Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Xget'tem Trail temporarily closed after 'suspicious object' found
KAMLOOPS - The Xget'tem Trail in Peterson Creek Park is temporarily closed after police received a report of a suspicious object.Kamloops RCMP said the trail is closed as of Saturday (Sept. 11) from t...
Sep 11, 2021
City of Kamloops investigating break-in at Barnhartvale Landfill and Yard Waste Site
UPDATE (12:45 p.m.): The City of Kamloops announced the Barnhartvale Landfill and Yard Waste Site is re-open. EARLIER: KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops announced that the Barnhartvale Landfill and Yard...
Sep 11, 2021
Advance polls see long lineups in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - The advance polls opened bright and early Friday morning (Sept. 10) and Kamloops residents were lined up outside - despite predictions by a Thompson Rivers University (TRU) political scienc...
Sep 10, 2021
Valleyview Secondary expansion on track, as student enrolment increase squeezes in
KAMLOOPS - With hundreds of students on the go, COVID-19 protocols to keep up with and an active construction zone within arm's reach, Valleyview Secondary Principal Barb Hamblett says staff and stude...
Sep 10, 2021
BC Wildfire Service winds down activities, sends home half of its air tankers
KAMLOOPS - The campfire ban has officially been lifted in the Kamloops area as of noon today.Campfires smaller than 0.5 metres high and 0.5 metres wide are now permitted in the Kamloops region, but th...
Sep 10, 2021
TRU poli-sci professor sees a light at the end of the tunnel for the 'Two Michaels'
KAMLOOPS - This week marks 1000 days since the Chinese government detained Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig in December 2018 - but Thompson Rivers University political science professor Robert Hanlon...
Sep 10, 2021
LISTS: Which City of Kamloops facilities will require a proof-of-vaccination card and which will not
KAMLOOPS - With the provincial proof-of-vaccination program kicking in next week, the City of Kamloops has clarified which municipal facilities will and will not require the public to produce vaccine ...
Sep 10, 2021
Wanted Barriere man accused of theft from dead person's home
BARRIERE, B.C. - RCMP in Barriere are looking for a 30-year-old man wanted in a theft case with a disturbing twist. In a news release, Cpl. Rob Welsman says the detachment launched an investigation in...
Sep 10, 2021
Williams Lake First Nation in beginning stages of radar search for remains
KAMLOOPS - Months after 215 unmarked graves were discovered on Tk'emlups te Secwepemc, many other First Nations across the country have started the process of finding remains. The Williams Lake First ...
Sep 10, 2021
Sun Peaks health centre inundated with requests for COVID-19 vaccine exemption letters
SUN PEAKS, B.C. - A doctor at the Sun Peaks Community Health Centre has written a letter to patients of the centre, saying he's disappointed with the number of people requesting a letter exempting the...
Sep 10, 2021
