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BC Wildlife Park preparing for Wildlights after 2020 edition cancelled by COVID-19
The General Manager at the BC Wildlife Park says plans are in motion as staff are preparing for the return of Wildlights later this year. Glenn Grant is hoping for a grand return after COVID-19 restri...
Oct 12, 2021 Photo via BC Wildlife Park
Kamloops unveils orange banners at city hall to recognize relationship with Tk'emlúps
New orange banners at city hall are meant to show common bonds between the City of Kamloops and Tk'emlps te Secwpemc. Kamloops mayor Ken Christian and Tk'emlps chief Roseanne Casimir unveiled the bann...
Oct 08, 2021 (Photo: City of Kamloops)
Despite only about 11 per cent of normal guest capacity, Rocky Mountaineer calls 2021 a success
All things considered, Rocky Mountaineer is calling 2021 a successful year after the last train of the season left Kamloops on Friday. This after the entire 2020 season was lost due to the COVID-19 pa...
Oct 08, 2021 A Rocky Mountaineer train. (Photo via Rocky Mountaineer)
Up to 15 cm of snow expected on Kamloops-area mountain highways this Thanksgiving
Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement for some Kamloops-area mountain highways. It says the Coquihalla from Hope to Kamloops, the Okanagan Connector from Merritt to Kelowna, and th...
Oct 08, 2021 The Coquihalla Highway in winter. (Photo via Tran BC)
New Juniper subdivision proposes nearly 300 homes and extension to future thru-road
A new subdivision proposed in Juniper Ridge also proposes to pave most of the way for a second permanent road in and out of the neighbourhood. The development company, Juniper West, is asking to build...
Oct 08, 2021
Kamloops Airport hoping to attract new flights this winter to serve Sun Peaks
Kamloops Airport staff are working on trying to attract more direct flights to Kamloops in the winter months, especially from Eastern Canada. YKA Managing Director, Ed Ratuski, tells NL News that work...
Oct 08, 2021 Kamloops Airport. (Photo via Colton Davies)
B.C. wildfires destroy more than 500 structures in 2021
More than 550 structures were destroyed by wildfires this summer in B.C., including 343 homes. The 567 structures lost is considerably higher than other recent, catastrophic wildfire seasons in the pr...
Oct 08, 2021 A home flattened by flames in Monte Lake by the White Rock Lake fire, as seen on August 5, 2021. (Photo submitted)
Banning semis on Highway 5A 'would be a substantial policy shift' Minister Fleming says
B.C.'s Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure says if a ban on non-local semis is brought in on Highway 5A, it, it would be a "substantial" policy shift. Speaking on the NL Morning News, Flemin...
Oct 08, 2021 Photo via Lori Brewer
Many Kamloops ice users upset with Memorial Arena being used as a homeless shelter
The mayor of Kamloops says he is hearing from minor hockey parents "in droves" about Memorial Arena's continued use as a homeless shelter. Not long after it was announced that Memorial was going to be...
Oct 08, 2021 Memorial Arena in downtown Kamloops/via Radio NL files
'Our commitment to Kamloops remains the same,' Premier Horgan says he hasn't broken cancer centre promise
Premier John Horgan says he has not broken a campaign promise made last year to build a cancer centre in Kamloops, though he hinted it is likely not going to happen by 2024. John Horgan says the provi...
Oct 07, 2021 Premier John Horgan speaking in the BC Legislature on Oct. 7, 2021. (Photo via BC Government)
