Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Workers take picket lines in Kamloops asking for cost-of-living protection
KAMLOOPS - Local B.C. General Employees Union members are taking to the picket lines at the BC Liquor Distribution Branch in Kamloops striking for higher wages in order to afford to live.At 9881 Dalla...
Aug 15, 2022
Ashcroft residents consider moving away as healthcare challenges persist
ASHCROFT, B.C. - "The system is broken in a lot of ways, we need to find fixes not just Band-Aids but permanent solutions," said Barbara Roden, Mayor of Ashcroft. Tragedy has struck the village of Ash...
Aug 15, 2022
Kamloops-based fashion designer and models prepare for New York Fashion Week
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops-based designer Delayne Dixon is making her return to the Big Apple for New York Fashion Week 2022."This'll be my first show in three years, and I'm not usually nervous when it come...
Aug 15, 2022
Cultures collaborate in musical showcase for reconciliation at Sagebrush Theatre
KAMLOOPS - A musical and cultural experience for reconciliation was enjoyed on Sunday (Aug. 14) to heal wounds caused by the discovery of the unmarked graves at the former Kamloops Residential School ...
Aug 15, 2022
Suspect in apparent abduction killed by RCMP near Walhachin; police watchdog investigating
WALHACHIN, B.C. - B.C.'s police watchdog is investigating after a man was killed after an apparent abduction near Walhachin Sunday evening (Aug. 14).In a news release, B.C. RCMP say 9-1-1 operators re...
Aug 15, 2022
Kamloops RCMP Superintendent Syd Lecky leaving for new position in N.W.T.
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP's top cop, Supt. Syd Lecky is leaving the city after four years of serving in his position.Lecky is pursuing a new position as he is going to the Northwest Territories to beco...
Aug 15, 2022
Interior Health cautions residents of algae bloom on Nicola Lake
MERRITT, B.C. - Interior Health is advising residents and visitors in the Nicola region of an algae bloom on the west portion of Nicola Lake.In a notice Friday (Aug. 12), Interior Health says the caut...
Aug 15, 2022
MAPS: Thefts of bicycles and from motor vehicles - Week of Aug. 1, 2022
KAMLOOPS - The local RCMP detachment reports 34 thefts from motor vehicles and 10 bicycle thefts from Aug. 1 to Aug. 7.Take a look at the following maps to see if your neighbourhood was hit: Week 32 T...
Aug 15, 2022
Picket line to go up at Kamloops Distribution Centre as BCGEU begins strike action
KAMLOOPS - The union representing about 33,000 staff in the B.C. Public Service Agency says it will begin targeted job action at select BC Liquor Distribution Branch wholesale and distribution centres...
Aug 15, 2022
Four days of storms bring a noteworthy amount of lightning strikes to B.C.
KAMLOOPS - If you've noticed that the skies have been a lot stormier than usual lately, you are not alone - a weather system caused more lightning across the province in the past few days than is typi...
Aug 14, 2022
