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Kamloops council to consider eliminating all standing committees
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops council is being asked to clear the decks of its existing standing committee structure, preparing the ground for a new structure.The city's committee structure has been at the cent...
Jul 07, 2023
Community-led crisis team for mental health and substance use issues coming to Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops will soon receive a new community-led crisis response team for residents experiencing a mental-health or substance-use crisis.In a news release issued Friday (July 7) morning, the ...
Jul 07, 2023
High fire danger throughout Kamloops Fire Centre as campfire ban begins
KAMLOOPS - With the two hottest months of the year still ahead, the province of B.C. has already lost more than 1-million hectares of forests to wildfires this year. That figure puts British Columbia ...
Jul 06, 2023
City of Kamloops rolls out carts for Curbside Organic Waste Pick-up program
KAMLOOPS - It's rollout day - literally - for the city's new Curbside Organic Waste carts. Starting in Zone 3, and working through all five collection zones in Kamloops, the new carts will be delivere...
Jul 06, 2023
Bail decision expected next week for former Kamloops lawyer charged with murder
KAMLOOPS - A former Kamloops lawyer accused of killing a TRU employee in 2022 will have to wait until next week to learn if he gets bail.Bail submissions in the case of Rogelio 'Butch' Bagabuyo wrappe...
Jul 06, 2023
Second suspicious package in Aberdeen confirmed to be a pipe bomb: RCMP
KAMLOOPS - The second suspicious package found in Aberdeen in as many days was also found to be explosive.In a news release issued Thursday (July 6) morning, Kamloops RCMP say the package found in the...
Jul 06, 2023
Merritt councillor died in hit-and-run on remote stretch of highway: RCMP
VALEMOUNT, B.C. - RCMP looking into the death of a Merritt city councillor say its likely she was outside of her vehicle when she was hit and killed.Valemount RCMP say Mounties were alerted to the inc...
Jul 05, 2023
Second suspicious package found in Aberdeen neighbourhood: Kamloops RCMP
KAMLOOPS - A second suspicious package has been reported in Aberdeen in as many days.In a news release, Kamloops RCMP say a resident on the 2100-block of Sifton Avenue found a suspicious package at ar...
Jul 05, 2023
RCMP safely remove pipe bomb from Aberdeen street
KAMLOOPS - RCMP confirm a device that was discovered in a quiet Aberdeen neighbourhood Monday evening (July 3) was a pipe bomb. In a news release, detachment spokesperson Cpl. Crystal Evelyn says a 's...
Jul 04, 2023
Smokey skies hanging over Kamloops - Cariboo region
KAMLOOPS - Smoke from distant wildfires in northern B.C. and Alberta have entered the Kamloops airshed. And it appears the smoke could hang around for a few days.Residents of the region, woke up to cl...
Jul 03, 2023
