Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
KFR contains second fire in five weeks at Mission Flats Landfill
KAMLOOPS - A rough, early start to Good Friday.Kamloops Fire Rescue (KFR) responded to, and controlled, a fire at Mission Flats Landfill at 4 a.m. on Friday (April 2). The landfill is open to the publ...
Apr 03, 2021
Driver in collision that killed TRU employee sentenced to probation, fined
KAMLOOPS - A man who pleaded guilty to being behind the wheel of a truck that killed a woman near Thompson Rivers University has received his sentence.David Mathew Tucker pleaded guilty to driving wit...
Apr 02, 2021
Same man described in two Kamloops suspicious person reports
RCMP say they are looking into reports from two different people of a man with the same description acting suspiciously.Just before 12:00 noon on Wednesday (Mar. 31), police were told of a man trying ...
Apr 01, 2021
Two small wildfires ignite in the Kamloops area
KAMLOOPS - Winds are whipping a pair of newly-started wildfires in the Kamloops area. The first was reported earlier Thursday (Apr. 1) in the area of the Neskonlith Reserve just southwest of Chase. Na...
Apr 01, 2021
Interior Health "cautiously optimistic" vaccine rollout will prevent spike in hospitalizations
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health says it is hopeful that an efficient vaccination rollout can prevent a major spike in hospitalizations. Chief Medical Health Officer Dr. Albert de Villiers says the vaccinat...
Apr 01, 2021
Security guard seen kicking person on West Victoria Street has license suspended by the province
KAMLOOPS - The security guard caught on camera kicking a street person two weeks ago has been suspended by the province. The Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General confirmed to CFJC Today the...
Apr 01, 2021
Project tender announced for latest Trans-Canada improvements through Chase
KAMLOOPS - Another construction job within the four-laning Trans-Canada highway project through Chase, is going to tender.The provincial ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure issued a news rel...
Apr 01, 2021
13th Street residents fed up with nuisance property
KAMLOOPS - On Monday (Mar. 29), Kamloops RCMP and the Southwest District ERT raided a 13th Street property and seized weapons, drugs, cash and stolen property. Now, neighbours who live near the reside...
Apr 01, 2021
Barriere RCMP issue province-wide warrant for Ontario man
KAMLOOPS - Mounties are hoping the public can help them to track down a 31-year-old man from Scarborough, Ontario.Catalin Feraru is wanted for fraud under $5,000 dating back to an incident that occurr...
Apr 01, 2021
Spike belt brings stolen motorhome pursuit to an end near Merritt
MERRITT, B.C. - A pursuit involving a pair of stolen vehicles ended with a spike belt near Merritt.According to Sgt. Joshua Roda of Merritt RCMP, the incident began earlier Thursday (Apr. 1) when RCMP...
Apr 01, 2021
