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Descrease article font size Increase article font size Two people in Western Canada, one being from B.C.’s Interior, are rich after splitting Tuesday night’s $70 million Lotto Max draw. According to the B.C. Lottery Corporation, a person in Kamloops and another in Alberta matched all seven numbers — each won …
Read More »Kamloops doctor advocates for car-free zones around schools
A Kamloops pediatrician has approached the Kamloops-Thompson school board about creating car-free zones around schools to encourage more people in the B.C. Interior city to use their feet instead of a gas pedal. Dr. Trent Smith told CBC Daybreak Kamloops host Shelley Joyce that car-free zones around schools would alleviate …
Read More »Kamloops organization withdraws commitment to run new shelters, cites disappointment over lack of housing
A charity that helps operate temporary shelters in Kamloops, B.C., says it will no longer run two winter shelters scheduled to open next week, citing disappointment in municipal and provincial officials’ efforts to provide housing for people who need it. Alfred Achoba, executive director of the Kamloops branch of the Canadian Mental Health Association …
Read More »Kamloops beekeeper gives election campaign lawn signs a second life
You wouldn’t think of municipal election campaign signs as having a half-life, let alone an afterlife, but an inventive beekeeper in Kamloops, B.C., seems to have found a way for them to live on. Murray Willis, who owns the Valley View Honey farm in eastern Kamloops, says he plans to repurpose 200 lawn …
Read More »Train derails in Kamloops with no injuries and no hazardous goods onboard, CP Rail says
Canadian Pacific Railway confirmed one of its trains derailed in Kamloops, B.C. on Wednesday afternoon. The railway said the train went off the tracks in the Mission Flats area, to the west of town, south of the Thompson River. The train was carrying grain, CP added, and no one was injured. …
Read More »1 dead after ammonia leak at ice-making facility in Kamloops, B.C.
One person has died after an ammonia leak Thursday at an ice-making facility in an industrial area of Kamloops, B.C. The leak started inside the Arctic Glacier Ice building at 790 Sarcee St. East in Mount Paul Industrial Park around 10:30 a.m. PT. About six people in stable condition were assessed at the scene, according to B.C. Emergency …
Read More »Work to exhume remains at former Kamloops residential school could begin soon, chief says
WARNING: This story contains distressing details. After a year of grieving since the detection of 215 suspected unmarked graves at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School, a new phase begins in the journey of the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation — bringing the missing children home. The old apple orchard …
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