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How Kamloops residents can help animals in need this holiday season
KAMLOOPS – The B.C. SPCA in Kamloops has two different ways for you to support the shelter and its animals over the holidays. “Not all the animals are going to be adopted in time for Christmas. For the ones who are not adopted, it would be nice if they get something from Santa too,” Lyndsay...
Kamloops company designs app with KGHM to keep worksites safe
KAMLOOPS – A Kamloops company is helping work sites run their operations a little smoother and a little safer. Lightship Works of Kamloops has designed an app to help manage complex work sites. It is a tool for companies who run multiple tasks and manage a certain level of risk, Lightship CEO Jaethon Reichel says. ...
How a minor break-in led to arrest in six-year-old Kamloops sex assault
KAMLOOPS - A man suspected of committing a serious sex assault in Kamloops six years ago was identified as a suspect after the Alberta courts ordered him to submit a DNA sample for breaking and entering a college campus last year. On Nov. 27, Kamloops RCMP said Taylor James Howard Matchett was arrested in...
Charges dropped for man accused of exposing himself at Kamloops school
KAMLOOPS - A man accused of exposing himself in a school yard in October remains in custody but not for that offence. Christopher Jonathon Mathieu, born 1988, remains in custody after pleading guilty to possessing child pornography along with other unrelated charges on Nov. 26. On Oct. 23, Kamloops RCMP issued a media release stating...
Kamloops city council passes on community emissions plan
KAMLOOPS – City council has decided not support the creation of a plan to curb greenhouse gas emissions in Kamloops. At a meeting this week, the councillors voted 5-4 against the plan proposed by the B.C. Sustainable Energy Association. Kamloops already has an air shed management plan and it has a corporate emissions plan, but...
UPDATE: Flaggers removed from contentious railway crossing in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Canadian Pacific Railway and the City of Kamloops came to an agreement after Transport Canada rescinded an order to have 24-hour flagging services at the railway crossing on 3 Avenue by the Sandman Centre in the city's downtown. The order was rescinded today, Dec. 4. The measure came after Canadian Pacific contacted Transport...
Harper Mountain set to open early
KAMLOOPS - The snow gods have been kind to ski hills around the province so far this year, and Harper Mountain is no exception. Early snow up at the local ski hill means Harper Mountain is opening a whole week earlier than originally hoped for. Last week the family ski hill posted pictures of fresh...
Warm weekend ahead in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - While high winds, heavy rain and record temperatures are battering the west coast of B.C., Kamloops can expect temperatures just above normal and a chance of rain at least part of this weekend. Environment Canada is calling for temperatures to hit 5 Celsius today, Dec. 4, and Saturday before climbing to a high...