Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Staff shortages contribute to Kamloops restaurant closure; industry issue growing
KAMLOOPS - Staff shortages seem to be affecting every business in BC - and for restaurants it has been especially tough forcing some to close their doors.After 14 years of business, Passek's Classics ...
May 26, 2022
Merritt council imposes new restrictions on tent city
MERRITT, B.C. - Merritt's tent city is having new restrictions put into place as city council has passed a new bylaw amendment.After a four to one (Melvina White opposed) council decision, tents in N'...
May 26, 2022
Kamloops MLAs urge NDP, IH brass to listen to exasperated Royal Inland Hospital workers
KAMLOOPS - As the staffing-related issues at Royal Inland Hospital continue to surge, both Kamloops MLAs held court to discuss the problems and offer a set of solutions Thursday (May 26). "It's way be...
May 26, 2022
Former B.C. attorney general, entrepreneur alum among TRU honorary degree recipients
KAMLOOPS - Thompson Rivers University has announced its six honorary doctorate recipients for this year's spring convocation.Wally Oppal, George Henry Erasmus and Adam Miron will be conferred with Hon...
May 26, 2022
One dead, one in critical condition after Mount Paul Industrial Park ammonia leak
TK'EMLUPS - At least one person has died after an ammonia leak at a business in the Mount Paul Industrial Park Thursday morning (May 26).Kamloops Fire Rescue and B.C. Ambulance Service personnel rushe...
May 26, 2022
Kukpi7 Casimir denounces behaviour of attendees who disrupted Monday's memorial at Tk'emlups
Support services are in place for residential school survivors and their families here. TK'EMLUPS - The chief of Tk'emlps te Secwpemc is chiding those who disrupted a memorial ceremony Monday (May 23)...
May 26, 2022
Ammonia leak closes roads in Mount Paul Industrial Park
KAMLOOPS - UPDATE: This story has been updated.UPDATE: Sources at Royal Inland Hospital indicate one person has died due to the leak. Authorities have not confirmed the death.A 'Code Orange' was calle...
May 26, 2022
PHOTOS: Fire damages several vehicles in Aberdeen Mall parking lot
KAMLOOPS - At least three vehicles were damaged by a fire in the Aberdeen Mall parking lot Wednesday afternoon (May 25).The blaze broke out at about 4:15 p.m., in the engine compartment of a white Dod...
May 25, 2022
Tk'emlúps plans future searches and healing steps with backing from prime minister
TK'EMLUPS - One year since Tk'emlps te Secwpemc announced the detection of probable burial sites around the former Kamloops Indian Residential School, Canada's prime minister says the response from th...
May 25, 2022
Drama exploring Indigenous language to premiere in Kamloops next week
KAMLOOPS - Echoes of the Homesick Heart will be the next Western Canada Theatre play to run at the Pavilion Theatre from June 2 to 11.The play has been in the works for seven years. Playwright Laura M...
May 25, 2022
