Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
UPDATE: East Trans Canada Highway back open
KAMLOOPS - UPDATE: Kamloops RCMP say the travel lanes are back open and no one was seriously injured in the crash. EARLIER: Emergency crews are on scene at a crash in east Kamloops. The crash took pla...
Feb 06, 2023
Kamloops opens 2023 with quiet building month
After a record-breaking 2022, the city's building sector got off to a slower start in 2023.New numbers produced by the City of Kamloops Building Inspection Division show $9.6 million in permit activit...
Feb 06, 2023
Fog advisory in effect for North Thompson Monday morning
UPDATE (11:30 a.m.): The fog advisory has been lifted. EARLIER: KAMLOOPS - Drivers in the North Thompson are told to prepare for little visibility in parts of their region Monday (Feb. 6) morning. Env...
Feb 06, 2023
Kamloops MLA Milobar focusing on highway safety and funding for schools as legislature returns
KAMLOOPS - Members of the B.C. Legislature are preparing to return to Victoria on Monday (Feb. 6), for the first session of 2023. The session will begin with David Eby's first speech from the throne a...
Feb 04, 2023
Community support worker joining Thompson-Nicola Regional Library
KAMLOOPS - The Thompson-Nicola Regional Library is adding a new service to guide the public with social services and help them navigate community resources.Karlie Ferland will be a Community Support W...
Feb 04, 2023
Storm host division rival Grizzlies Saturday — and unleash the wiener dogs
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Storm will host their division rivals at home Saturday night (Feb. 4) in the Revelstoke Grizzlies. However, they won't be the only ones hitting the ice at McArthur Island Arena...
Feb 04, 2023
After pandemic pause, Special Olympics Winter Games give hundreds the chance to compete again
KAMLOOPS - The 2023 B.C. Special Olympics Winter Games are well underway in the Tournament Capital. The event is having its big return after a two-year pandemic hiatus.Special Olympians gathered at Mc...
Feb 03, 2023
Proposed bill more reflective of sex crimes: Kamloops Sexual Assault Counselling Center
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo MP Frank Caputo's private member's bill C-291 has reached the senate after passing the House of Commons unanimously during its third reading. If passed, the new bi...
Feb 03, 2023
Logan Lake pleased with opportunity to host Skilled Trades Mobile Training Unit
LOGAN LAKE, B.C. - Contained in a trailer is the SD73 Skilled Trades Mobile Training Unit (MTU). It contains 12 spots for Logan Lake Secondary School students who are double dipping - earning credit t...
Feb 03, 2023
'We need to bridge this increasing divide:' Bringing together harm reduction with treatment and recovery
KAMLOOPS - B.C. Liberal Leader Kevin Falcon introduced a $1.5 billion plan on Thursday (Feb. 2) to completely overhaul the province's mental health and substance use recovery model. Local MLA Peter Mi...
Feb 03, 2023
