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Kamloops brings the heat, sets new weather record
KAMLOOPS - With temperatures soaring above 22 Celsius, it’s a new high temperature record for March 27 in Kamloops. By 4:45 p.m., Environment Canada was reporting temperatures of 22.6 C. The previously recorded high was 21.1 C in 1930. According to the weather office, temperatures will remain at or just above seasonal normals of 14...
School board getting creative with budget cuts
KAMLOOPS - Another year, another round of budget cuts for the Kamloops-Thompson School District, which means staff will be forced to get even more creative with the budget. School district secretary-treasurer Kelvin Stretch says not only is the district facing a potential decline in enrolment to the tune of 300 students, the Ministry of Education...
Recent snow great for Sun Peaks, closes Highway 1 for avalanche control
KAMLOOPS - The last several days have brought a bounty of fresh snow to the higher elevations which is great news for ski hills like Sun Peaks, but is causing concern in backcountry areas and along Highway 1. About 45 centimetres of snow fell at the mid-mountain level in the past week at Sun Peaks,...
Local clothing stores to remain open under creditor protection
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - The company behind Cleo, Bootlegger and Ricki’s has filed for creditor protection but says at this point all stores will remain open. Comark Inc. filed for protection today, March 26 and plans on using it to bring stability to restructuring of its operations. "For our customers and employees, what is most important is...
Attempted theft ends in stabbing on North Shore
KAMLOOPS - A male walking in the North Shore was stabbed during an altercation with another male this afternoon. Kamloops RCMP say a male was walking along Fort Street just before 1 p.m. Thursday, March 26, when another male tried to steal his backpack. The duo got into an altercation and the first one was...
Southeast District RCMP may not lose its helicopter
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – The RCMP helicopter based in Kamloops may not move up north just yet according to an RCMP spokesperson who says the move is merely a 'recommendation' still under review. “Our assessment of Air Services in B.C., recommends the re-aligning of these resources more effectively by moving one of two helicopters currently in the...
Malakwa man killed by CP train indentified
KELOWNA – The man killed on the CP tracks in Malakwa last weekend couldn’t get out of the way of the freight train in time. Gilles Robert Joseph Thivierge, 61, of Malakwa was in the back seat of a car, which became stuck on the tracks just off Malakwa Road and Summerville-Husted Road around 9:45...
What has changed? Kamloops in thirty years of satellite images
KAMLOOPS - If you’ve ever wondered how our city has changed in the last 30 years there’s a Google map for that. You can now see annual satellite images from 1984 to 2012 in a time lapse on Google Earth Engine. While it doesn’t show the latest growth in areas where a lot of construction...
Rain, snow increase avalanche risk in Interior
KAMLOOPS - With less than a week left in March spring is well under way at lower elevations, but that doesn’t mean winter conditions are not present on mountain highways or in the backcountry. Avalanche Canada is warning of moderate to high risks of avalanche in many of the alpine and treeline elevations throughout the...
Opinions wanted on local election spending
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - Fresh off the heels of the fall municipal election a special committee is now looking at whether spending limits should be put in place for candidates and third party advertisers. The provincial government committee will speak with stakeholders and the public over the coming weeks to discuss whether a limit should be put...
Crash on Coquihalla possibly due to winter conditions
KAMLOOPS - Fresh snow and slush, and ‘inadequate winter tires’, may have led to a crash near the Inks Lake brake check this morning that caused injuries to several people. The crash occurred around 8 a.m. on Wednesday, March 25, according to Rural RCMP Staff Sgt. Doug Aird. An older model Dodge van heading northbound...
Blazers player cracks WHL all-star team
KAMLOOPS - It’s the end of the regular season in the Western Hockey League and though the Kamloops Blazers did not make the playoffs, one player still made the all-star team. The all-star teams along with the 2015 WHL Awards finalists were named Wednesday, March 25, with awards set to be handed out May 6....
