Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Tremont Creek wildfire smoke to intensify with planned ignition efforts: BCWS
KAMLOOPS - If you're seeing extra smoke billowing from the Tremont Creek wildfire today (Aug. 10), the BC Wildfire Service (BCWS) says part of that is due to a planned ignition.In a notice posted to T...
Aug 10, 2021
Province reports 187 new COVID-19 cases within Interior Health region
VICTORIA - The province is reporting 395 new cases of COVID-19 around B.C today, with nearly half of the new cases identified in Interior Health (IH). In today's update (Aug. 10), the B.C. Government ...
Aug 10, 2021
Care home residents returning to Chase
CHASE - Interior Health (IH) says it's begun moving care home residents back to Chase. The move comes after residents were moved with the community was placed under an evacuation alert because of the ...
Aug 10, 2021
TNRD partially downgrades Evacuation Order south of Merritt
KAMLOOPS - The Thompson-Nicola Regional District has rescinded an August 6 Evacuation Order prompted by the expansion of the July Mountain wildfire.The following properties are no longer under an Evac...
Aug 10, 2021
Kamloops woman wins $500,000 from Lotto Max draw in June
KAMLOOPS - It wasn't the $70 million jackpot that kept Canadians consistently checking their lottery numbers, but a Kamloops woman left the lotto-crazed month of June with a rich memory.Alison Trulsen...
Aug 10, 2021
Kamloops man arrested after alleged theft in Lower Sahali
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops man has been charged with one count of theft under $5,000 after being arrested Saturday (Aug. 7) night.The incident began when RCMP received a theft report from a business on the...
Aug 10, 2021
RCMP and Coroners Service investigating sudden death on the North Shore
KAMLOOPS - An investigation is ongoing following a sudden death on the North Shore this morning (Aug. 10).Kamloops RCMP responded to a parking lot on the 200-block of Tranquille Road at around 4:50 a....
Aug 10, 2021
Weekend for Kamloops RCMP includes consensual fight gone off the rails, drug seizure, and bear spray attack
Kamloops RCMP responded to approximately 399 calls for service from midnight Friday (Aug. 6), to 9 a.m. on Monday (Aug. 9). Below are some highlights from those calls.Man arrested after fight lands tw...
Aug 10, 2021
MAPS: Thefts of bicycles and from motor vehicles — Week of Aug. 2, 2021
KAMLOOPS - According to Kamloops RCMP, there were 29 reported auto break-ins and 12 reported bicycle thefts for the week of Aug. 2 to 8.See if your neighbourhood was hit: Week 31 Theft From Motor Vehi...
Aug 10, 2021
Caputo wins Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo Conservative Nomination
KAMLOOPS - Another candidate announced to replace Cathy McLeod as our MP in Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo. The Conservatives announced yesterday that Frank Caputo will be their candidate, joining the NDP'...
Aug 10, 2021
