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Get your fill of Easter egg hunts in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - If your kids, or you, are itching for a little Easter fun this long weekend you will have your pick of activities in and around the city. Friday through Monday, the B.C. Wildlife Park will be hosting the annual Easter Eggs-citement event featuring Uncle Chris the Clown, the Vancouver Aquarium’s Aqua Van (only...
Pride Week brings awareness to TRU
KAMLOOPS - With several hundred people attending Thompson Rivers University’s first Pride Awareness Week the event was a great success and everyone who attended was better for it. “People who attended the event were either very well informed, and teaching us new things, or eager to learn more,” student union LGBTQ representative Megan Graham says....
UPDATE: Costco, IGA chicken salad recall; possible Listeria contamination
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – Salads made with pre-cooked chicken have been pulled out of the coolers at Costco and IGA stores in B.C. in a recall triggered by an inspection by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. Originally the recall covered in Kirkland Signature brand roasted chicken salads at Costco in Kelowna, Kamloops and the company’s stores across the country. It...
Total lunar eclipse an Easter weekend treat
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - Play a little hide and seek with one of the biggest ‘eggs’ you can find this week — a total lunar eclipse is scheduled to take place this Easter weekend. According to Time and Date, the moon will be totally eclipsed for about five minutes early Saturday morning with the event set to...
Shots fired at Kamloops drug house
KAMLOOPS – No one was hit when shots were fired inside a known drug house in Kamloops early Friday morning. RCMP say someone discharged a firearm several times at the home in the 1000-block of Ollek Street in Brocklehurst around 4:51 a.m. on April 3. “The bullets from the firearm did not exit the residence,”...