Kamloops and Area

Missing Person
Where is Ray Kohout? Salmon RCMP renew call for information into 2002 missing persons case
SALMON ARM, B.C. - RCMP in the Shuswap are renewing a call for tips into a two-decades-old missing persons case, releasing a new age progression sketch.Raymond 'Ray' Kohout, left his home in Salmon Arm on April 29, 2002. He was last seen at about 4:30 p.m. that day, riding a blue mountain bike along the Trans Canada Hi...
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Blazers Signing
Blazers sign third player from 2025 WHL draft class
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers have signed a third player from the 2025 WHL draft class as they continue to build for the future.They announced the signing of 15-year-old forward Brady Ondrus, son of former Toronto Maple Leafs forward, Ben Ondrus, to a WHL Scholarship and Development Agreement. The Blazers took the yo...
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Highway 5 Flooding
UPDATE: Highway 5 north of Blue River reopens with single lane alternating traffic
BLUE RIVER, B.C. - (UPDATE 7:30 p.m.): Highway 5 in the North Thompson has reopened with a single lane of alternating traffic, nearly 24 hours after it was closed because of flooding. In an update just after 7:15 p.m. Sunday (June 1), DriveBC said traffic was flowing past the Chappell Creek Recreation Site, located 30 ...
Jun 01, 2025
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Power Outages
'All available resources' called in as BC Hydro works to restore power after Saturday windstorm
SHUSWAP - BC Hydro says it has called in all available resources as it works to restore power to hundreds of residents across the Southern Interior who are in the dark Sunday (June 1).According to the latest BC Hydro estimates, there are 659 customers without power across the Thompson/Shuswap and another 495 in the Oka...
Jun 01, 2025
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