Kmsep0815

ELECTION 2015: Federal candidates to debate at Kamloops Farmer’s Market

KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Farmer’s Market will be the setting for the latest federal candidates’ debate for the Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo riding. The debate is scheduled for 10 a.m. until noon in the 200-block of St. Paul Street on the Stuart Wood Elementary grounds this Saturday, Sept. 12. "(The debate is) kind of low key and more...

Kamloops Culture Days includes proposed performing arts centre debate

KAMLOOPS - A referendum is just around the corner and Kamloops residents will get to have their say on the city’s purposed performing arts centre beforehand as well. Hosted by the Kamloops Voters Society and moderated by university lecturer John O'Fee, a debate on the performing arts centre will take place Sept. 26 from 2...

Stolen Lake Country boat and truck recovered in Kamloops

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - An observant off duty cop helped police recover a boat and truck stolen out of Lake Country Sunday night. The astute officer noticed a boat and trailer being unloaded on the side of the highway in the Dallas area early Monday morning, Sept. 7 and turned around to keep an eye on the...

Kamloops and Kelowna among top places in Canada for job seekers

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - Kamloops and Kelowna have managed to crack the top-20 in a survey noting 50 of the hottest local job markets in Canada. Express Employment Professionals, a staffing agency with operations in Canada, the U.S. and South Africa, released its second annual Top 50 Hot Job Markets survey this week. The survey looks at the number...

Route changes coming for Overlanders Bridge construction

KAMLOOPS - The final major traffic configuration of the Overlanders Bridge begins this week. Crews will begin work on the east side of the bridge deck and traffic will move to the western lanes of the bridge. Motorists can expect single lane alternating traffic on the bridge most evenings starting at 9 p.m. All southbound vehicles...

Health authority moves on residential care bed promise

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - Construction of 100 new residential care beds will begin this fall in Kelowna and another 85 are soon expected in Vernon as well. The Interior Health Authority announced in a press release it has awarded the contract to Baltic Properties, an existing contractor who is already providing residential care services in Kamloops, Lake...

Man who deceived police, courts with fake name guilty of obstruction

KAMLOOPS - A man who told police and the court a different name than his own got away with it for a period of time, but it finally caught up with him when he was convicted of obstructing justice last week in Kamloops Supreme Court. During a street check in 2013 Eric Bradley Charlie, 31,...

Temperatures to heat up again in Kamloops

KAMLOOPS - Back to school is kicking off with a little rain this morning but by the end of the week we can expect highs well above seasonal normals throughout the Southern Interior. Temperatures will remain below seasonal normal lows of 23 Celsius today, Sept. 8, but will reach 25 C Wednesday before inching up...

UPDATE: Nearly 1,400 start first day of school without power in Kamloops

UPDATE: 7:16 A.M., SEPT. 8, 2015 B.C. Hydro reports power was restored shortly after 7 a.m. 6:46 A.M., SEPT. 8, 2015 KAMLOOPS - ‘My alarm clock didn’t go off’ could be a legitimate excuse for nearly 1,400 people on the first day back to school after an equipment failure left a swath of Kamloops residents...