Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Despite promising overdose fatality stats for Kamloops, experts warn substance users of unsafe supply
KAMLOOPS - A recent report from the BC Coroners Service showed a decrease in the number of fatal overdoses within the Kamloops area. The report cites 24 people who died from an overdose in Kamloops be...
Dec 06, 2019 (Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kent Simmonds)
Hundreds of shoes to depict murdered women in somber display
KAMLOOPS - Women who have lost their lives to domestic violence will be remembered at a memorial service tomorrow (Dec. 7). The 12th annual Shoe Memorial will be held at Mocassin Square Gardens from 1...
Dec 06, 2019 (File Photo) Image Credit: CFJC Today
Mock-up of Patient Care Tower rooms provide opportunity for staff input
KAMLOOPS - The new Patient Care Tower is taking shape at Royal Inland Hospital. It's due to be completed in 2022 and will have a net gain of 15 beds. Individual rooms are a long way from being finishe...
Dec 06, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kent Simmonds
Update: Woman involved in dramatic stolen vehicle incident arrested
KAMLOOPS - UPDATE: Kamloops RCMP say a woman wanted after a stolen vehicle incident in Kamloops on Friday (Dec. 6), has now been arrested. In a release, Sgt. Sascha Fesenko says the woman was arrested...
Dylana Kneeshaw Dec 06, 2019 Image Credit: RCMP Handout
Clinton man who was acquitted in 2014 homicide now charged with first-degree murder
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - A man has been charged with first-degree murder in connection to a homicide in Williams Lake last year - and just months before, he was acquitted of manslaughter in a different c...
Dec 06, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Nearly $29,000 raised through United Way Homes for the Holidays fundraiser
KAMLOOPS - The Thompson-Nicola-Cariboo United Way's annual Homes for the Holidays fundraiser has brought in $29,000 for the community.Spokesperson Katie Neustaeter says this year's event featured five...
Dec 06, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Trans Canada closed near Albert Canyon
KAMLOOPS - The Trans Canada highway is closed in both directions near Albert Canyon this morning (Dec 6). Revelstoke RCMP says in a news release that officers were dispatched at roughly 4:30 a.m. toda...
Dec 06, 2019 Image Credit: Drive BC
Young woman taken to hospital after being struck by vehicle in Aberdeen
KAMLOOPS - An 18-year-old woman has been taken to hospital after being hit by a vehicle in Aberdeen.At roughly 7:00 p.m. last night (Dec. 5), Kamloops RCMP responded to a report of a pedestrian-involv...
Dec 05, 2019 Image Credit: Submitted / Nathan Ritchie
Police searching for missing woman
KAMLOOPS - RCMP looking for help in finding a missing 22-year old First Nations woman. Hayley Haines was last seen Tuesday (Dec. 3) in the area of Columbia Street and 3rd Avenue. In a news release, Ha...
Dec 06, 2019 Image Credit: RCMP
Kamloops MP pans throne speech
KAMLOOPS - "I don't think it will be any surprise that of course, I am disappointed in the speech from the throne." That's how Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo MP Cathy McLeod summed up Thursday's (Dec. 5) L...
Dec 06, 2019 Image Credit:CPAC
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