Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Kamloops Honda sets new record in 30th year of Christmas Hamper campaign
KAMLOOPS - For three decades Kamloops Honda has supported the Salvation Army with its Christmas hamper fundraiser. With some help from local businesses like the Save-on-Foods in Sahali and the north s...
Dec 21, 2022
Kamloops Sexual Assault Counselling Centre wants your help to Trim the Toyroom
KAMLOOPS - At the Kamloops Sexual Assault Counselling Centre (KSACC), the therapeutic playroom is an important space for the youngest and most vulnerable clients the centre helps."Children and youth, ...
Dec 21, 2022
Christmas Amalgamated benefits again from B100 Toy House campaign
KAMLOOPS - B100 Kamloops and CIFM radio personalities were busy picking up toys across the city from their annual Toy House campaign. The collected toys are donated by the community for Christmas Amal...
Dec 21, 2022
Downed wire knocks out power for 2,000 customers near Sun Peaks
SUN PEAKS, B.C. - Around 2,000 customers in and around Sun Peaks are without power.According to BC Hydro's outage map, a wire down east of Vinsula Knouff Lake Road north of Whitecroft has knocked out ...
Dec 21, 2022
Salvation Army struggling to reach Christmas fundraising goal
KAMLOOPS - This year, the Salvation Army set their Christmas fundraising campaign goal at $450,000.As of this week, the organization was still short by more than $170,000. The fundraising efforts by t...
Dec 21, 2022
Kamloops RCMP searching for Sahali robbery suspect
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP are looking to identify a man who may be the same suspect in two theft investigations.In a news release Wednesday (Dec. 21) morning, officers attended a business on the 1500-b...
Dec 21, 2022
Kamloops shelters at capacity as mercury dips
KAMLOOPS - As wind chill values in Kamloops are forecast to approach minus 40 overnight, emergency cold weather shelters are feeling the pinch. Across the city more than 200 beds are available for tho...
Dec 20, 2022
Cancelled flights leaving Kamloops travellers looking for another way home
KAMLOOPS - Mother Nature is playing havoc with Christmas travel plans for anyone flying in and out of the Kamloops airport.Margaux Casefont has been waiting at the Kamloops Airport since 4 a.m. for a ...
Dec 20, 2022
Teck says it contributes more than $1 billion to TNRD economy
KAMLOOPS - Teck Resources Limited, which operates the Highland Valley Copper Mine, says it generated $1.1 billion in economic activity in the Thompson Nicola Regional District (TNRD). In its 2021 Econ...
Dec 20, 2022
Canada Post warns Kamloops area of mail delays due to weather
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops residents should expect delays with their mail delivery.Canada Post says it issued a yellow alert for the Kamloops region due to cold weather and snow. An extreme cold warning was ...
Dec 20, 2022
