Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
First phase of RIH emergency room upgrades expected to open this October
KAMLOOPS - "We are quite happy to have this as a shining star within our new emergency department," said RIH Director of Clinical Operations Joshua Sharp. The first new section of the Royal Inland Hos...
Sep 09, 2024
TRU healthcare training hits the road with mobile unit
KAMLOOPS - Thompson Rivers University's mobile healthcare training unit is ready to hit the road. On Monday morning, (Sept. 9) TRU unveiled its mobile healthcare training unit - a retrofitted RV compl...
Sep 09, 2024
Kamloops Seniors Community Centre officially opens as hub for seniors activity on the North Shore
KAMLOOPS - The first project among the city's Build Kamloops plans had its grand opening Monday (Sept. 9). The Kamloops Seniors Community Centre is now operating in the former North Shore Community Ce...
Sep 09, 2024
Kamloops Community Services seeking information related to fatal dog attack Sunday
KAMLOOPS - Details are slim around what will happen to three dogs involved in the killing of another dog over the weekend, but City of Kamloops Community Services says an investigation is underway. Th...
Sep 09, 2024
Date announced for Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc chief and council elections
TK'EMLUPS - The Tk'emlps te Secwpemc chief and council elections will take place on Nov. 9. Rosanne Casimir has served as Kukpi7 (chief) for the community since 2018. She was elected after sitting on ...
Sep 09, 2024
ERT arrest in Merritt last week related to armed break-in: RCMP
MERRITT, B.C. - A list of charges has been approved against a man accused of breaking into a Merritt home last week, brandishing a gun.In a news release issued Monday (Sept. 9), Staff Sgt. Josh Roda s...
Sep 09, 2024
Lansdowne Street construction shifts further east; single-lane traffic beginning at Sixth Avenue
KAMLOOPS - The City Centre Sanitary Upgrades Project is nearly entering the home stretch. Stage Three of the construction work on the Lansdowne Street corridor is expected to begin Monday (Sept. 9). I...
Sep 09, 2024
Build Kamloops AAP deadline approaching, residents on both sides
KAMLOOPS - Less than one week away from the City of Kamloops alternative approval process deadline, and people on both sides of the issue have been very vocal. Garry Davies is the spokesperson for a g...
Sep 09, 2024
B.C. Supreme Court judge and former Kamloops lawyer appointed to B.C. Court of Appeal
KAMLOOPS - A judge and former lawyer with ties to Kamloops was appointed as a Justice of Appeal in the Court of Appeal for B.C. In a news release issued Aug. 29, the federal Minister of Justice and At...
Sep 09, 2024
Slower August caps off cooler summer for Kamloops real estate market
KAMLOOPS - Real estate sales activity in Kamloops and area over the summer did not heat up like the temperatures. New numbers provided by the Association of Interior Realtors (AIR) show 192 residentia...
Sep 09, 2024
