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Extensive flood cleanup at Kamloops' Riverside Park still a month away from completion
Cleanup and restoration in Riverside Park in Kamloops is only about one-third of the way done, after the park was barricaded for weeks to protect from flooding. Utility services manager Greg Wightman ...
Aug 26, 2020
Vavenby and Canfor still at a stalemate about a suitable legacy fund for former sawmill
The area director in Vavenby says the community is still asking for more money from Canfor as a legacy fund. Carol Schaffer says the company offered Vavenby $25,000, but she says $200,000 is what her ...
Aug 26, 2020
Westsyde Pool and Valleyview Arena to reopen next month
Valleyview Arena and the Westsyde Pool will be reopening starting next month. City of Kamloops recreation supervisor Linda Stride says opening Valleyview Arena will mean three out of six ice sheets wi...
Aug 26, 2020
Terry Lake named new CEO of BC Care Providers Association
The BC Care Providers Association has found a new CEO - someone who is well-known to Kamloops. Former Health Minister and Kamloops Mayor Terry Lake will take over the top job, and he will be starting ...
Aug 26, 2020
UPDATE: Phony bomb threat was a call to Royal Inland Hospital, police say
UPDATE: Kamloops RCMP say the bomb threat made at Royal Inland Hospital was a phone call to the hospital's switchboard. Staff Sgt. Mat Van Laer says an anonymous caller called in and said someone else...
Aug 25, 2020
City of Kamloops planning to keep property tax increase close to zero next year, because of pandemic
The City of Kamloops will try to keep next year's property tax increase near zero per cent. Councillors have voted unanimously to ask staff to cut services in the 2021 budget, in order to keep the tax...
Aug 25, 2020
Overdose deaths in Kamloops and Thompson-Cariboo region surpass totals for all of 2019
The province is reporting more than 170 overdose deaths in B.C. for a third straight month. There were 175 suspected fatal overdoses in July, which is just shy of the one-month record of 177 deaths se...
Aug 25, 2020
'Low emission zone' in Kamloops could be a long-term climate action goal
It's still a long ways off, but the City of Kamloops is considering what a low-emission zone would look like. Sustainability services supervisor Glen Cheetham says that could entail allowing low-emiss...
Aug 25, 2020
Health officials announce 269 new COVID-19 cases; active case count surpasses 900
The province has announced 269 new cases of COVID-19 in the past three days. That includes 109 on Saturday, which is the largest one-day case count in B.C. since the pandemic started. Provincial Healt...
Aug 24, 2020
Kamloops RCMP investigating after North Shore resident threatened with bear spray near homeless camp
A North Shore resident has had enough of vagrancy in his neighbourhood, after someone threatened him and his dog earlier today. Jason Burnell says at about 11:30 a.m., he was walking near Schubert Bea...
Aug 24, 2020
