News Items tag as: Kamloops mining

Rockhounds or claim jumpers? Kamloops claim owner frustrated by rock hunters' ignorance
May 04, 2025 - 6:00 AM

Kamloops resident Robert Davis has owned mineral claims in the area for 25 years but let most of them go in the past decade as an increasing number of strangers are digging on claims without permission.
Highland Valley Copper donates $575,000 to TRU for research on ecosystem reclamation
January 25, 2024 - 10:39 AM

Kamloops' Teck Highland Valley Copper has donated $575,000 to Thompson Rivers University to support research on ecosystem reclamation.
Westhaven Gold reports high-grade gold in drill results near Merritt
May 15, 2021 - 3:00 PM

Mining company Westhaven Gold recently reported finding significant gold in its Shovelnose property exploration program in the active Spences Bridge Gold Belt.
iN VIDEO: Thompson-Okanagan mining projects to dig in this year
May 07, 2021 - 7:30 AM

Enthusiasm continues undiminished for the local mining industry as a couple of companies pursue ambitious exploration projects this year.
Thompson-Okanagan mining exploration companies poised for a good year
February 26, 2021 - 7:30 AM

It’s promising to be a good year for mining exploration in the province in general and the Thompson-Okanagan in particular, with COVID-19 the only dark cloud on the economic horizon for the industry.
Kamloops, Okanagan cities benefit from provincial mining activity
October 11, 2018 - 10:06 AM

Kamloops leads all British Columbia municipalities when it comes to supplying the province’s mines, according to data collected on behalf of the B.C. Mining Association.
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JONESIE: When 'journalists' help themselves, they don't help anyone
OPINION Gaze with me for a moment at the soft navel of the dwindling news and media business of Kamloops and the Okanagan. Kelowna Now had a good get this week. At least until they did Kelowna Now things with it. They got t

Fun festivals for foodies in Okanagan, Kamloops
Foodies in Kamloops and the Okanagan might want to mark their calendars for some unique upcoming festivals in the region celebrating pickles, garlic, tomatoes and hot peppers. The inaugural Farmstrong Cider Pickle Festival in Armstrong ki

Massachusetts sheriff arrested on charges of pressuring cannabis company over stock purchase
BOSTON (AP) — A sheriff in one of Massachusetts' largest counties was charged Friday with allegedly pressuring a Boston-based cannabis firm to sell him stock in the company. Sheriff Steven Tompkins, 67, who oversees about 1,000 em

Kelowna year ahead of province's push for more homes to be built
A year into the province’s push to get cities to build more homes, Kelowna is already a year ahead. The City of Kelowna’s housing target report said there were 3,467 new homes built in the city since June 2024. The target set ou

News Items tag as: Kamloops mining

Rockhounds or claim jumpers? Kamloops claim owner frustrated by rock hunters' ignorance

Highland Valley Copper donates $575,000 to TRU for research on ecosystem reclamation

Westhaven Gold reports high-grade gold in drill results near Merritt

iN VIDEO: Thompson-Okanagan mining projects to dig in this year

Thompson-Okanagan mining exploration companies poised for a good year

Kamloops, Okanagan cities benefit from provincial mining activity

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