Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Rental vehicle abandoned in Cache Creek contained fentanyl-making supplies, corroded guns: RCMP
CACHE CREEK, B.C. - RCMP say the mystery surrounding an abandoned rental vehicle found in Cache Creek filled with drug production supplies is deepening. Mounties called the federal RCMP Clandestine La...
Jan 27, 2021
City of Kamloops to apply for cost coverage of Summit-Downtown connection routes
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops council is moving toward the creation of a continuous route from the top of Summit Drive to the Lansdowne bus exchange. The city is hoping to add two more components to the Xget'te...
Jan 26, 2021
RCMP seek info on Kamloops man's pre-arrest activities
KAMLOOPS - RCMP would like to know if you have some information about a recent Kamloops arrestee.Last Saturday (Jan. 23) at about 11:00 p.m., Mounties were called to Jasper Avenue after the report of ...
Jan 26, 2021
COVID-19 outbreak at Royal Inland Hospital grows to 50 active cases
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health says the COVID-19 outbreak at Royal Inland Hospital (RIH) has grown but it has not yet spread beyond the ward where it originated.In a Zoom meeting with reporters Tuesday mo...
Jan 26, 2021
VIDEO: Two years after his disappearance, Merritt rancher's family renews plea for information
MERRITT, B.C. - Two years after the manager of the Nicola Ranch near Merritt went missing, his family has renewed its plea for information into his disappearance.Ben Tyner disappeared from the ranch o...
Jan 26, 2021
Water main break disrupts service to North Shuswap community
ANGLEMONT, B.C. - UPDATE: CSRD says the break has been repaired but it will take "some time" before the reservoir is refilled. EARLIER: A major water main break has knocked out water service to a comm...
Jan 26, 2021
Kamloops Cowboy Festival hangs up the hat for good
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Cowboy Festival - a staple spring event in the local region - has taken its last ride. Organizers have opted to cancel the yearly festival with no plans to bring it back after ...
Jan 25, 2021
New school COVID-19 exposures in Cariboo, Shuswap, Merritt
KAMLOOPS - Multiple schools in Kamloops and area were added to Interior Health's school exposure list over the weekend - some of which have been there before.COVID-19 exposures have been reported at S...
Jan 25, 2021
Wild weekend for Kamloops RCMP includes stabbing, weapons seizure, robbery
KAMLOOPS - A busy weekend for Kamloops RCMP members included a stabbing, a weapons seizure and a robbery.---Early Friday morning (Jan. 22), RCMP were called to the report of a man who was robbed while...
Jan 25, 2021
IH reporting stable numbers for Gemstone Care Centre outbreak
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health says an outbreak at the Gemstone Care Centre in Brocklehurst has remained stable after the weekend. The last update on Friday (Jan. 22) stated there were 17 residents and se...
Jan 25, 2021
