Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
More than five kilograms of drugs seized after Valleyview raid Thursday
KAMLOOPS - A police operation in Valleyview Thursday (Jan. 7) ended up yielding guns and a large quantities of drugs from other locations.The Kamloops RCMP Targeted Enforcement Unit (TEU) and Southeas...
James Peters Jan 08, 2021
Calendar Club comes through with bears for local trauma victims
KAMLOOPS - A seasonal retail store in Aberdeen Mall is leaving a long-lasting impact on victims of trauma in Kamloops.Calendar Club, which pops up every year in the mall around the holiday season, has...
Jan 08, 2021
Kamloops airport losing two flights a week to Calgary following WestJet cutbacks
KAMLOOPS - The operations manager at Kamloops Airport says there will be minimal impacts on flight schedules after WestJet announced a reduction of 160 domestic flights on Friday (Jan. 8). Ed Ratuski ...
James Peters Jan 08, 2021
Public consultation sought on Chase highway widening project
KAMLOOPS - With COVID-19 restrictions preventing traditional public feedback opportunities, the Transportation Ministry is hoping highway users will take a look at some videos explaining the project t...
Jan 08, 2021
Merritt fire hall expansion nears completion
MERRITT, B.C. - The long and winding road that has been the expansion project at the Merritt Fire Department is finally nearing completion.Back in 2012, the results of a fire station location study we...
Jan 08, 2021
Construction cranes at Royal Inland Hospital to come down next week
KAMLOOPS - It's a sign the $400-million Royal Inland Hospital Patient Care Tower project is moving to a new phase.Interior Health says the two massive construction cranes on the site will be dismantle...
James Peters Jan 08, 2021
New program aims to help Kamloops businesses embrace technological transformation
KAMLOOPS - Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, technology was changing how businesses were run and customers were reached. As a result of the pandemic, that change has been accelerated. That's one of t...
Jan 07, 2021
American living in Kamloops saddened by U.S. Capitol breach
KAMLOOPS - "I was hopeful going into 2021 and I'm a little upset that I was robbed of this peaceful start of 2021." Lesra Martin says he is saddened by the events that unfolded in the United States Ca...
James Peters Jan 07, 2021
MP McLeod's office broken into on New Year's Day
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo MP Cathy McLeod says her constituency office in Kamloops was broken into on New Year's Day. McLeod says whoever committed the crime had gone directly to her own of...
Jan 07, 2021
RCMP seek suspect in Sahali bear spray robbery
KAMLOOPS - RCMP are looking for tips after a robbery at a Sahali store Tuesday evening (Jan. 5).According to a release, a man walked into a store in the 500-block of Notre Dame Drive at about 6:36 p.m...
James Peters Jan 07, 2021

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