Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Tk’emlúps plans memorial to commemorate one-year since Le Estcwicwéỳ confirmation
TK'EMLUPS - Tk'emlps te Secwpemc will be hosting a memorial event to commemorate one year since the band announced the confirmation of suspected unmarked graves around the former Kamloops Indian Resid...
Apr 22, 2022
Crime and social issues costing Kamloops businesses
KAMLOOPS - A survey released by Kamloops business associations has delivered a damning picture of the impact of criminality and social disruptions on area businesses. While only 128 of a sample size o...
Apr 22, 2022
TNRD libraries introduce new guitar borrowing program
KAMLOOPS - Locals can now jam out easier with the help of the Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD) library's new guitar lending program. Through the initiative, TNRD libraries will lend guitars to...
Apr 21, 2022
"I am honoured by it": Stella Black becomes latest Freedom of the City recipient in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Stella Black may have thought the 'career chapter' of her life was over, but this week the City showed it hasn't forgotten what she's done to better the community - awarding Black with the ...
Apr 21, 2022
Five residents honoured with City of Kamloops Exemplary Service Award
KAMLOOPS -While Stella Black was the lone recipient of the Freedom of the City award, five citizens received City of Kamloops Exemplary Service Awards last night.During Wednesday's (April 20) ceremony...
Apr 21, 2022
Thompson-Cariboo to receive 336 licensed child care spaces through provincial program
KAMLOOPS - The B.C. government has announced 336 licensed child care spaces in the Thompson-Cariboo region. In a news release Thursday (April 21), the province said 144 of the new spaces will be in Ka...
Apr 21, 2022
Fire near Thompson Rivers University caused by homeless person's campfire: KFR
KAMLOOPS - The grass fire that broke out in a gully near the Thompson Rivers University (TRU) residences Saturday (April 16) afternoon was caused by a homeless person's campfire.Ray Webster, Kamloops ...
Apr 21, 2022
Flood protection work in Riverside Park should be complete by the end of May
KAMLOOPS - Work is progressing at Riverside Park, where the City of Kamloops has undertaken a flood mitigation project along the Rivers Trail. A large portion of the park has been closed to the public...
Apr 20, 2022
Immunocompromised families struggle with hard decisions as mask mandates end
KAMLOOPS - Following spring break, mask mandates were dropped in the province, and last week School District 73 voted to pause their vaccine policy for staff. "When I think of people that are at risk ...
Apr 20, 2022
KSA students preserve Kamloops Chinese Cemetery
KAMLOOPS - Grade four, five and ten students from Kamloops School of the Arts spent Wednesday (April 20) at the Kamloops Chinese Cemetery - dusting, sweeping and pulling weeds. The students are learni...
Apr 20, 2022
