News Items tag as: KMDEC2016

YEAR IN REVIEW: Film, movie, TV show and documentary makers focused the lens all over B.C.'s interior in 2016
January 01, 2017 - 4:30 PM

As Hollywood continues to rake in billions of dollars and independent films become easier to make, the region saw a fair number of productions using the Thompson or Okanagan regions as a film set.
YEAR IN REVIEW: 'Glamazon' flowers, WWII naval bunkers and a radio telescope among the cool places we visited this year
December 31, 2016 - 1:00 PM

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - You may see them everyday, or have never heard of them before, but these are the places that we went and saw this year.
Winter conditions contribute to two fatal crashes west of Kamloops
December 31, 2016 - 9:04 AM

KAMLOOPS - Police say winter road conditions led to two crashes involving fatalities in separate crashes west of Kamloops yesterday, Dec. 30.
YEAR IN REVIEW: A library, a spa, Tim Hortons and more were all hit by vehicles in Kamloops this year
December 30, 2016 - 4:30 PM

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - While most people will remember 2016 as the year Trump was elected or their favourite celebrity died, in Kamloops some are sure to remember it as the year a bunch of buildings were hit by vehicles.
Operations return to normal at Kamloops Airport after busy couple of days due to fog and backlog
December 30, 2016 - 2:30 PM

KAMLOOPS - Within a day of all flights out of Kamloops being cancelled the Kamloops Airport is running normally again.
UPDATE: Kamloops RCMP looking for witnesses, video of North Shore fight that left a man dead
December 30, 2016 - 11:54 AM

KAMLOOPS - Police are releasing few details about a homicide investigation after a fight on the North Shore early this morning left one man dead.
Activist author Naomi Klein coming to Kamloops for public talk
December 30, 2016 - 11:30 AM

KAMLOOPS - Controversial and award winning Canadian writer Naomi Klein will be returning to Kamloops in February for a public talk.
YEAR IN REVIEW: Major unsolved crimes in the Southern Interior
December 29, 2016 - 9:00 PM

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - From homicde to suspicious deaths and missing persons, there were several unsolved crimes in the Southern Interior this year.
YEAR IN REVIEW: The most memorable quotes of 2016
December 29, 2016 - 6:30 PM

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - When journalists put something in quotes, it’s because the subject put it much better than we ever could.
Upcoming Polar Bear Swims from the Okanagan to Kamloops
December 29, 2016 - 2:30 PM

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - If you want to kick off the New Year with a polar bear swim, there are several opportunities around the Okanagan, Shuswap and Kamloops areas to go for a dunk.
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iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
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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
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

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

News Items tag as: KMDEC2016

YEAR IN REVIEW: Film, movie, TV show and documentary makers focused the lens all over B.C.'s interior in 2016

YEAR IN REVIEW: 'Glamazon' flowers, WWII naval bunkers and a radio telescope among the cool places we visited this year

Winter conditions contribute to two fatal crashes west of Kamloops

YEAR IN REVIEW: A library, a spa, Tim Hortons and more were all hit by vehicles in Kamloops this year

Operations return to normal at Kamloops Airport after busy couple of days due to fog and backlog

UPDATE: Kamloops RCMP looking for witnesses, video of North Shore fight that left a man dead

Activist author Naomi Klein coming to Kamloops for public talk

YEAR IN REVIEW: Major unsolved crimes in the Southern Interior

YEAR IN REVIEW: The most memorable quotes of 2016

Upcoming Polar Bear Swims from the Okanagan to Kamloops

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