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Citing 'significant progress' BCGEU standing down job action as sign of good faith
Citing significant progress at the bargaining table, the BC Government Employees Union says it will be scaling back and ending job action at liquor distribution warehouses as a sign of good faith. In ...
Aug 30, 2022 BCGEU President Stephanie Smith at the Kamloops LDB warehouse on Aug. 15, 2022. (Photo via Brett Mineer)
Kamloops RCMP looking for information on black Honda Civic after Friday 'gang-style' shooting in Brock
Kamloops RCMP are looking for information into the movements of a black Honda Civic that was found burning in Rayleigh early on Saturday morning. The late 1990s two-door sedan was found around 2 a.m.,...
Aug 29, 2022
Kamloops business groups supportive of push to allow international students to work more hours per week
Kamloops business groups are supportive of a proposal to temporarily allow international students to work more than 20 hours a week. Howie Reimer, the Executive Director of the Kamloops Central Busine...
Aug 29, 2022 Stock photo of a restaurant kitchen (Photo via Pixabay)
UPDATE - One dead after fiery semi crash on Coquihalla
UPDATE Aug 30 - One person is dead after a fiery crash on the Hope to Merritt section of the Coquihalla yesterday morning. BC Highway Patrol spokesperson Cpl. Mike Halskov says police were called arou...
Aug 29, 2022 Smoke from a semi fire on the Coquihalla between Hope and Merritt on Aug. 29, 2022. (Photo via Joe Elliott)
Blazers trade Mats Lindgren to Red Deer for Kyle Masters, draft pick
UPDATE Aug 30 - The Kamloops Blazers have traded defenceman Mats Lindgren to the Red Deer Rebels in exchange for defenseman Kyle Masters and a conditional first round draft pick in 2025. Masters, a 19...
Aug 29, 2022 Mats Lindgren (left) and Kyle Masters.
Barriere emergency department to be closed until Wednesday
Interior Health says the emergency department at the Barriere and District Health Centre will be closed for the next three days due to limited nursing availability. The closures began at 8:30 this mor...
Aug 29, 2022
'Lots of positives' as Canada 55 Plus Games closing ceremonies take place Friday
Ahead of closing ceremonies today, organizers of the Canada 55 Plus Games in Kamloops say there have been 'lots of positives' from athletes this week. The City of Kamloops welcomed around 3,000 athlet...
Aug 26, 2022 Opening Ceremonies of the Canada 55 Plus Games in Kamloops. (Photo via Hayden Scott)
Ministry of Transportation looking for feedback into Kamloops-area transportation needs
Kamloopsians can have their say into the area's transportation needs as the public engagement process for the Kamloops Area Transportation Strategy gets underway. The B.C. Ministry of Transportation a...
Aug 26, 2022 The Columbia Street Exit on Highway 1 in Kamloops. (Photo via BC Government)
New Kamloops mayor won't have Chain of Office at Nov. 1 inaugural meeting
The new mayor of Kamloops will not have their Chain of Office at the Nov. 1 inaugural meeting. In March, the City put out a formal call to Kamloopsians offering up to $3,500 to an artist whose design ...
Aug 26, 2022 Incumbent Kamloops Mayor Ken Christian with the Chain of Office. (Photo via City of Kamloops)
BrewLoops hosting "amped up garden party" along Thompson River next month
The organizers of BrewLoops will be holding what they call "an amped up garden party" next month. Festival President Tyson Andrykew says the event will be held on Sept. 24 at 209 Royal Avenue - the lo...
Aug 26, 2022
