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Former Tourism Kamloops building likely to house new year-round evacuee support hub in 2025
The old Tourism Kamloops building near Aberdeen Mall could become the site of a year-round regional support hub for evacuees, starting next year. Community Services Manager Will Beatty says the hope i...
Jun 03, 2024
Province says construction on new school in Pineview officially underway
The B.C. Government says construction on the new Snne Elementary school in Pineview Valley is underway. In a news release, it reconfirmed its commitment to spending $65.3 million to build the long-awa...
Jun 03, 2024 A rendering of the new Pineview Valley Elementary School in Kamloops. (Photo via Station One Architects)
B.C. sets distance for drivers to steer clear of cyclists, scooter users, walkers
Drivers in British Columbia now have to meet minimum distances between their vehicle and people walking or riding on provincial roads. The new rules start Monday and require drivers to stay at least a...
Jun 03, 2024 ponsulak / Depositphotos.com
Request for new bus route along Ord Road expected to be made in August
Kamloops City Council is expected to officially ask BC Transit to proceed with a preliminary service review for a new bus route along Ord Road and to the airport this summer. That request is expected ...
Jun 03, 2024
One dead after dirt bike accident near Monte Creek
Kamloops Search and Rescue says a 35-year-old man died of a cardiac arrest after a dirt bike accident in the Monte Creek area last Thursday, May 30. In a post on Facebook, KSAR says it was called to a...
Jun 03, 2024 Photo via Kamloops Search and Rescue
Cariboo-Chilcotin MLA Lorne Doerkson defects to BC Conservative Party
The caucus chair for the BC United party is defecting to the BC Conservatives, adding to the woes of the province's official opposition. Lorne Doerkson, who represents Cariboo-Chilcotin, becomes the t...
May 31, 2024 Lorne Doerkson (left) and John Rustad speak at the BC Legislature on May 31, 2024. (Screengrab via BC Conservative Party)
Blazers add overage defenceman Layton Feist from Spokane for draft pick
The Kamloops Blazers have acquired overage defenceman Layton Feist from the Spokane Chiefs, the second 20-year-old player they have traded for in as many days. The Blazers gave up a third round pick i...
May 31, 2024 Layton Feist playing for the Spokane Chiefs. (Photo via Larry Brunt)
RCMP investigating after man shot and killed at Valleyview motel
Kamloops RCMP say they're investigating after a man was shot and killed at a Valleyview motel early Friday morning, May 31. Mounties say they arrived around 12:08 a.m. and found a man dead in one of t...
May 31, 2024
B.C. residents being urged to prepare for 'hotter than normal' June
British Columbia's government is tripling a program that offers free air conditioners to people with low incomes as forecasters say the province should prepare for hotter-than-normal temperatures in J...
May 31, 2024
'Ambitious' Build Kamloops referendum could be held in Fall 2024
Kamloops residents may get the chance to have their say about the ambitious Build Kamloops plan as soon as this fall. Speaking on NL Mornings, Councillor Stephen Karpuk says that is when a referendum ...
May 30, 2024 Photo via City of Kamloops
