Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
TRU volunteers help Kamloops BC SPCA control the feral cat population
KAMLOOPS - Friday (March 31) was Feral Cat Spay and Neuter Day at the Kamloops BC SPCA. In just one day, the Kamloops BC SPCA Spay and Neuter clinic sterilized 22 feral cats. "One cat over the course ...
Mar 31, 2023
Tower construction in City Gardens project ahead of schedule
KAMLOOPS - Just over a year after they first broke ground, crews continue to work away at City Gardens, the 525-housing-unit project in downtown Kamloops. The current development that's being worked o...
Mar 31, 2023
Kamloops Pride board member on the importance of International Transgender Day of Visibility
KAMLOOPS - Friday (March 31) is the International Transgender Day of Visibility. While strides have been made when it comes to representation and acceptance of trans folx, for Kamloops Pride board mem...
Mar 31, 2023
Thompson Regional Hospital District approves funding for new RIH operating rooms in split vote
KAMLOOPS - On Thursday (March 30), the Thompson Regional Hospital District approved a funding request from Interior Health to renovate two of the old operating rooms at Royal Inland Hospital.RIH curre...
Mar 31, 2023
Woman arrested after SUV set ablaze at Northills Shopping Centre
KAMLOOPS - A woman was arrested in connection with a deliberately set vehicle fire at the Northills Shopping Centre parking lot this week.According to Cpl. Crystal Evelyn, RCMP were called to the mall...
Mar 31, 2023
Napier Lake fire being held at 65ha; 'flashy fuels' drying out across Kamloops region
KAMLOOPS - The interval between snow melt and an increase in valley-bottom wildfire activity in the Kamloops area has been very short.Fire Information Officer Nicole Bonnett says a blaze that popped u...
Mar 31, 2023
No re-entry: Sandman Centre undergoes policy changes for ticketed events
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Blazers fans and concert-goers will need to finish their drinks, food or smokes before entering Sandman Centre going forward.In a news release issued Friday (March 31), the City of...
Mar 31, 2023
Snowfall expected to begin on Coquihalla Highway Friday, intensify Saturday
KAMLOOPS - A heavy, late season snowfall is expected for the Coquihalla Highway from Hope to Merritt this weekend.In a special weather statement online late Thursday (March 30), Environment Canada say...
Mar 31, 2023
TNRD board passes 2023 budget, complete with inflation-driven 7.05 per cent taxation increase
KAMLOOPS - The Thompson-Nicola Regional District Board of Directors has approved the district's annual budget, complete with a 7.05 per cent increase in revenue coming in via taxation.In a news releas...
Mar 30, 2023
Thompson Regional Hospital District frustrated with lack of transparency on promised cancer clinic
KAMLOOPS - The topic of a cancer care clinic in Kamloops was discussed at length Thursday morning (March 30) at the regular meeting of the Thompson Regional Hospital District (TRHD). The discussion ce...
Mar 30, 2023
