Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Public budget meeting outlines 12 supplemental items for residents to discuss
KAMLOOPS - It's been two years of belt-tightening and budget cutbacks as the city has tried to minimize the financial side affects of the pandemic. However, with COVID-19 restrictions loosening and li...
Mar 10, 2022
B.C. Wildfire Service plans controlled burn near Lytton
KAMLOOPS - The B.C. Wildfire Service (BCWS) is planning a prescribed burn in the Lytton area as early as next week.The burn will take place just south of the Lytton townsite, adjacent to the Trans Can...
Mar 10, 2022
Eight-year-old from Merritt donates a truckload of goods to Kamloops SPCA
MERRITT, B.C. - An eight-year-old girl from Merritt made a significant donation to the Kamloops and District SPCA.Vanessa van Rensburg says her daughter Kate worked for nearly a month to donate a truc...
Mar 10, 2022
Kamloops RCMP receiving complaints of drilled gas tanks and stolen fuel
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP are asking the public to be on the lookout for suspects, following recent reports of fuel thefts targeting pickup trucks.RCMP say they've received at least four mischief and t...
Mar 10, 2022
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
