Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Tickets fly out the door for 2021 Kamloops Y Dream Home Lottery
KAMLOOPS - UPDATE: Spokesman Bryce Herman confirms the lottery has sold out as of 1:45 p.m.The prize draw will be held on June 30.EARLIER: The 2021 Kamloops Y Dream Home Lottery is about to sell out.S...
May 06, 2021
Kamloops Mounties look to reunite mobility scooter with its rightful owner
KAMLOOPS - RCMP are looking for the rightful owner of a mobility scooter found abandoned in Westsyde.The scooter was found on April 23, abandoned on Bank Road. Kamloops RCMP members could not find any...
May 06, 2021
Modest increase in Kamloops COVID-19 case count last week
KAMLOOPS - Many communities within Interior Health saw waning COVID-19 case count totals last week - but Kamloops was not among them.The B.C. Centre for Disease Control has released another round of c...
May 06, 2021
Investigation into TNRD finances assigned to federal RCMP unit
KAMLOOPS - The investigation into potential criminal irregularities in the Thompson-Nicola Regional District's (TNRD) financial books has been taken over by a federal unit of the RCMP.In March, the TN...
May 06, 2021
Man escapes serious injury in grizzly attack
KAMLOOPS - A very close call for a resident of Malakwa Tuesday. The man and his two dogs had a run-in with a grizzly bear Tuesday afternoon. The man was walking his dogs on his property in Malakwa, no...
May 06, 2021
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
