Kamloops and Area

Mental Health Training
CMHA Kamloops seeking feedback on plans for free mental health training in Merritt
MERRITT, B.C. - The Kamloops branch of the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) is seeking feedback as it conducts a needs assessment into its plans to offer free mental health training in Merritt.In a news release, CMHA said the new initiative - which is expected to launch this fall - is in response to the lastin...
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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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Murder Trial
Murder trial begins for man accused in 2020 North Shore stabbing spree
KAMLOOPS - The trial has begun for a man accused of stabbing four people at a North Shore party days after the COVID-19 pandemic was declared. Michael Wayne Palmer, who was 43 years old at the time of the incident, is facing one count of murder and three counts of attempted murder. The charges stem from March 28, 2020,...
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Weather
Kamloops experiences abnormally dry month of May; heat expected to persist into June
KAMLOOPS - The month of May didn't follow suit to its predecessors when it came to precipitation in Kamloops. According to Environment Canada, nearly 11 millimetres of precipitation was recorded at Kamloops Airport in May 2025, just 40 per cent of the 27-to-28 millimetres the month usually experiences. Lisa Erven, a me...
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