Kamloops
New Kamloops Labour Council president has her eye on the future
KAMLOOPS - Barbara Nederpel is the new president of the Kamloops and District Labour Council after being acclaimed this week. First vice president Nederpal was acclaimed Jan. 6 after former president Peter Kerek stepped aside earlier this week. Kerek ran for a city council seat in November but ultimately lost. Nederpel says she plans to...
Power out at Sun Peaks
SUN PEAKS - More than 1,600 customers are without power in the Sun Peaks area this morning. B.C. Hydro is reporting an outage affecting 1,658 customers in a swath of area that runs from Heffley Creek to Sun Peaks. The outage began around 7:20 a.m. and the cause is currently under investigation. Power is expected...
Fentanyl-laced heroin still in Kamloops
WARNING COMES ON HEELS OF VERNON OVERDOSES KAMLOOPS - The tainted drugs that have Vernon RCMP concerned following a recent rash of overdoses have been in Kamloops for awhile already but people have ‘learned how to use it’ according to an outreach worker. There have been six overdoses, including two fatal ones, in Vernon since...
Strong building year in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - More than $190 million in permits were issued in 2014, up nearly 28 per cent over 2013 but it wasn't quite a record year. The year ended strong, with more than double the value of permits issued in December 2014 over December 2013. With a total of 14 residential units issued permits in...
PHOTOS AND VIDEOS: Snow-dogs of the Thompson-Okanagan
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - You’d think four legs are better for getting around in the snow than two. But that’s not the case when you’re a dog and the snow is higher than you are. Like us humans, some Thompson-Okanagan dogs embraced the snow this week, while others sulked about it. You’ll see some grumpy dog faces...
Local film industry 10 times stronger in 2014
KAMLOOPS - About $3 million was brought into the Thompson-Nicola region thanks to the film industry in 2014 and according to the local film commissioner the financial impacts realized could be as much as $9 million. More than 100 project enquiries came through the office in 2014 and that resulted in some big films being...
Spend your Valentine’s Day with Leonard Cohen
KAMLOOPS – Your Valentine’s Day plans could get a little more poetic if you buy tickets to the B.C. Living Arts’ latest event — Love L. Cohen — a Leonard Cohen themed dinner. The Valentine’s celebration taking place at the Coast Kamloops Conference Centre at 1250 Rogers Way, is a theatrical concert featuring many of Cohen’s songs...
Aberdeen casino project set to start next month
KAMLOOPS - Construction of the new casino in Aberdeen is being accelerated and will now begin in February, the company announced Thursday. Even though city of Kamloops staff advised councillors the project went against current community plans, Gateway Casinos received rezoning approval from city council after a large public hearing in August. The company was originally planning...
STAHN: Yes it snowed, now get over it
We had a bit of snow this week. In fact we saw upwards of 40 centimetres over a two-day period, an amount not seen for between 77 and 87 years here in the Thompson-Okanagan region. Yes, that’s a lot of snow, but that’s all it was - snow. I’ve heard a lot of people exclaiming...
Snow causes partial power-outage at university
KAMLOOPS – Students at Thompson Rivers University will have to go elsewhere on campus for services to get set up for the new semester after a generator blew out the power on a section of the campus earlier this week. Media spokesperson Diana Skoglund says the generator crashed after it got wet and loaded with...
Highway 1 remains closed because of avalanche risk
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - A storm system that left behind upwards of 40 centimetres of snow in our region and closed some schools for two days has also shut down Highway 1 in several spots. Avalanche control took place between Craigellachie and Revelstoke Monday because of the high risk and that section of highway was again shut...
There is an end in sight to the snow
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – It’s been a long time since the Thompson-Okanagan received such a massive dump of snow in such a short time. “It has been quite an amazing snowfall so far,” Environment Canada meteorologist Lisa Coldwells says. By 10 a.m. Monday, we were looking at amounts which ranged from 25 centimetres in the South Okanagan,...
MAP: Sun Peaks has top valued properties in region
KAMLOOPS - The four most expensive properties in the Thompson Cariboo region total more than $11 million in value, and they are all located in Sun Peaks. The most expensive property is once again 4141 Douglas Crt at $3.51 million, though the value fell from the $3.545 it was pegged at in 2014. In total...
VIDEO: Another way to play in the snow
KAMLOOPS - Snow is great for sledding, skiing, snowboarding and show shoeing, and mountain biking. Wait, what? Yes, mountain biking. A group of mountain biking enthusiasts don’t let the snow stop them, instead they turn to ‘fatbiking’ it. When the snow flies in Kamloops members of Lekka Loops, a recreational mountain biking group in town,...
Gold medal game on a snow day
COULD IT BE MORE CANADIAN? THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - You watched them come out on top in every game so far, including a win over the United States on New Year’s Eve, but today, as an unprecedented snow day shuts down schools across the Southern Interior, many of us are preparing to cheer on Team Canada during...