Category Archives: Local News Now

A startling claim by the president of a Canadian mining company. Speaking on the Jim Harrison Show, the CEO of Integra Resources George Salamis says the outcome of the referendum on proportional repre...

A wetter and colder September in Kamloops, but no records. Environment Canada forecaster Doug Lundquist says the average temperature was 13.8, down two degrees from normal. "We had about 51 millimetre...

The Mayor of Merritt is hoping good news is on the way for the local economy. Neil Menard has been lobbying the B.C government to allocate timber from the shutdown Tolko Sawmill to Aspen Planers in th...

According to a former Conservative cabinet minister and member of the NAFTA Trade Council help is coming for family dairy farmers after the U.S, Canada, and Mexico agreed to a revamped trade pact. Jam...

A big drop in home sales in Kamloops last month. The President of the Kamloops and District Real Estate Association Doren Quinton says there were 234 sales in September compared to 301 last year, a de...

B.C Transit insists Closed Circuit Cameras on its Kamloops bus fleet have proven effective in deterring violence and protecting drivers. The crown agency says in 2017 there were 107 investigations lau...

The MLA for Kamloops South says he is growing increasingly alarmed about the lack of engagement in the proportional representation referendum. Todd Stone says very few people know there is a referendu...

A well known B.C Demographer says the latest population statistics point to a serious challenge for Kamloops. Stats Can reporting during the second quarter of 2018, B.C's population reached 4.9 millio...

More cardiac services for Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops, but not a full clinic just yet. The Thompson Hospital District has agreed to cover a portion of the price tag for the new 1.34 million doll...

The cost of a mortgage for Kamloops homeowners is starting to rise. BC Real Estate Association Economist Brendon Ogmundson says on average in the Tournament Capital and the rest of B.C, the fixed five...