Facility catering to Kamloops legal field moving forward
KAMLOOPS - A new meeting facility designed with mediation and arbitration in mind is set to open in Kamloops later this year. Centrepoint will feature 4,200 square feet and will feature hearing, discovery and breakout rooms as well as private serviced offices for small companies, legal professionals and business people in town on assignment. “In...
Interior Target stores will be closed before Easter
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - By April 2 a total of 62 Target stores will be shut down, including those in Vernon, Kelowna and Kamloops. Target Canada opened doors in Western Canada in May 2013. In January 2015 it was announced the company would be shutting down all 133 stores and liquidation sales began immediately. Last week the...
More controlled burns planned for Lytton area
LYTTON - With a goal of reducing interface wildfire risk and restoring natural ecosystems B.C. Wildfire will be in the Lytton area over the next two weeks performing prescribed burns. This year work will be done in a subdivision above Loring Way east of Lytton, in Skihist Provincial Park and in an area northwest of...
Noted Kamloops neurosurgeon passes away
KAMLOOPS - Dr. Gur Singh, a leader in the community and the medical field, passed away Tuesday morning. Singh, a neurosurgeon, was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig’s disease last year and passed away Tuesday, March 24. “My beloved father passed away peacefully this morning at Royal Inland Hospital, a hospital he served passionately for almost half...
Spirit bear Clover peeks out, will soon move to new habitat
KAMLOOPS - Clover is slowly waking from hibernation, having peeked his nose out earlier this month, but the public will have to wait about another month before they can get a glimpse of the white black bear. The Kermode bear, or spirit bear, will wake to a newly completed B.C. Wildlife Park habitat meant to...
Rally planned as union looks at potential job loss in face of laundry privatization
KAMLOOPS – About 150 to 175 workers who could potentially lose their jobs if Interior Health follows through on contracting out laundry services to private companies will be rallying alongside other union members next week. The protest, set to take place in Kamloops on March 31, is one of the ways Barbara Nederpel and the...
Four local pharmacies to participate in ground-breaking genomics project
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - The concept of tailored medical care based on individual DNA was once the stuff of science fiction novels but now the possibility is ever closer with four pharmacies in the Thompson-Okanagan signed on to take part in a first-of-its-kind genomics project. The 'Genomics for Precision Drug Therapy in the Community Pharmacy' project is...
Hiring fair coming to Kamloops this spring
KAMLOOPS - Hundreds of job seekers are expected to attend the bi-annual hiring fair scheduled for mid-April and with layoff notices continuing in the area that number could jump even more. “In the past few years we have seen thousands of job seekers attend our Kamloops hiring fairs to connect with employers and service providers,”...
Blazers season ends; players awarded
KAMLOOPS - It was a strong win to finish out the regular season but it was not enough to lift the Kamloops Blazers to a playoff spot. With more than 5,000 fans in attendance, the Blazers beat the Prince George Cougars 5-2 at home to finish out the 2014-15 season. A win by the Tri-City...
More layoffs announced for labour workers in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS – One of Kamloops’ main labour employers is facing another round of cuts after a drop in oil prices has directly led to a decline in business for the energy sector industry. On Monday, March 23, officials at Horizon North Logistics announced 46 temporary layoffs and four permanent layoffs for Kamloops employees. The 50...
TRU says online privacy possibly compromised
KAMLOOPS – The private information of students and alumni at the local university could have been compromised sometime within the last three years because of a software bug that affected the institution’s online portal. Students who used the online myTRU portal to access personal documents, including tuition payment options, received an email from Thompson Rivers...
Kamloops stop added to Fogerty tour
KAMLOOPS - For John Fogerty, 1969 marks a successful year penning songs and performing with his band Creedence Clearwater Revival, so it's no wonder he chose it as the theme of his latest tour scheduled to make a stop in Kamloops this July. Celebrating his 69th birthday during the 2015 leg of the ‘1969’ World...