Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Woman arrested for shoplifting two days in a row by Kamloops RCMP
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP nabbed a pair of shoplifting suspects red-handed in Lower Sahali Tuesday (Mar. 8).In a news release, Cst. Crystal Evelyn says an officers was investigating another matter at a...
Mar 09, 2022
B.C. COVID-19 death toll grows by 14 Wednesday
VICTORIA - Even as hospitalization and case counts decrease, the COVID-19 pandemic is still taking a deadly toll on B.C.According to the latest surveillance report provided by B.C.'s Ministry of Healt...
Mar 09, 2022
Kamloops funeral director serving more families devastated by overdose deaths
KAMLOOPS - A panel of experts gathered by the BC Coroners Service released a report on the overdose crisis today (Mar. 9) - along with recommendations to reduce the amount of toxic drug fatalities. Th...
Mar 09, 2022
Despite concerns, Kamloops councillors contend residents will get say on major developments
KAMLOOPS - The city's official plan, KamPlan, hopes to reach 120,000 residents by 2039. It's well on track with an 8.4 per cent jump in population in the last five years, going from 90,000 in 2016 to ...
Mar 09, 2022
Kamloops woman sues IH and two surgeons, claiming they operated on the wrong ankle
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops rancher is suing Interior Health and a pair of surgeons after they operated on the wrong ankle.According to a Notice of Civil Claim filed in B.C. Supreme Court, Julie Alison Reid...
Mar 09, 2022
River Forecast Centre predicts elevated risk for spring flooding
KAMLOOPS - The B.C. River Forecast Centre (RFC) says above-normal snow pack levels and a cool spring ahead makes spring flooding likely across the province.As of March 1, the North Thompson snowpack s...
Mar 09, 2022
Merritt council approves feasibility study for performing arts centre
MERRITT, B.C. - As a followup to a presentation from the Nicola Valley Theatre Society two weeks ago, Merritt City Council voted to approve undertaking a feasibility study for a performing arts centre...
Mar 09, 2022
COVID-19 outbreaks at Overlander, Ponderosa drawing to a close
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health says the COVID-19 outbreak at Overlander Residential Care has been declared over. And, if all goes according to plan, the outbreak at Ponderosa Lodge will be declared over i...
Mar 09, 2022
City shelves second phase of Hillside Drive extension
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops is scrapping a planned second phase of the Hillside Drive extension.The first phase of the extension, connecting McGill Road behind the Thompson Rivers University campu...
Mar 09, 2022
Rifles and 'thousands of rounds of ammunition' seized in overweight vehicle: BC Highway Patrol
KAMLOOPS - A man in his 60s from the Lower Mainland faces numerous firearm charges after B.C. Highway Patrol Kamloops officers seized six rifles and thousands of rounds of ammunition. Officers were wo...
Mar 09, 2022
