News Items tag as: City of Kamloops

New multi-use path for Kamloops waterfront park in the works
February 27, 2024 - 11:00 AM

Kamloops residents might have noticed a line of flagged wooden stakes going through one of three busy parks on the waterfront.
New City of Kamloops-TRU initiative to tackle COVID economic recovery, social issues
February 05, 2021 - 9:00 PM

The City of Kamloops is hoping a new partnership with Thompson Rivers University will be an important tool in resolving serious issues including economic recovery from COVID-19.
Why Kamloops is considering hiring a staff archeologist
January 11, 2021 - 6:00 AM

City of Kamloops councillors may consider hiring an archeologist to save money from using consulting firms for major projects and to promote cultural heritage in the community.
Preparations for 'one-in-20-year' flood need to start now, says Kamloops Mayor
May 01, 2020 - 1:50 PM

While it may be the last thing Kamloops residents want to think about, the time to prepare for a one-in-20 year flood is now.
Why Vernon is moving forward with arts and culture facilities — and Kamloops isn't
October 29, 2018 - 3:00 PM

KAMLOOPS - The arts and culture sector has been sprouting in many different ways across the tournament capital city.
Crews working on the old Kamloops Daily News building ready to start tearing things down
July 28, 2017 - 11:31 AM

KAMLOOPS - After spending the week removing harmful material such as asbestos from inside the old Daily News building the demolition crew is now in the process of taking the building apart from the inside-out.
Two water main breaks impacting residents in Kamloops' West End
January 06, 2017 - 3:21 PM

KAMLOOPS - Kamloops crews have spent the past day and a half trying to locate a water main break in a West End neighbourhood.
$75,000 fence cut from Kamloops's Canada 150 celebrations
November 29, 2016 - 6:30 PM

KAMLOOPS - Plans for street hockey games, gardens and gear are going ahead for the city’s Canada 150 celebration, but the biggest ticket item was dropped from Kamloops's celebration budget.
Drop bins installed in Kamloops parks to keep syringes off ground
June 09, 2016 - 6:30 PM

KAMLOOPS - Syringe drop bins have been installed in Riverside Park and Pioneer Park in Kamloops in an effort to prevent them from being carelessly discarded.
Kamloops mayor surprised by sudden end to community benefit negotiations with Ajax
April 08, 2016 - 10:31 AM

KAMLOOPS - Negotiations for a community benefit plan between the City of Kamloops and the proposed Ajax mine’s proponent have stopped without a deal made.
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iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
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No fine for Kelowna brewery that sold beer to undercover minor
A Kelowna brewery successfully avoided a fine for selling beer to an undercover minor, but it did fire the employee. The province's liquor regulator decided against handing down a $7,000 fine after an 18-year-old bought a six-pack from

Marijuana gummies send 11 New York middle-schoolers to hospitals
MORICHES, New York (AP) — Police and a middle school in suburban New York are looking into how a student got hold of marijuana gummies and gave them to about a dozen schoolmates, sending 11 of them to hospitals. The episode happened M

Don't demolish old Kelowna homes to make way for development, recycle or move them
As Kelowna’s population grows the city is trying to densify housing and that means replacing single-family homes, but a business has proposed that those homes can be repurposed rather than destroyed. Renewal Development and Light Hous

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