Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News

Bans extend to Category 2 and 3 fires in Kamloops Fire Centre next Friday
KAMLOOPS - Strengthened fire bans in the Kamloops Fire Centre will take effect one week from Friday.In a news release, the B.C. Wildfire Service says Category 2 and Category 3 fires - meaning any fire...
Jun 04, 2021

RCMP appeal for tips after Kamloops man's disappearance
KAMLOOPS - RCMP are putting the word out about a missing young man from Kamloops. Domonic Cleaveley, 18, was last seen at about 5:00 p.m. Thursday (June 3). Description: Fair skin 6'1" 140 lbs Straigh...
James Peters Jun 04, 2021

Transport Canada restricts drone activity above former Kamloops residential school
OTTAWA - Transport Canada has issued a NOTAM, or Notice to Airmen, regarding the are above the former Kamloops residential school. The notice restricts all air traffic 500 feet above the site and belo...
James Peters Jun 04, 2021

READ: How to support Tk'emlups te Secwepemc
TK'EMLUPS - After the horrific discovery announced at the former Kamloops residential school, many are wondering how they can help and support the Tk'emlups te Secwepemc community. The First Nation ha...
James Peters Jun 04, 2021

RCMP execute search warrants, arrest several
KAMLOOPS - RCMP say a trespassing call earlier this week eventually led to the arrest of several people and the execution of warrants in Kamloops, Abbotsford, Barriere and 100 Mile House. Around 9:00 ...
Doug Collins Jun 04, 2021 Image Credit: CFJC Today

Many have given up looking for work : STATSCAN
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says the economy lost 68,000 jobs in May as lockdowns to slow the spread of COVID-19 continued. The unemployment rate was 8.2 per cent in May, little changed from the 8.1 pe...
Jun 04, 2021

Chief calls news conference as memorial grows near Kamloops, B.C., residential school
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - An update is expected from the chief of the Tk'emlups te Sewepemc First Nation, a week after the band announced the discovery of what are believed to be the remains of 215 children at...
Doug Collins Jun 04, 2021

RCMP open file, pledge to support Tk'emlups te Secwepemc on residential school discovery
TK'EMLUPS - The Tk'emlups Rural RCMP detachment has opened a file related to the discovery of children's remains near the former Kamloops Indian Residential School.In a news release distributed Thursd...
Doug Collins Jun 03, 2021

Author of Five Little Indians hoping her book encourages better understanding of residential schools
KAMLOOPS - "Clara cried and cried for Lily, for herself, for her lost angel." Michelle Good also cries for Lily, one of the book's characters who dies of tuberculosis at a residential school in Missio...
Jun 03, 2021

Average Kamloops sales price has jumped 18 per cent in a year: real estate association
KAMLOOPS - The red-hot Kamloops real estate market cooled slightly in May, but remains tilted heavily in favour of sellers. New totals released by the Kamloops and District Real Estate Association (KA...
James Peters Jun 03, 2021

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