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Merritt Mountie faces multiple gun charges in case spanning three years
MERRITT - A Merritt RCMP officer is facing a series of firearms-related charges including possessing firearms obtained through the commission of a crime. A statement from the BC Prosecution Service sa...
Oct 30, 2025 File Photo via Merritt RCMP
Canada helms G7 talks on critical mineral alliance after U.S.-China détente
TORONTO - Canada is heading up talks to establish a G7 critical mineral production alliance in what's widely seen as a bid to check China's reign over a supply chain key to everything from wind turbin...
Oct 30, 2025
Kamloops-Thompson School District eyes upcoming capacity crunch at secondary schools
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops' first new school in more than 20 years is still on budget and on schedule to be completed in the spring ahead of the new school year. Snine will help alleviate the deluge of eleme...
Oct 29, 2025
Woman left seriously injured after motorcycle crash on Highway 97C; police looking for video
KAMLOOPS - Police are looking for witnesses to help figure out what led to a single-motorcycle crash on Highway 97C between Logan Lake and Merritt. According to BC Highway Patrol, a blue Harley Davids...
Oct 29, 2025
Canada Post cutting management jobs as part of restructuring
OTTAWA - Canada Post is laying off an unspecified number of managers as part of a corporate restructuring that began earlier this year. In a message to workers, Canada Post chief executive Doug Etting...
Oct 29, 2025
City committee told Tranquille, Notre Dame are most crime-riddled corridors in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - There are two areas in the city that generate the majority of community service and police responses.At a meeting of the Kamloops council's Safety and Security Select Committee Tuesday (Oct...
Oct 28, 2025
Suspicious fire sends North Shore family to hospital
KAMLOOPS - For the second time this month, a house fire on the North Shore has sent a family to hospital. In this case, RCMP believe the fire's origin is suspicious.Kamloops RCMP say officers supporte...
Oct 28, 2025
Overnight blowing snow advisory issued for Okanagan Connector
MERRITT, B.C. - Drivers on the Okanagan Connector are being warned of challenging winter conditions overnight. In a blowing snow advisory issued shortly after 5:00 a.m. Tuesday (Oct. 28), Environment ...
Oct 28, 2025
Westmount students to be sent to three schools; classes to remain closed Tuesday
KAMLOOPS - Students at Westmount Elementary School will be out of class for one more day as the Kamloops-Thompson School District (SD73) finalizes its transition and relocation plan. The roughly 250 s...
Oct 27, 2025
Paramedic assaulted while filling ambulance at North Shore gas station
KAMLOOPS - (UPDATE Oct. 28, 6:00 a.m.): BC Emergency Health Services (BCEHS) says it is grateful to bystanders who rushed to help after a paramedic was assaulted at a gas station in North Kamloops on ...
Oct 27, 2025
