Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Kamloops Immigrant Services joins video project to encourage anti-racism, highlight diversity
KAMLOOPS - Immigrant and community service groups from around the Interior and Okanagan have joined together to release a new video this week. 'What Do You See?' was created to raise awareness around ...
May 06, 2021
Kamloops bus rider allegedly made sexual gestures toward youngsters
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP are investigating a report of a man making sexual gestures to children on a transit bus. In a news release, spokesperson Cst. Crystal Evelyn says the incident took place Wedne...
May 06, 2021
BC student aid websites back online with no data compromised after potential hack
VICTORIA - Student loan websites in B.C. are back up and running after an alleged hacking incident forced them to shut down on Monday (May 3). The StudentAid BC website along with LiveLearn BC's websi...
May 06, 2021
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
