Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Charges recommended for RCMP officer involved in violent Williams Lake arrest caught on camera
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - B.C.'s police watchdog is recommending charges against an RCMP officer after a violent arrest near Williams Lake was caught on camera. The incident happened on October 25, 2020, ...
Oct 14, 2021
Interior Health alerts Kamloops drug users to tainted speed
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health has issued a drug alert for a substance being sold as speed in Kamloops. IH says the substance appears as white or colourless crystals, spotted purple or black. Testing has ...
Oct 14, 2021 Image Credit: Interior Health
Rider Express granted new Okanagan, Trans Canada runs
KELOWNA - (NOTE: An earlier version of this story stated Rider Express would not be able to transport passengers between Enderby and Salmon Arm. That incorrect information came directly from the Passe...
Oct 14, 2021
Meet Sadie, Kamloops' top online sales-model
KAMLOOPS - A Brocklehurst resident has discovered the key to successfully selling items online: an effective sales-model.Alesia Willard regularly uses Facebook's Kamloops 24 Hour Auction page to offlo...
Oct 14, 2021
Transportation Safety Board finds no link between train activity and fire that destroyed Lytton
LYTTON, B.C. - The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) has concluded its investigation into the fire that destroyed the village of Lytton, saying it has found no connection between train activ...
Oct 14, 2021
Kamloops RCMP - Coroners Service investigating sudden death in mall parking lot
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP and the Coroner are investigation a sudden death that occurred in the 500-block of Notre Dame Drive at the Columbia Square mall this morning (Oct. 14).Police have taped off an...
Oct 14, 2021
Investigation underway into fire at Kamloops car lot
KAMLOOPS - Investigators are looking into a fire that broke out late Wednesday (Oct. 13) night at a used car lot on Tranquille Road.Kamloops Fire Rescue (KFR) says it was called out to the fire at Red...
Oct 14, 2021
Third doses start to roll out for immunocompromised residents
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops residents who are immunocompromised are enthusiastically rolling up their sleeves to get a third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine."I have rheumatoid arthritis. So, I got my text about ...
Oct 13, 2021
Kamloops sees significant decrease of weekly COVID-19 cases; out of dark red category
KAMLOOPS - For the first time since Aug. 8 to 14, the Kamloops local health area (LHA) is at an average daily rate per 100,000 population in between 10.1 and 15.According to the latest COVID-19 data m...
Oct 13, 2021
Organ donation up in first six months of 2021 at Royal Inland Hospital
KAMLOOPS - According to latest data from BC Transplant, organ donation at Royal Inland Hospital has seen an increase in the first six months of the year. Dr. Tim Schmidt, the Division Head of Critical...
Oct 13, 2021
