Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
BC Highway Patrol on alert during motorcycle safety month
May is BC Highway Patrol's (BCHP) motorcycle safety month.BCHP will have its patrol officers working from May 17 to May 21, along with an abundance of overtime officers, to help prevent collisions and...
May 08, 2024
Former winery marketer Erik Fisher takes the helm at Tourism Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Tourism Kamloops has a new CEO.In a news release issued Wednesday (May 8), the organization says Erik Fisher will take over leadership, effective immediately.The tourism marketing agency sa...
May 08, 2024
Upper Nicola Band finds human remains during construction
UPPER NICOLA, B.C. - The Upper Nicola Band, south of Kamloops, has halted construction on a community centre after finding human remains. "Construction crews discovered human remains. The RCMP were im...
May 08, 2024
Aerial spraying program buzzes downtown Kamloops Wednesday morning
KAMLOOPS - An aerial spraying campaign announced by B.C.'s Ministry of Forests last month is taking place over downtown Kamloops Wednesday morning (May 8).The spraying program is aimed at the invasive...
May 08, 2024
Mayor of Kamloops says he does not intend to resign despite council motion, damning report from adviser
KAMLOOPS - "The current council governance situation in Kamloops is not normal." That is how municipal adviser Henry Braun began his report to council's Committee of the Whole on Tuesday (May 7) morni...
James Peters May 07, 2024
Police looking for information on Honda Civic amid Sahali shooting investigation
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP have released stock images in a press release of a grey, 2000s-model Honda Civic that may be connected to the shooting that took place on Monday near the Ramada Inn in Sahali....
May 07, 2024
Vernon police investigate body found in vehicle
VERNON, B.C. - Police say the discovery of a dead person in Vernon is being treated as suspicious.A body was found in a parked vehicle on Eastside Road near Ellison Provincial Park Sunday evening (May...
May 07, 2024
Clearwater Writers’ Circle hosting meet the authors event
CLEARWATER, B.C. - The Clearwater Writers' Circle (CWC) will play host to a meet the authors event on June 8. A CWC news release notes 10 or more local authors will be at the Clearwater Elks Lodge fro...
May 07, 2024
Kamloops council's Committee of the Whole formally asks Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson to resign
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops council's Committee of the Whole has voted to ask Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson to resign.The vote came shortly after the provincially-appointed municipal adviser to Kamloops council de...
May 07, 2024
Kamloops loses eight more lives due to illicit drugs in March
KAMLOOPS - The toxic drug crisis claimed eight more lives in Kamloops in the month of March. New figures released Tuesday (May 7) by the BC Coroners Service show 28 deaths due to illicit drugs in Kaml...
May 07, 2024
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