Tag Archives: Community
Operation: Secret Santa preparing to brighten spirits of lonely seniors in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - It's a not-so-secret mission to bring holiday cheer to lonely seniors. The Kamloops Centre for Seniors Information has kicked off its annual Christmas campaign, known as Operation: Secret S...
Nov 20, 2024
Christmas Amalgamated headquarters set up for another season of meal and gift hamper distribution
KAMLOOPS - Christmas Amalgamated is set up for another season of charitable giving, putting together clothing, toys and meal hampers for families in need. CFJC dropped by the headquarters in the Coope...
Nov 15, 2024
Annual Wildlights holiday display in Kamloops to begin on Dec. 13
KAMLOOPS - The 2024 edition of Wildlights will get take over the BC Wildlife Park in Kamloops in exactly four weeks time, on Dec. 13.BC Wildlife Park General Manager Glenn Grant says there will also b...
Nov 15, 2024
Salvation Army Kamloops rings first bells of 2024 Kettle Campaign
KAMLOOPS - The holiday season is approaching and the Salvation Army in Kamloops has kicked off its annual Kettle campaign. Local organizers were set up at Sarah's Independent Grocer Wednesday morning ...
Nov 13, 2024
WCT brings holiday musical 'Beauty and the Beast' to the Sagebrush Theatre
KAMLOOPS - Western Canada Theatre is preparing for its largest production of the season so far, with Beauty and the Beast coming to the Sagebrush Theatre. Beauty and the Beast is a classic French fair...
Nov 12, 2024
Kamloops Street Rod Association donates record $18K to RIH Foundation
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Street Rod Association (KSRA) has donated a record $18,000 to the Royal Inland Hospital (RIH) Foundation in support of pediatrics.Association president Kim Grayston says the mo...
Nov 11, 2024
Perseverance and sacrifices of Indigenous veterans honoured in Tk'emlúps ceremony Friday
TK'EMLUPS - Indigenous Veterans Day is held on November 8 each year in Canada. It's meant to acknowledge the 12,000 First Nations, Inuit and Metis people who served this country in past and current co...
Nov 08, 2024
Purse campaign collecting essential items for Kamloops women's shelter
KAMLOOPS - For the seventh year in a row, a Kamloops woman is collecting purses filled with essentials and holiday gift items for women staying in shelter. Each year Patti Phillips spends weeks collec...
Nov 08, 2024
Tranquille businesses wary of shelter talk around former Butler Auto and RV lot
KAMLOOPS - Businesses along the Tranquille corridor in Kamloops are expressing concerns about plans to put a temporary shelter in the former Butler Auto lot. Butler Auto closed this summer and the pro...
Nov 07, 2024
Peacekeeping veteran Mike Young's service to country, and community spans multiple decades, and generations
KAMLOOPS - Blue berets are distinctive hats worn by members of the military who have served in peacekeeping operations with the United Nations. Mike Young of Kamloops dons one of those blue berets, ha...
Nov 06, 2024
