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Pedestrian dies after being struck by a train in Valleyview
UPDATE (8:30 a.m.): KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP confirm one person is dead after a train collision in Valleyview Thursday morning. In a news release issued Thursday morning, Kamloops RCMP say officers at...
Jun 13, 2024
Kamloops council docks mayor's pay in response to Code of Conduct breach
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops council is hitting Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson in the pocketbook.In a lengthy motion that arose from council's closed meeting Tuesday (June 11), council has agreed to reduce Hamer-Jac...
Jun 12, 2024
'May he rot in that cell': Family of Shuswap woman missing for years faces her killer
SALMON ARM, B.C. - The grief and anger that Ashley Simpson's family suffered when she disappeared without a trace in 2016 was laid bare Wednesday when they faced her killer.Ashley's parents, Cindy and...
Jun 12, 2024
Wildfire forecast anticipates high risk for new wildfires in Prairies, N.W.T.
OTTAWA - The wildfire season has been less dire so far this year than 2023, but the risk is high across most of the country for new fires to erupt this summer. The Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Cen...
Jun 12, 2024
Insurance study that ranked Kamloops with highest wildfire risk unfair, incomplete: BC Wildfire Service
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops is ranked No. 1 in a recent study that assesses risk to Canadian cities ahead of the 2024 wildfire season. The study - published last month by MyChoice Financial, a Toronto-based b...
Jun 11, 2024
Kamloops councillor files for dismissal of mayor's defamation suit under anti-intimidation law
KAMLOOPS - One year after Kamloops mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson filed a defamation lawsuit against a sitting city councillor, that councillor is trying to get it thrown out of court.Councillor Katie Neust...
Jun 11, 2024
Wind warnings issued for local highways; Kamloops to see gusts of up to 80 km/h
KAMLOOPS - Drivers on the Coquihalla Highway from Kamloops to Merritt and the Okanagan Connector from Merritt to Kelowna are encouraged to pay closer attention to their surroundings Tuesday (June 11) ...
Jun 11, 2024
Barriere Secondary student killed in apparent ATV mishap
BARRIERE, B.C. - For the second time in a matter of weeks, a Kamloops-area high school is mourning the death of a student.In a note sent to parents Monday (June 10), Barriere Secondary School principa...
Jun 10, 2024
Kamloops RCMP officer injured in last week's motorcycle collision expected to recover
KAMLOOPS - Details related to a vehicle incident which injured a member of Kamloops RCMP last week are limited, but the officer is expected to recover. Emergency responders were called to the area of ...
Jun 10, 2024
RCMP probe weekend sudden death on Sydney Avenue
KAMLOOPS - RCMP are working to determine whether a man who died from blunt force injuries on the Kamloops North Shore over the weekend was the victim of a homicide.In a news release, Kamloops RCMP spo...
Jun 10, 2024
