Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Thompson-Nicola region expected to see more film projects in near future
KAMLOOPS - The Thompson-Nicola Film Commission (TNFC) is seeing an increase in regional independent film production.Screen Siren Pictures announced it's on schedule to shoot a feature film about a fam...
May 05, 2021
Kamloops residents urged to get the first shot they can as city vaccinations climb over 41,000
KAMLOOPS - There is some progress being made in the Interior's pandemic fight this week. IH Medical Health Officer Dr. Carol Fenton says virus transmission in the region is heading in the right direct...
May 05, 2021
TteS leadership asks people to wear red to honour missing and murdered Indigenous women
KAMLOOPS - Tk'emlups te Secwepemc leadership is encouraging people to wear red today to pay their respects to girls and women who have been lost to violent crimes. May 5 is Red Dress Day, a day of rec...
May 05, 2021
Cariboo man arrested for allegedly stealing dump truck, abandoning it near Logan Lake
LOGAN LAKE, B.C. - A 22-year-old man from Williams Lake was arrested after he allegedly abandoned a stolen dump truck alongside Highway 97C between Ashcroft and Logan Lake.Logan Lake RCMP said they re...
May 05, 2021
Residential builds dominate construction sector in Kamloops for April
KAMLOOPS - The latest numbers from the City of Kamloops show a slower month of April as the city's building sector lags behind 2020's record-setting pace.Totals released by the City's Building Inspect...
May 05, 2021
Merritt teachers begin receiving vaccine doses
MERRITT, B.C. - Lobbying from the Nicola Valley Teachers' Union has paid dividends as teachers in Merritt have begun to receive their COVID-19 vaccines.Last week, Peter Vogt, the Nicola Valley Teacher...
May 05, 2021
Ashcroft RCMP search for suspect in alleged window smashing and vehicle break-in
CACHE CREEK, B.C. - A man allegedly smashed a window at the Sundowner Motel at 1085 Trans-Canada Hwy. in Cache Creek.On April 8 at 7:13 p.m., video surveillance from the motel showed an older male, wi...
May 05, 2021
Kamloops RCMP seek witnesses to parking lot assault
KAMLOOPS - A reported assault transpired in the Save-On-Foods parking lot on Tranquille Road in Brocklehurst Thursday evening (Apr. 29).The victim said a man associated to a white Toyota SUV grabbed h...
May 05, 2021
Valleyview residents fear vigilantism over homeless, crime issues along riverbanks, in their neighbourhoods
KAMLOOPS - Julie Dormer knows there's a housing crisis, and the chair of the Valleyview Community Association is sympathetic to people who are without a home. "It's understandable that people are goin...
May 04, 2021
SD73 looks to spread out crowded students as it awaits capital funding
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops-Thompson School District is asking parents for their feedback as they look to change catchment area boundaries and reopen a shuttered elementary school.By 2022, there could be ...
May 04, 2021
