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Five star hotel in five years: Luxury development proposed for Kamloops
KAMLOOPS – Kamloops could see not only its first five star hotel, but its first hotel-condo hybrid in as few as five years. The Hospitality Inn at 500 Columbia St. was acquired last year by Pacific Hospitality Hotel Group, who own six other properties in in Kamloops including the Hampton and Comfort Inns. “It was...
Sports and crafts dominate full weekend in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - If you’ve had your eye on trying out a new sport, like maybe bubble soccer or wheelchair basketball, this weekend is your chance. Kamloops events for Sports Day in Canada will take place at the Tournament Capital Centre Fieldhouse on Saturday, Nov. 21 from 9 a.m. to noon. Free activities will include bubble...
Bomb threat shuts down Tournament Capital Centre in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - The Tournament Capital Centre has been evacuated and RCMP are searching the building after a bomb threat was called in this afternoon. RCMP have confirmed the centre was evacuated because of a bomb threat directed at the Canada Games Pool. The threat came in by telephone around 2:30 p.m., Nov. 19. The building...
Kamloops shelter ‘won’t turn anyone away’ during current extreme weather response: executive director
KAMLOOPS - An extreme weather response remains in effect to deliver shelter to those who need it the most during the cold nights in Kamloops. Executive director of the Kamloops branch of the Canadian Mental Health Association Christa Mullaly issued the alert around 4:30 p.m. yesterday, Nov. 18, after a forecasted low temperature of -7...
Anti-time change petition catches provincial government’s attention
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops man with the plan to stop Daylight Saving Time in B.C. will seek support from local municipalities on the project after speaking with local MLAs last week. Bob Dieno created his Stop The Time Change in British Columbia on the website Change.org petition three weeks ago. Within the first three days...
Curious about the price of marijuana in your city? Check PriceOfWeed website
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - It isn’t legal yet in Canada, but that won’t stop people from keeping a close eye on weed market in their city. Akin to the website Gas Buddy, which monitors gas prices to help consumers find the lowest price in town, there’s a website called Price of Weed, in which users report the...
Marijuana compassion club targeted in Kamloops armed robbery
KAMLOOPS - The serious crime unit is investigating after a North Shore business was robbed at gunpoint earlier this week. Cpl. Cheryl Bush, a spokesperson for Kamloops RCMP, says a male entered Canadian Safe Cannabis Society at 405 Tranquille Rd. around 4:30 p.m., Nov. 17, and demanded cash along with marijuana products. Bush says the...
Kamloops may see new company sorting recyclables in 2016
KAMLOOPS - Recyclables collected by the City of Kamloops, both at depots and curbside, could be sorted by a new company come the new year. “We have already gone out to (request for proposals) to renew the contract essentially. To look for processors who can do the same work starting Jan. 1,” Public Works Director...