Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
RCMP raid Brocklehurst duplex Thursday
KAMLOOPS - RCMP aren't saying whether a raid on a Brocklehurst home Thursday evening (May 9) is related to the ongoing gang battle taking place in Kamloops.According to witnesses, officers raided a du...
Aaron Schulze May 10, 2024
NDP government and opposition share divergent views of latest jobs report
KAMLOOPS - The latest Stats Canada labour survey reports shows unemployment across the nation held steady in April at 6.1 per cent.Stats Canada called the April job figures in British Columbia the fir...
May 10, 2024
Kamloops breweries collaborate on Shot of Gold 2.0 in support of local Paralympic champ
KAMLOOPS - Like the five families of the Italian-American mafia, the five craft breweries of Kamloops gathered on Thursday afternoon (May 9) at Iron Road Brewing.Representatives from Iron Road, Alchem...
May 09, 2024
Kamloops Fire Rescue holds boot camp to encourage young girls to join firefighting
KAMLOOPS - For the second consecutive year, the Kamloops Fire Rescue (KFR) held a Junior Girls Firefighter boot camp, where 20 female students from Grades 10 to 12 in School District 73 had hands-on e...
May 09, 2024
Man arrested after rash of assaults on bystanders in Merritt
KAMLOOPS - RCMP in Merritt say that community was hit with a string of violent incidents Wednesday (May 8) - and they believe one man was responsible.In a news release, Sgt. Brock Hedrick says police ...
May 09, 2024
Jury makes single recommendation as inquest into deadly 2018 Rose Hill police shooting wraps up
KAMLOOPS - In the final day of the coroners inquest into a 2018 police shootout that took the life of 35-year-old Eugene Marcano, court heard from two medical experts, including a pathologist from Roy...
May 09, 2024
Province pumps $8M into new Tolko Heffley Creek engineered wood product plant
KAMLOOPS - The provincial government is pumping $8 million into an expansion at the Tolko Heffley Creek mill.In a news release, Jobs, Economic Development and Innovation Minister Brenda Bailey says th...
May 09, 2024
RCMP resources sent in to help Kamloops Mounties investigate multiple arson, shooting incidents
KAMLOOPS - After a string of shooting incidents over this past week, Kamloops RCMP provided an update to local media outlets on Thursday (May. 9). A report of shots fired outside the Star Lodge, a dri...
Aaron Schulze May 09, 2024
With very low provincial snowpack, officials renew drought, wildfire warnings
VICTORIA - In the wake of a new set of troubling snowpack numbers for B.C., government officials are renewing their call for residents to prepare for a season of drought and wildfires.The latest Snow ...
May 09, 2024
TRU sees high interest in Nurse Practitioner program - with good potential grads will stay local
KAMLOOPS - It's been one year since Thompson Rivers University (TRU) launched its Masters of Nursing-Nurse Practitioner program (MN-NP). The degree course has 15 seats, which were quickly filled, with...
Aaron Schulze May 09, 2024
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