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Kamloops Firefighters Battle Overnight House Fire on Wilson Street
No injuries after an overnight fire to an empty house in the 100-block of Wilson Street. Firefighters were called out around 3:00 AM today, and found the house "heavily involved." Assistant Fire Chief...
Mar 19, 2019
Province Aims to Reduce Poverty Rates by 25 Per Cent in Five Years
British Columbia's first poverty reduction strategy, TogetherBC, aims to reduce overall poverty in the province by 25 per cent over the next five years. It also aims to cut child poverty in half, from...
Mar 18, 2019
Kamloops Private Cannabis Store Owner Promises to Fight for a Level Playing Field
Kamloops' first private cannabis store has been open for over a week, but the owner plans to keep fighting for a level playing field. Chris Lyth alleges that the big banks weren't willing to help him ...
Mar 18, 2019
Long Lines Outside Sandman Centres for Tickets for Tiebreaker Tuesday Game between Blazers and Rockets
Tickets for the tie breaker game between the Kamloops Blazers and the Kelowna Rockets are the hottest property in town today. There were long lines outside the Sandman Centre when tickets went on sale...
Mar 18, 2019
Updated: Avalanche High Avalanche Risk Expected in Many B.C. Mountain Ranges
UPDATE - Avalanche Canada, along with Parks Canada and Alberta's Kananaskis Country has issued a Special Public Avalanche Warning for recreational backcountry users, in effect immediately. The ...
Mar 18, 2019
Increase Vaping Rates Among Youth Has Health Officials Concerned
There's been an increase in vaping in Kamloops area schools, despite the school board banning smoking and vaping on all school properties. Youth vaping rates appear to have doubled year over year in t...
Mar 15, 2019
Western Canada Theatre's 2019/20 Season to Feature 'The Sound of Music' and 'Chelsea Hotel'
The hills are alive -'The Sound of Music' is coming to Kamloops. The Rodgers and Hammerstein classic is one of nine plays that'll be part of Western Canada Theatres 2019/20 lineup. Artistic Director J...
Mar 15, 2019
Quite the Month for the Kamloops Symphony Orchestra with Space and Storage Issues
It's been quite the month for the Kamloops Symphony Orchestra and it's space and storage needs. There's the closure at Sagebrush Theatre to begin with, that's having the biggest impact. To add to that...
Mar 15, 2019
Update: No Injuries After Blue River Area Helicopter Crash with 12 People On Board
UPDATE 3:41 pm - We have new information on the helicopter crash near Blue River being investigated by the Transportation Safety Board of Canada. Mike Wiegele Heli-Skiing says the helicopter was one o...
Mar 15, 2019
Kamloops Symphony Orchestra Not Surprised that Sagebrush Theatre will be Offline Until September
The Executive Director of the Kamloops Symphony Orchestra (KSO) isn't surprised that Sagebrush Theatre will be offline until at least September. Kathy Humphreys says they were not expecting to return ...
Mar 14, 2019 The Kamloops Symphony Orchestra. (Photo via KSO)
