Kamloops and Area

Drop in Crime
Kamloops drops notorious title of highest crime rate in Canada, sees 21 per cent decline in violent crimes
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops no longer has the highest crime rate of any city in Canada, albeit not by much. According to new numbers released by Statistics Canada Tuesday (July 22), police reported 10,546 crimes per 100,000 population in Kamloops in 2024, the third highest number reported in any census metropolitan area in Can...
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IN THE POOL
Wadsworth, Powell of KGTC Diving club storm podium at nationals
KAMLOOPS - Philippe Wadsworth and Rykker Powell of the Kamloops Gymnastics and Trampoline Centre [KGTC] Diving Club reached the podium at the Diving Canada Speedo Junior Development National Championships earlier this month in Winnipeg. Both 11-year-old athletes were competing in the 10- and 11-year-old division - and ...
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Missing Woman
Kamloops RCMP looking for missing woman who may be Calgary bound
KAMLOOPS - Police in Kamloops are asking for help in locating a missing 42-year-old woman who may been trying to make her way to Calgary.Police say Cheri Wilkinson was reported missing on Sunday (July 13) last week. They note she has previously been reported missing by a Kamloops shelter and was later located in Sicamo...
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KAMLOOPS CANCER CENTRE
'It's just not possible'; Health minister rules out 11th-hour redesign of Kamloops cancer centre to include PET-CT
KAMLOOPS - Despite calls from opposition MLAs and community leaders for a redesign, construction is slated to begin this summer on the Kamloops cancer centre.Local mayors, councillors, regional directors and First Nations communities have written to Health Minister Josie Osborne asking for a redesign of the cancer cent...
21h ago
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