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Investigators looking for early morning surveillance after drive-by shooting on the North Shore
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP have put out a plea for witness video after a drive-by shooting on the North Shore. Just after 6:00 a.m. Friday (May 3), RCMP say officers were called to the 1200-block of 10t...
May 03, 2024
Shell casings found but no guns or suspects present during shots fired report at Star Lodge motel in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - A notable police presence outside a motel on Columbia Street West was due to a report of shots fired. Photos posted to social media after 9:00 p.m. Thursday (May 2) showed multiple police v...
May 03, 2024
Lansdowne congestion should improve with detour to be removed after eight weeks
KAMLOOPS - Construction season has snarled traffic across the Tournament Capital as work is still ongoing on the Halston Bridge and along Lansdowne street in downtown Kamloops.The critical work being ...
May 02, 2024
No official word on cause of Thursday fire that scorched St. Andrews on the Square; bystanders hope for restoration
KAMLOOPS - Firefighters in Kamloops were called into action earlier Thursday morning (May 2), responding to a fire at the historic St. Andrews on the Square church. There's no official word yet on the...
May 02, 2024
Historic St. Andrew's on the Square catches fire
UPDATE (11:00 a.m.): The downtown power outage has been limited to 209 customers.However, BC Hydro says power will not be restored until 4:00 p.m. for customers west of Second Avenue, north of Columbi...
May 02, 2024
Two Columbia precinct buildings slated for demolition; city-owned North Shore property chosen for BC Builds
KAMLOOPS - A collection of aging government buildings in downtown Kamloops has been earmarked for redevelopment. Plans are in motion to demolish at least two of the provincially-owned buildings near t...
May 01, 2024
Kelowna-area homicide victim was missing Kamloops man: RCMP
KAMLOOPS - RCMP say they believe a Kamloops man who went missing last month was the victim of a homicide.In a news release issued Wednesday (May 1), Cpl. Crystal Evelyn says a man's body was discovere...
May 01, 2024
THE TATTLE OF HASTINGS: Sons of Rusty
Rusty Brewer's husband, Bill, was a cowboy at Douglas Lake Cattle Company. After he died in a drowning accident, Rusty and her two- and four-year-old children moved to Merritt in 1976 and found comfor...
Apr 30, 2024
BC Wildfire Service ensuring recruits have access to critical mental health supports
MERRITT, B.C. - The importance of mental health is likely not your first thought when thinking about the men and women who protect our province each summer from wildfires. But it's a thought at the fo...
Apr 30, 2024
'Biological sex' sports bill is quickly quashed in B.C. legislature
VICTORIA - A B.C. Conservative private member's bill to classify publicly funded sports teams and events according to the "biological sex" of participants, banning transgender athletes, didn't make it...
Apr 30, 2024
