Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Truck driver killed by rockslide near Lillooet
LILLOOET, B.C. - RCMP in Lillooet say a commercial truck driver died Monday (Feb. 28) after his truck was hit by a rockslide.The incident happened on Highway 40 near the Yalakom River crossing. Emerge...
Mar 04, 2022
Singh officially launches campaign to become Kamloops' next mayor
KAMLOOPS - A long-time Kamloops city councillor has put his name in the ring to become the city's next mayor. On Friday morning on the steps of city hall, Arjun Singh announced his intention to run fo...
Mar 04, 2022
WATCH: Hundreds attend rally in support of Ukraine at TRU
KAMLOOPS - Approximately 300 people turned out for a rally to support Ukraine at Thompson Rivers University Thursday (Mar. 3). Speakers at the demonstration called on Russian President Vladimir Putin ...
Mar 04, 2022
City and service providers holding out hope for addition of complex care in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - The 2022 BC Budget outlines plans to open at least 20 additional complex care locations across the province, and Kamloops is hoping to get on that list. Complex care housing provides reside...
Mar 03, 2022
B.C. COVID-19 hospitalization rate decrease slows; 13 more deaths recorded
VICTORIA - Thirteen more people have died of COVID-19 in B.C. Thursday (Mar. 3). The latest surveillance report from the province's Ministry of Health shows three of the 13 deaths in Interior Health. ...
Mar 03, 2022
Drugs, cash seized after North Shore traffic stop
KAMLOOPS - A traffic stop led to a significant drug seizure for Kamloops RCMP last Friday.In a news release, detachment spokesperson Cst. Crystal Evelyn says an officer was patrolling on the North Sho...
Mar 03, 2022
Kamloops groups ready to welcome Ukrainians when they come
KAMLOOPS - Every day, thousands of Ukrainians are fleeing their war-torn country. According to the United Nations, more than a million people have left the Ukraine since the Russian invasion began las...
Mar 03, 2022
B.C. Review Board considers hospital discretion over Merritt child killer community leave
COQUITLAM, B.C. - The British Columbia Review Board is considering whether a psychiatric hospital director should have the discretion to allow up to 28 days of overnight leave for a man who was found ...
Mar 03, 2022
Kamloops property prices soar again in February as supply lags
KAMLOOPS - The local real estate board is reporting more eye-popping sales statistics, this time from the month of February. The latest report from the Association of Interior Realtors shows the avera...
Mar 03, 2022
Lower Sahali driver robbed at knifepoint while in her car
KAMLOOPS - RCMP in Kamloops are asking for the public's help tracking down a man who robbed a woman at knifepoint early Thursday morning (Mar. 3).Mounties were called to a parkade at a complex in the ...
Mar 03, 2022
