Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
First crop of graduates from TRU's accelerated anesthesia assistant program set to work in local operating rooms
KAMLOOPS - The first eight Interior Health graduates from Thompson Rivers University's (TRU) accelerated anesthesia assistant program will be working in operating rooms within the health authority. TR...
Oct 22, 2024
Community supports local business with annual Heffley Creek Fall and Harvest Fair
KAMLOOPS - Heffley Creek Hall's annual craft fair and harvest sale took place on Sunday (Oct. 20), with hundreds attending in and around the Heffley Creek area.The event is held every year to support ...
Oct 21, 2024
Thick fog can't cloud tree-planters' enthusiasm at Aberdeen's West Highlands Park
KAMLOOPS - Members of the Aberdeen Neighbourhood Association and Youth of Kamloops Climate Action Network gathered at West Highlands Park Sunday morning (Oct. 20) to plant some trees in the community....
Oct 21, 2024
Kamloops surrounded by Tory blue with Conservative wins in Fraser-Nicola, Cariboo-Chilcotin
KAMLOOPS - The vast majority of the Interior of British Columbia elected Conservative candidates Saturday (Oct. 19), with one notable exception. Early-campaign Kamloops Centre candidate Dennis Giesbre...
Oct 21, 2024
Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc, TNRD sign first Memorandum of Understanding
KAMLOOPS - On Monday (Oct. 21), local leaders put pen to paper for the first memorandum of understanding between the Thompson Nicola Regional District and Tk'emlps te Secwepemc. "For us, I know that w...
Oct 21, 2024
Uncertainty abounds as B.C.'s political parties await fate; final count scheduled for October 26
KAMLOOPS - As the dust begins to settle from what is being called the closest election in British Columbia's history, uncertainty still remains about who will seize control of the province. As we curr...
Oct 21, 2024
Build Kamloops committee settles on four ice sheets for arena complex
KAMLOOPS - The arena iceplex that is a major component of the first phase of the Build Kamloops program is beginning to take shape.At a Build Kamloops Select Committee meeting Monday (Oct. 21), commit...
Oct 21, 2024
Shots fired near notorious North Shore home Saturday: Kamloops RCMP
KAMLOOPS - RCMP are asking for tips after an early morning shootout between two suspects near a notorious home on the Kamloops North Shore.At about 7:25 a.m. on Saturday (Oct. 19), RCMP officers were ...
Oct 21, 2024
Permanent emergency department entrance at Royal Inland Hospital ready to slide open this week
KAMLOOPS - Two years into construction, Royal Inland Hospital has reached another landmark in the building of its new emergency ward.Interior Health says starting on Wednesday (Oct. 23), the public is...
Oct 21, 2024
One dead in single-vehicle rollover near Big Bar
CLINTON, B.C. - RCMP in Clinton say a single-vehicle crash in the Big Bar area last week was fatal.According to a news release issued over the weekend, an officer was called out at about 4:00 p.m. las...
Oct 21, 2024
