Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
TRU study suggests increasing communication with First Nations to address future wildfires
KAMLOOPS - A study of B.C.'s wildfire communications practices during the 2017-18 seasons by Thompson Rivers University (TRU) experts suggests revisiting existing approaches, due to climate change inc...
Sep 22, 2021
Re-elected Merritt-area MP Albas ready to get back to work following election victory
MERRITT, B.C. - Conservative Dan Albas will be returning to Ottawa for his fourth term as an MP whenever the House of Commons is recalled.Following his big victory on Monday night, Albas joined Q101 t...
Sep 22, 2021
Caputo sets sights on Ottawa as dust settles from 2021 federal election
KAMLOOPS - Here in the BC interior, there is some deja vu after last night's federal election. Conservative Party Candidate Frank Caputo will become the next Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo MP. Some minor s...
Sep 21, 2021
'You can run a fence post, it will win': Sundhu not surprised a Conservative is returning to Ottawa from riding
KAMLOOPS - Bill Sundhu hoped a return to the federal ballot would lead to change, and ultimately result in a trip to Ottawa. However, that did not go according to plan. "We thought it was a much more ...
Sep 21, 2021
B.C. COVID-19 case count at 525 Tuesday; hospital admissions spike
VICTORIA - B.C. has seen a concerning spike in hospitalizations due to COVID-19. According to data released by the province's health ministry Tuesday (Sept. 21), there are now 332 people in hospital w...
Sep 21, 2021
Man killed in Dallas highway crash was ebike rider; RCMP seek witnesses
KAMLOOPS - RCMP are looking for witnesses to a crash that killed a cyclist along the Trans Canada Highway early Tuesday morning (Sept. 21).In a news release, Cst. Crystal Evelyn says officers found on...
Sep 21, 2021
Man arrested near Armstrong after person found dead in shooting
ENDERBY, B.C. - A man was arrested near Armstrong after a shooting near Vernon.Vernon/North Okanagan Rural RCMP discovered a dead person in 4500-block of Enderby Road after receiving a call of a possi...
Sep 21, 2021
Accident in Dallas confirmed fatal
UPDATE (10 a.m.): Kamloops RCMP confirmed one person was found dead on the East Trans Canada Highway near Dallas. Highway 1 is reopened after westbound lanes were closed while police and the coroner i...
Sep 21, 2021 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kent Simmonds
Greens' Currie laments electoral process while local Liberal dodges questions about first-past-the-post
KAMLOOPS - "It's a great process. I wish our government allowed it to work for Canadians, rather than working for politicians," Green Party candidate for Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo, Iain Currie says.Fr...
Sep 21, 2021
Federal election "a success of all the opposition parties": TRU political expert
KAMLOOPS - The Liberals emerged victorious in Monday's (Sept. 20) election, but a Kamloops political expert says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau hardly achieved his goal when he threw the country into t...
Sep 21, 2021
