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Kamloops building permit values stay ahead of last year
KAMLOOPS - With the first quarter behind us the construction industry remains strong in Kamloops. More than $21 million in building permits were issued in March, up more than $3.3 million over March 2014 and a total of nearly $22 million year over year. A total of 31 single family permits were issued in March...
Sunny today, cloudy for final ski day of season
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - We may be starting the day well below seasonal normals but the next couple of days will be sunny and warm. Seasonal normal low temperatures sit at 2 Celsius in Kamloops and 3 C through the Okanagan while seasonal normal high temperatures range from 14 C to 16 C. Today has started off...
Three Blazers crack NHL Central Scouting rankings
KAMLOOPS - The National Hockey League Central Scouting rankings are out for the 2015 draft and three Blazers have made the list this year. Deven Sideroff, 17, sits at 134th of North American skaters. The 5’11”, 171 lb forward put up 17 goals and 25 assists in 64 games this season. The Summerland native was...
No Kamloops neighbourhood immune to car break-ins
KAMLOOPS - Car owners in Westsyde have been dealing with a series of car break-ins over the last week, but a spokesperson for the RCMP says it's not out of the normal for thieves to hit several vehicles in one neighbourhood before moving on to a different one. Westsyde residents living on Bissette Road, Oak...
Food Network featuring Kamloops company
KAMLOOPS - The company already known locally for fresh tortilla chips and dips will soon be known across the country for guacamole. After a year of trying to coordinate the taping, The Food Network's Food Factory will be in town this weekend to tape a feature on the Fresh is Best dip. The show will...
Kamloops preparing for round two with national women’s hockey team
KAMLOOPS - With the recent and disappointing loss in the 2015 International Ice Hockey Federation Women’s World Championship in Sweden Team Canada is now looking to Kamloops for the 2016 championships. The event, announced last fall, will take place March 28 to April 4 next year, with games to be played at the Interior Savings...
Local electronics retailer expands as big box stores close shop
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - If Andre Blanleil gets any satisfaction from the demise of his retail competitor, electronics giant Future Shop, he doesn’t show it. “They were good competitors. They did a good job for the market they were going after,” the president of Andres Group of companies says. The regional chain operates 21 locations under the...
The pitch for quidditch at TRU campus
MAGICAL SPORT GETS CANADIAN MAKEOVER KAMLOOPS - Once a year Owen Paetkau and his buddies run around their university campus with plastic shovels between their legs as they throw dodgeballs and handballs around. One guy has a tennis ball hanging from his pants while another player chases him. At first glance it might look like...
Court hears speedboat and houseboat lit before crash that killed houseboat owner
KAMLOOPS – A houseboat and a speedboat were on a collision course before a crash that killed the owner of the houseboat, B.C. Supreme Court has heard.
Mounties looking for robber
KAMLOOPS - Mounties are on the lookout for a lone male suspect after a liquor store robbery. Sgt. Karen Delorey of Kamloops RCMP released very little information about the robbery at Starters Liquor Store on Westsyde Road. "It was determined that a male entered the store and presented a pointed tool at the clerk, demanding...