Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Province-wide rent bank system being implemented with help from Kamloops and District Elizabeth Fry Society
KAMLOOPS - A program meant to prevent homelessness that was introduced in Kamloops and area is going to be provided across the province. Kamloops and District Elizabeth Fry Society (Kamloops E-Fry) wi...
Nov 23, 2021
Cargo trailer, motorcycle and horse trailer thefts highlight Salmon Arm RCMP's week of break-and-enter files
SALMON ARM, B.C. - Salmon Arm RCMP attended to multiple business and outbuilding break-and-enter files over the past week.A stolen Red Jeep Liberty SUV was located in the Sandy Point Road Area on Sund...
Nov 23, 2021
School District 58 looking to assist essential workers returning to Merritt
MERRITT, B.C. - School District 58 Nicola Similkameen will have access to one of their Merritt schools at noon today, as the phased return to town begins with the Bench area, including Bench Elementar...
Nov 23, 2021
Weekend calls for Kamloops RCMP include weapons seizure, shot fired report, and alleged threats
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP responded to approximately 334 calls for service from midnight on Friday (Nov. 19), to 9:00 a.m. on Monday (Nov. 22). Below are some highlights from those reports. Weapons loc...
Nov 23, 2021
B.C. records 1,052 new COVID-19 cases over the weekend, decrease in active caseload
VICTORIA - B.C. health officials say the province recorded 1,052 new COVID-19 cases over the weekend, along with ten new deaths. In a release sent Monday evening (Nov. 23), the Ministry of Health says...
Nov 23, 2021
District 73 grappling with short-term, long-term needs of evacuee families from Merritt
KAMLOOPS - Even with the prospect residents could get back into flood-stricken Merritt soon - many do not have livable homes waiting for them.That raises the prospect of an extended time out of the ci...
Nov 22, 2021
Merritt residents to begin returning home Tuesday
MERRITT, B.C. - The City of Merritt has outlined the plan to begin welcoming residents back to town, beginning with phase-1 on Tuesday, November 23.Phase 1: North of the RCMP StationWe anticipate that...
Nov 22, 2021
Loved ones, community members take up search for missing Kamloops woman Shannon White
KAMLOOPS - Monday (Nov. 22) marks 22 days since the disappearance of Shannon White - a 32-year-old Kamloops woman who hasn't been seen since the morning of Nov. 1.But her best friend, Angela Hulsman, ...
Nov 22, 2021
Classic Kamloops Christmas activity kicks off as Woodward's Christmas Tree farm opens for the season
KAMLOOPS - For the past 30 years, the Woodward Christmas Tree Farm has been the best location for families to kick off the Christmas season."You load up the family and bundle up. Head out on the hay w...
Nov 22, 2021
Peer mentoring program offered out of TRU for early childhood educators receives $1.4 million boost
KAMLOOPS - What was once a pilot project operating out of Thompson Rivers University is now an expansive peer mentorship program for early childhood educators. The university announced Monday (Nov. 22...
Nov 22, 2021
