Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Lytton residents should have electric back by September
LYTTON, B.C. - Lytton Council heard an update from BC Hydro Wednesday (June 8) on when power could be restored to the village that was 90 per cent destroyed by a wildfire almost a year ago.The destruc...
Jun 12, 2022
Flood watch issued for North Thompson River
KAMLOOPS - A flood watch has been issued for the North Thompson River and tributaries around Barriere and Clearwater.The B.C. River Forecast Centre (BCRFC) issued the watch around noon on Saturday (Ju...
Jun 11, 2022
City of Kamloops outlines $940,000 in Sandman Centre upgrades
KAMLOOPS - When the City of Kamloops was awarded the 2023 Memorial Cup, it came with it the requirement to bring the Sandman Centre up to the top of the Canadian Hockey League's standards. Ahead of ne...
Jun 10, 2022
Surveillance photos show Sahali armed robbery suspect stealing bright clothes: RCMP
KAMLOOPS - RCMP have released more information in hopes of identifying the suspect in a Sahali armed robbery. The incident happened at a business in the 1200-block of Summit Drive on Monday afternoon ...
Jun 10, 2022 Image Credit: Kamloops RCMP
Clearwater emergency room to close Sunday to Monday: Interior Health
CLEARWATER, B.C. - In news that is becoming all too common for Clearwater residents, the community's emergency department will be closed again this weekend.Interior Health says the closure will begin ...
Jun 10, 2022
Four arrested after stolen truck, travel trailer found in Barnhartvale
KAMLOOPS - RCMP arrested four men after recovering a stolen vehicle in Barnhartvale earlier this week.In a news release, detachment spokesperson Cst. Crystal Evelyn says officers were called to the 70...
Jun 10, 2022
Lengthy process ahead for Tk’emlúps and others working for answers around unmarked graves
TK'EMLUPS - There's no roadmap for how to handle an investigation like this, but Tk'emlps te Secwpemc is doing what it can to lay out next steps for the unmarked graves detected near the former Kamloo...
Jun 10, 2022
Former B.C. attorney general Oppal touts provincial police force
KAMLOOPS - Convocation at Thompson Rivers University (TRU) finished up on Friday (June 10) with the 2022 Faculties of Law and Art receiving their degrees. The TRU law school honoured a former school c...
Jun 10, 2022
Rebuild of Lytton, B.C., after devastating wildfire to begin by September: minister
OTTAWA - Rebuilding in the fire-ravaged village of Lytton, B.C., is likely to begin in September, according to the province's minister of public safety. That would be 15 months after an out-of-control...
Jun 10, 2022
Province warns of high water on Lower Thompson, Nicola Rivers
KAMLOOPS - A pulse of high water filling up the North Thompson River is making its way downstream and that has led to another provincial advisory.As of Friday afternoon (June 10), the B.C. River Forec...
Jun 10, 2022
