Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
FortisBC to excavate, inspect gas line through Kenna Cartwright Park next week
KAMLOOPS - FortisBC has designated next week as a work week within Kenna Cartwright Park.According to the utility, crews will be excavating and inspecting two small sections of the Fortis natural gas ...
Jun 01, 2021
Apology issued after removal of memorial for Kamloops residential school victims
VICTORIA - An apology has been issued after a memorial honouring the young victims of the Kamloops Indian Residential School was removed from the steps of the British Columbia legislature just hours a...
Jun 01, 2021
Merritt dumpster fire epidemic grows
MERRITT, B.C. - The Merritt Fire department responded to yet another dumpster fire in the City on Monday (May 31) afternoon behind the Railyard Mall on Coldwater Avenue. Chief Dave Tomkinson was first...
Jun 01, 2021
Kamloops-born doctoral researcher one of 15 Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Scholars
KAMLOOPS - Fifteen leading doctoral researchers from across Canada and around the world have been selected for the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation's leadership program as 2021 Scholars.One of the re...
Jun 01, 2021
B.C. records 176 overdose deaths in April, fifth-highest monthly total ever
VICTORIA - B.C. recorded 176 deaths due to suspected illicit drug overdoses in April, the highest total ever for the month of April and the fifth-highest monthly total ever.New figures from the B.C. C...
Jun 01, 2021
Shooter in 2019 Brocklehurst murder given life sentence
KAMLOOPS - A man responsible for a 2019 Kamloops drug trade murder has been sentenced to life in prison. Hugh McIntosh was convicted of first degree murder in March. McIntosh shot Jason Glover to deat...
Jun 01, 2021
Band chief calls on feds to acknowledge responsibility for Residential School deaths
KAMLOOPS - Kukpi7 Rosanne Casimir thanked all those who supported the Tk'emlups te Secwepemc following the recent discovery of 215 bodies, in unmarked graves near the site of the former Kamloops India...
Jun 01, 2021
Graffiti discovered at St. Joseph's Catholic Church on Tk'emlups reserve
KAMLOOPS - There are few details, but Kamloops RCMP has confirmed it's investigating after graffiti was found on Monday (May 31) morning on the exterior of the historic St. Joseph's Catholic Church on...
May 31, 2021
The Loop trying to shed nuisance designation, working with city to improve situation
KAMLOOPS - The operator of local non-profit that has come under fire recently is feeling more hopeful after meetings with the city.Glenn Hilke runs The Loop on Tranquille Road, a social agency that pr...
May 31, 2021
Supports offered, education encouraged in wake of Kamloops Residential School burial site discovery
TK'EMLUPS - Throughout the region there are audible, visible signs of support for Indigenous communities in grieving after the discovery of 215 child burial sites near the former Kamloops Indian Resid...
May 31, 2021
