Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Kamloops RCMP investigating after erratic driving leads to crash on Westsyde Road
KAMLOOPS - UPDATE: The owner of a flatbed pickup truck reported stolen last week went on a wild ride through Kamloops Wednesday (Oct. 16) after tracking down the truck himself.According to Kamloops RC...
Oct 16, 2019 Image Credit: Contributed / Joleen Anderson
Interior Health has lowest rate of overdose deaths in the province: BC Coroners Service
KAMLOOPS - It's been more than three years since a public health emergency was declared in B.C. over a spike in opioid-related overdose deaths - and numbers appear to be trending downward.According to...
James Peters Oct 16, 2019 Image Credit: File photo
Six years later, Tk'emlups RCMP still searching for Dean Morrison
KAMLOOPS - Police say the disappearance of a man from the Stump Lake area in October 2013 is still a priority case.In a news release, Cpl. Mike Mucha with Tk'emlups RCMP says officers are continuing t...
James Peters Oct 16, 2019 Image Credit: RCMP Handout
2019 Federal Election Issues: Climate
KAMLOOPS - It's a well-known fact that our climate is changing. To what extent is still a bit of an unknown. But 97 per cent of climate scientists around the world believe warming trends over the last...
James Peters Oct 15, 2019
Kamloops John Howard Society's employment program aims to give second chances
KAMLOOPS - The John Howard Society in Kamloops is helping some of the city's most vulnerable get back into the workforce. With help from the provincial government, the society has implemented a job tr...
Oct 15, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Green Party leader pays visit to Kamloops one week before election day
KAMLOOPS - Green leader Elizabeth May and her husband John Kidder, a Green candidate, arrived in Kamloops to much fanfare. The two jumped over to Kamloops after Thanksgiving dinner in Ashcroft. May fe...
James Peters Oct 15, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Kamloops woman who set her two children on fire, killing one, granted full parole
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops woman who set her two children on fire 22 years ago, killing one of them, has been granted full parole.However, the Parole Board of Canada says Donna Hysop is still not admitting...
James Peters Oct 15, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Man in distress taken to hospital after overnight standoff in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Police in Kamloops say they helped a man in medical distress after an hours-long standoff this weekend.Kamloops RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Jodi Shelkie says officers were called Friday (Oct. 11...
Oct 15, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Adam Donnelly
Province, legal aid society reach agreement
VICTORIA - An historic agreement has been reached between the provincial government, the Legal Services Society (LSS), and the Association of Legal Aid Lawyers (ALL). Kamloops lawyer Graham Kay sits o...
Oct 15, 2019 Image Credit: Andrei Rahalski | Dreamstime.com
Kamloops can expect drier, sunnier winter
KAMLOOPS - AccuWeather has released its 2019-20 winter forecast, and it appears that B.C. is in the clear - for now.According to the forecast, Ontario is expected to bear the brunt of the stormy weath...
Oct 15, 2019 Image Credit: Accuweather
Our Community
Question of the Week
Were you surprised by the City of Kamloops AAP voting result?
8h ago
Art of Gardening
Art of Gardening - Beautiful Hibiscus
Sound Off
SOUND OFF: Red Bridge could rise from the ashes, literally - here's how
13h ago
One Man's Opinion
COLLINS: Set aside some time this week to follow some heavy duty stories
Sep 22, 2024
Art of Gardening
Art of Gardening - Guerilla Landscaping
Week in Review
Week in Review: Week of Sept. 16
Sep 21, 2024
Two and Out
PETERS: Destruction of the Red Bridge clears the way for something much, much better
Sep 20, 2024