Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Quick-acting passerby saves driver after Nicola Lake plunge
MERRITT, B.C. - RCMP in Merritt are crediting a passerby with saving the life of a motorist whose vehicle plunged into Nicola Lake Tuesday (Sept. 29).According to an RCMP news release, the vehicle wen...
Sep 30, 2020
RCMP believe weekend business fire near Barriere may have been arson
BARRIERE, B.C. - RCMP in Barriere say a fire over the weekend may have been deliberately set.The fire was reported early Saturday morning (Sept. 26) at a business on Agate Bay Road south of Barriere.A...
Sep 29, 2020
Kamloops' top cop says sentencing in 2017 shootout highlights danger officers regularly face
KAMLOOPS - The head of the Kamloops RCMP detachment says he was satisfied to hear of a prison sentencing decision for a man who had shot at police officers in a 2017 incident. Three years ago, Shane W...
Sep 29, 2020
New videos from RIH Foundation highlight reality of COVID-19 diagnosis for young adults
KAMLOOPS - In order to get through to a younger audience, the Royal Inland Hospital Foundation has come forward with a visual telling of COVID-19 realities. As part of a new messaging campaign, RIH Fo...
Sep 29, 2020
Conviction quashed, new trial ordered for man accused of murder after wife's drowning near Revelstoke
VANCOUVER - A man convicted of first-degree murder after his wife drowned while boating has been granted a new trial.Justice Lauri Ann Fenlon of the B.C. Court of Appeal says in a decision released Tu...
Sep 29, 2020
Columbia Street paving project to tie up traffic for about a week
KAMLOOPS - One of the main thoroughfares through the city is getting a new sheet of asphalt, as well as other improvements over the next week, or so. Columbia Street from Sixth Avenue to the Valleyvie...
Sep 29, 2020
Merritt RCMP members apply tourniquet before arresting mischief suspect
MERRITT, B.C. - Mounties in Merritt had to apply a tourniquet to a profusely-bleeding break-in suspect last week.According to a news release, the incident happened Friday (Sept. 25) at a home on Belsh...
Sep 29, 2020
Demand triples for COVID-19 tests at Kamloops public health clinic
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health says the demand for COVID-19 tests in Kamloops has increased significantly in the month of September, partly due to the beginning of the school year. The onset of school and...
Sep 29, 2020
Kamloops council gives preliminary thumbs up to tax exemption for Paramount Theatre
KAMLOOPS - A year after a big disappointment at the Kamloops council table, the sequel has gone much better for the Kamloops Film Society (KFS).Council gave the society's application for a permissive ...
Sep 29, 2020
B.C. Greens name candidates in Kamloops-North Thompson, Fraser-Nicola
KAMLOOPS - The B.C. Green Party has nominated a pair of new candidates in the Kamloops area ahead of the October 24 provincial election.Thomas Martin will represent the party in Kamloops-North Thompso...
Sep 29, 2020
