News Items tag as: KMMAY0715

New wildfire recruits put through paces
May 08, 2015 - 2:33 PM

MERRITT - More than 200 seasonal firefighter applicants have made the cut and this month they are being put through a ‘rigorous’ bootcamp near Merritt.
UPDATE: Kamloops police find missing 13-year-old
May 08, 2015 - 8:44 AM

KAMLOOPS - Officers found a missing teenager who was last heard from yesterday, Wednesday, May 6.
Family alleges Kamloops retirement home covered up assault on disabled 75-year-old
May 07, 2015 - 7:29 PM

KAMLOOPS - The family of a disabled B.C. man is suing a retirement home, alleging staff did nothing to stop a sexual assault by another resident, then conspired to keep it quiet.
Province provides funding for millwright program in Kamloops
May 07, 2015 - 4:28 PM

KAMLOOPS – After years of lobbying the first class of millright students is expected to begin at Thompson Rivers University this coming August,
New pet registry promotes microchip implants
May 07, 2015 - 2:34 PM

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - The SPCA is promoting a new province-wide pet identification registry where animals with microchip implants can have their information stored in a centralized database.
Animal welfare advocate named SPCA volunteer of the year
May 07, 2015 - 1:18 PM

KAMLOOPS – For more than twenty years, Michelle Virdee has volunteered at the Kamloops B.C. SPCA branch. She has witnessed her share of tragedies and triumphs, all in the name of animal welfare.
Chyzowski goes in first round of WHL bantam draft
May 07, 2015 - 11:41 AM

BLAZERS PICK UP TWO PLAYERS IN SECOND ROUND
Worker in critical condition after shooting self with nail gun
May 07, 2015 - 10:35 AM

KAMLOOPS - It is believed a worker shot himself in the chest with a nail gun at a construction site on Columbia Street West Wednesday morning.
UPDATE: Truck involved in hit and run found abandoned
May 07, 2015 - 7:27 AM

KAMLOOPS - Police say a truck that struck another vehicle, sending one person to hospital, before taking off early this morning has been found abandoned.
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News Items tag as: KMMAY0715

New wildfire recruits put through paces

UPDATE: Kamloops police find missing 13-year-old

Family alleges Kamloops retirement home covered up assault on disabled 75-year-old

Province provides funding for millwright program in Kamloops

New pet registry promotes microchip implants

Animal welfare advocate named SPCA volunteer of the year

Chyzowski goes in first round of WHL bantam draft

Worker in critical condition after shooting self with nail gun

UPDATE: Truck involved in hit and run found abandoned

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