and Service Excellence Select Committee me...
Nov 21, 2024
RCMP detachments in B.C. begin rollout of body-worn cameras next week
SURREY - RCMP officers in Mission will be the first to wear body cameras in British Columbia as part of a provincewide rollout of the technology, though their counterparts in Kamloops won't be far beh...
Nov 21, 2024
CMHA Kamloops looking for funding options to expand Envision shuttle
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops branch of the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) is trying to secure funding to restore its Envision Shuttle Service to a 16-hour-a-day program. CMHA Kamloops Executive ...
Nov 21, 2024
