Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Merritt RCMP implement two-pronged approach to overdose deaths
MERRITT, B.C. - According to the latest report from the BC Coroners Service, the City of Merritt has the highest illicit drug death rate per 100,000 people in British Columbia. From January to April, ...
Oct 12, 2021
Kamloops RCMP seek person potentially associated with suspicious overdose death
KAMLOOPS - RCMP are releasing information on a person who may be connected to a Kamloops suspicious death from August.At about 8:00 p.m. on August 26, RCMP officers were called to a business in the 12...
Oct 12, 2021
Tk'emlúps te Secwe̓pemc and Indigena Capital Acquires RCMP building on reserve
KAMLOOPS - Tk'emlps te Secwepemc (TteS) and Indigena Capital, LP (Indigena) joined forces on the acquisition of the RCMP Tk'emlps Rural Attachment building on TteS Reserve lands. The acquisition repre...
Oct 12, 2021
Tim Hortons Orange Sprinkled Donut fundraiser raises $1.6 million
KAMLOOPS - Tim Hortons and its 1,500 restaurant owners across Canada raised more than $1.6 million in support of residential school survivors through the Orange Sprinkled Donut campaign.The donuts fir...
Oct 12, 2021
2021 B.C. wildfires could impact 2022 property assessments: BC Assessment
KAMLOOPS - BC Assessment is asking British Columbians whose properties were impacted by the 2021 wildfires to connect with them for assistance in determining their property's accurate status.Affected ...
Oct 12, 2021
Kamloops man arrested after allegedly stealing a truck in Barriere
BARRIERE, B.C. - Barriere RCMP arrested a 32-year-old man from Kamloops for theft of a pickup truck.Police received a report that a white Ford F150 pickup truck had been stolen from an address on Summ...
Oct 12, 2021
The turkey's journey from near extinction to Thanksgiving dinner centrepiece
KAMLOOPS - Before Canadians tuck into a plate piled high with potatoes and vegetables this weekend, the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) encourages people to give thanks for the heroic recovery stor...
Oct 10, 2021
City of Kamloops and Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc unveil banners that represent togetherness
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops unveiled the first installation of a collaborative banner project with Tk'emlps te Secwpemc (TteS) on Thursday (Oct. 7). The banners on the exterior of City Hall were d...
Oct 10, 2021
Children cut their fathers' hair in mental health fundraiser
KAMLOOPS - Cutober, the fundraiser in Kamloops where parents let children cut their hair, got a head start for Mental Health Awareness Week.Organizer Nathaniel Martin says their hair cut fundraiser at...
Oct 09, 2021
Clearwater's emergency department to be closed most of Sunday
CLEARWATER - Clearwater and area residents are advised of a temporary change to the emergency department hours of Dr. Helmcken Memorial Hospital's emergency department this weekend. Interior Health sa...
Oct 09, 2021
