News Items tag as: Kamloops tourism

Kelowna’s hotel stay numbers left rest of Okanagan, Kamloops in the dust
February 05, 2025 - 6:00 PM

Kelowna saw an exceptional increase in hotel stays last year compared to the rest of the Thompson and Okanagan region.
Historic Kamloops steam train may soon huff and puff to Vernon
January 04, 2025 - 6:00 AM

Big plans are underway for the iconic Spirit of Kamloops steam locomotive #2141 that has been sitting idle since 2020 after decades of entertaining locals and visitors with numerous rail tours.
Rocky Mountaineer delays resumption of season by a month
March 10, 2021 - 4:30 PM

Rocky Mountaineer has announced an over month-long delay in its Canadian travel season this year.
Five things to do this weekend in Kamloops
May 24, 2019 - 11:34 AM

Get ready for an amazing weekend of events in Kamloops and we don't even need the weather to cooperate. Well, kinda.
Two separate six-storey hotel projects are coming to Kamloops
April 04, 2017 - 6:30 PM

KAMLOOPS - Two hotel projects are moving their way through the hoops at City Hall at the same time.
Hotels continues strong year as tourists drive to Kamloops
August 26, 2016 - 10:30 AM

KAMLOOPS - Kamloops hotels are staying fairly full this year as tourists are driving to the city from Alberta and Washington state.
International travellers flock to Kamloops despite wet summer
August 08, 2016 - 8:00 PM

KAMLOOPS - More tourists and money are coming into Kamloops, with people travelling from as far as Australia to take in the city.
Tourism association aims to grow aboriginal tourism in Thompson Okanagan
July 17, 2016 - 9:30 AM

KELOWNA - A new and unique position at the the Thompson Okanagan Tourism Association aims to create a boom in a growing tourism market.
Kamloops airport reports lower numbers for June
July 12, 2016 - 1:34 PM

KAMLOOPS - Kamloops may be having a good year for tourism, but it isn’t thanks to air travellers in June.
The reason fewer travellers used Kamloops airport in January
February 11, 2015 - 2:30 PM

KAMLOOPS - There were nearly 1,300 fewer travellers who came through the Kamloops Airport last month than the January before and it is believed the lower oil prices may be to blame.
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$145,000 fine for Kelowna orchardist previously involved in tractor death
A Kelowna company that grows, processes and exports cherries was fined last year following a fatal tractor incident has again been fined after a tractor driver was seriously injured. According to a recently published Feb. 6 WorkSafeBC

Marijuana gummies send 11 New York middle-schoolers to hospitals
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Okanagan’s first ‘net-zero’ home is insulated with hemp
In an effort to make construction more sustainable a Kelowna developer has built a home insulated with hemp. The 5-bedroom, 3.5-bathroom, 2,430 square foot home at 278 Summer Wood Drive in the Echo Ridge development in Kelowna meets the pro

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