News Items tag as: KMAUG2024

iN PHOTOS: End of summer images from Kamloops, Okanagan
September 09, 2024 - 6:00 AM

With autumn approaching, and students heading back to school, many people are soaking in the last stretch of warm summer evenings and cool sunny mornings in cities and parks in Kamloops and the Okanagan.
iN PHOTOS: Supersized vegetables crop up in Kamloops, Okanagan gardens
September 05, 2024 - 12:00 PM

Harvest season is well underway in Kamloops and the Okanagan, and hardworking gardeners are enjoying the fruits of their labour bringing in a wide variety of tasty fruits and vegetables.
Misplaced evidence delayed Kamloops serial rapist's charge for years
September 03, 2024 - 7:00 AM

"THEY CALLED ME, THANKED ME FOR MY PARTICIPATION AND APOLOGIZED FOR IT BEING THE LONGEST INVESTIGATION EVER."
iN PHOTOS: Funny wildlife moments in Thompson-Okanagan (part three)
September 03, 2024 - 6:00 AM

The Thompson-Okanagan region is home to an abundance of wildlife that never cease to intrigue and entertain onlookers.
How much Kamloops taxpayers will actually pay for the $275M loans
September 01, 2024 - 6:00 AM

Kamloops homeowners have heard the 'Build Kamloops' loans will cost them $25 more in taxes each year, but it's too soon to say whether that will remain unchanged after five years.
Protect your PIN: Fraudsters ripoff Kamloops shoppers
August 30, 2024 - 11:30 AM

“Please always remember that not everyone behind you is trustworthy, even if they may look like they are."
ACTION! How Kamloops gets itself onto the big screen
August 30, 2024 - 7:00 AM

Terri Hadwin has been the film commissioner for the Thompson-Nicola Regional District for just over two years and never has a shortage of work as she draws film productions into the area from near and far.
Break out the marshmallows, campers, it's a rare long weekend without a fire ban
August 30, 2024 - 6:00 AM

Campfire bans have been lifted just in time in the Thompson-Okanagan area for the labour day long weekend — only the third time in 11 years you could have a campfire at the end of August.
Vandals spray paint Kamloops playground with racist graffiti
August 29, 2024 - 4:18 PM

Racist words were spray painted at a playground in Kamloops earlier this week.
Kamloops MLA Todd Stone decided to withdraw a day before BC United
August 29, 2024 - 10:58 AM

Kamloops MLA Todd Stone announced a day after his party dropped from the provincial election race that won't be running.
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THOMPSON: The latest grooming systems for men have gone too far
OPINION Like most folks, I have more stuff squirrelled away in my bathroom drawers and cabinet than I use. A recent inspection found a cologne someone gave me that I don’t like, a prescription drug that expired

Epic cherry season expected in Okanagan and Kamloops
The cherry season in the Southern Interior is set to be the biggest one in a long time thanks to favourable growing conditions, after extreme weather events damaged crops for the past three years. “It looks like it’s going to be

UBCO, TRU study finds cannabis use helps in recovery from hard drugs
A new study from UBC Okanagan and Thompson Rivers University has found that cannabis use can offer benefits to people undergoing treatment for substance use. People living in a residential recovery facility were given supervised amounts of

Why Kelowna's treatment of homeless encampments has changed over the years
The addition of fences, security guards, identification stamps and a lots of cops at the end of March changed the landscape at the homeless tent city along a section of the Okanagan Rail Trail in Kelowna. Some called it dystopian, others sa

News Items tag as: KMAUG2024

iN PHOTOS: End of summer images from Kamloops, Okanagan

iN PHOTOS: Supersized vegetables crop up in Kamloops, Okanagan gardens

Misplaced evidence delayed Kamloops serial rapist's charge for years

iN PHOTOS: Funny wildlife moments in Thompson-Okanagan (part three)

How much Kamloops taxpayers will actually pay for the $275M loans

Protect your PIN: Fraudsters ripoff Kamloops shoppers

ACTION! How Kamloops gets itself onto the big screen

Break out the marshmallows, campers, it's a rare long weekend without a fire ban

Vandals spray paint Kamloops playground with racist graffiti

Kamloops MLA Todd Stone decided to withdraw a day before BC United

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