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Tourism Kamloops says convention market could be worth another look

The City of Kamloops has been losing on millions of dollars in convention business. The CEO of Tourism Kamloops Beverley DeSantis doesn't call for a large convention centre in the Tournament Capital, ...

New TRU Trades and Technology Building officially opens

It was the official opening of the new 32 million dollar trades and technology building at TRU in Kamloops. The addition to the current teaching facility is 53 thousand square feet allowing for the tr...

School Trustee candidate hoping to address less fortunate student population

Kerry Schill, who works as a care aide at Ponderosa Lodge is seeking a seat on the Kamloops School Board to help the less fortunate students. "I believe we need to increase the financial services and ...

Valleyview Secondary hold and secure now over

An incident at Valleyview Seconday in Kamloops today forced the facility to close on whats called a, "hold and secure" for about half an hour. Kamloops School District Spokesperson Diana Skoglund says...

Kamloops Council Candidate aiming for greater accountability from city hall

A candidate for Kamloops Council feels one of his biggest objectives is to make the City Hall more accountable. "My biggest focus probably would be making city hall more accountable. We've got to remi...

Kamloops Mayor laying out issues he brought to UBCM meetings

Kamloops Mayor Ken Christian raised a number of important issues with various cabinet ministers at the recently completed Union of B.C Municipalities convention. Christian says one of those gatherings...

Fair Vote Canada website briefly taken down by cyber attack

A website set up by Fair Vote Canada to fact check claims in the B.C. proportional representation debate was taken down by a denial of service attack. "Its disturbing that this kind of thing would hap...

Kamloops residential sales market still doing better than the rest of B.C

Kamloops bucking the B.C trend in home sales. The British Columbia Real Estate Association reports across the province in August, there was a 26.4 per cent decrease from the same month last year. Econ...

B.C tree planters facing recruitment and retention challenges

B.C's tree planting industry is facing several major obstacles as it strives to survive in the future. After a summit meeting in Kamloops, the Executive Director of the Western Forestry Contractors As...

Kamloops RCMP won't be immediately using Draeger Drug Test 5000

The new top cop in Kamloops says the Mounties in the Tournament Capital don't have any new federal approved device to test drivers for being drug impaired, once pot is legalized October 17th. Superint...