Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Break-and-enter, impaired driving and stolen BMX bike highlight Kamloops RCMP weekend
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP responded to approximately 368 calls for service from midnight Friday, May 7, to 9:00 a.m. on Monday, May 10. Below are some highlights from those calls.Man arrested in allege...
May 12, 2021
TRU hosts virtual town hall as it plans in-person classes, no mandatory vaccinations for students attending on campus
KAMLOOPS - After a year without students on campus, there will be life in the classrooms and hallways at Thompson Rivers University this fall. In-person classes are being planned as part of the Go For...
May 11, 2021
Barb's Used Book and Music Sale takes on new format
KAMLOOPS - A biannual fundraiser for the Kamloops Symphony Orchestra (KSO) has been reimagined this season. Barb's Used Book and Music Sale is normally an in-person shopping event, but because of pand...
May 11, 2021
Kamloops artists adapt acts for pandemic, hope for return to live events
KAMLOOPS - There's no business like show business. But, since the start of the pandemic, that business has been struggling. It's been nearly 14 months since most theatre and music performances were ca...
May 11, 2021
B.C. records 515 new COVID-19 cases and two more virus deaths
VICTORIA - B.C. is reporting 515 new COVID-19 cases today (May 11), with two additional virus-related fatalities. In a release, Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry reports 6,020 active cases of...
May 11, 2021
ASK Wellness pitches in to clean twenty Kamloops streets in twenty days
KAMLOOPS - Each year, when the sun heats up and the snow melts, a bounty of litter is revealed on city streets. Each year, different community organizations step up and clean up much of that litter th...
May 11, 2021
Suspect in police custody after Brocklehurst Middle School threat
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP say a suspect is in custody following a school threat which resulted in two North Shore schools being placed under a hold and secure order earlier today (May 11). Police were ...
May 11, 2021
Kamloops and District Labour Council: three paid sick days 'a good start, but 10 days would be better'
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops and District Labour Council's president was pleased with the B.C. government's paid sick leave legislation.Lois Rugg said while three paid sick days to support those affected b...
May 11, 2021
Two Brocklehurst schools placed on hold and secure while RCMP investigate threats
KAMLOOPS - School District 73 says Brocklehurst Middle School and Kay Bingham Elementary have both been placed on a hold and secure this afternoon (May 11). Kamloops RCMP media relations officer Cst. ...
May 11, 2021
RCMP seeking wanted man out of P.G. who may be in Kamloops area
KAMLOOPS - Mounties are asking for the public's help in locating a man wanted out of Prince George who may be in the Kamloops area. Kamloops RCMP say 25-year-old Sam Anthony Rossetti is wanted on unen...
May 11, 2021
