Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Sanctioned by Russia, Kamloops MP says he will not be intimidated
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo MP Frank Caputo says he won't be intimidated after his name was listed among Canadian MPs sanctioned by Russia Tuesday (Mar. 15).Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and ...
Mar 15, 2022
Snowfall warning issued for Coquihalla's Merritt-to-Hope stretch
KAMLOOPS - While Kamloops emerges from winter weather and looks forward to spring, the highest elevations of the Coquihalla corridor are still in the midst of a winter wonderland.Environment Canada ha...
Mar 15, 2022
MAPS: Thefts of bicycles and from motor vehicles — Week of March 7, 2022
KAMLOOPS - The local RCMP detachment reports 30 thefts from motor vehicles and four bicycle thefts from March 7 to 13, 2022.Take a look at the following maps to see if your neighbourhood was hit: Week...
Mar 15, 2022
One of three protesters who spread paint at Kamloops Trans Mountain consultation sentenced
KAMLOOPS - One of three Indigenous demonstrators who disrupted a 2018 round table consultation meeting surrounding the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion has been sentenced. On December 10, 2018, Mayuk...
Mar 15, 2022
TRU hires new permanent provost
KAMLOOPS - Thompson Rivers University (TRU) will have a new provost and vice-president academic on July 1, 2022.In a news release Monday (March 14), TRU announced that Dr. Gillian Balfour accepted the...
Mar 15, 2022
Tim McGraw, Darius Rucker to headline Rockin’ River 2022
MERRITT, B.C. - The first lineup announcement ahead of Rockin' River 2022 has been released with Tim McGraw and Darius Rucker headlining a talented list of artists set to come to the Nicola Valley thi...
Mar 15, 2022
Brocklehurst bakery explains background behind WorkSafe BC fines
KAMLOOPS - Craig Einfeld woke up Sunday morning (Mar. 13) to social media posts and phone calls about an article that was reporting his bakery had been fined more than $8,000 by WorkSafe BC. That was ...
Mar 14, 2022
Police seeking information from witnesses to summer stabbing incident
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP are hoping witnesses to a stabbing incident that took place last summer will now come forward. In a release today (Mar. 14), Cst. Crystal Evelyn says investigators are reachin...
Mar 14, 2022
Kamloops RCMP investigating after reported parking lot brawl ends in stabbing
KAMLOOPS - Police in Kamloops say three people were taken to hospital this weekend after a parking lot brawl escalated into an assault with a weapon investigation. In a release, Cst. Crystal Evelyn sa...
Mar 14, 2022
COVID-19: B.C. sees 14 more deaths; hospitalization decreases slightly
VICTORIA - Even as COVID-19 restrictions have eased in B.C., the virus is still taking lives in the province.The latest surveillance report from the province's Ministry of Health shows 14 more COVID-1...
Mar 14, 2022
