Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Pent-up demand from pandemic, low inventory driving high housing prices in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Houses are selling at a rapid pace in Kamloops lately. Realtors say if they are priced right and show well, they're snapped up within days. "I've been in line-ups, waiting to show homes," s...
Aug 05, 2020
Merritt man facing multiple charges after alleged sexual interference with children
MERRITT - Merritt RCMP are asking the public for more information after a man was allegedly touching children inappropriately. On August 2, Merritt RCMP were called to the Claybanks R.V Park along Vog...
Aug 05, 2020
WATCH: B.C Conservation Officers wiggle jar off coyote's head
MAPLE RIDGE - B.C Conservation Officers recently freed a coyote's head from a glass jar in the Maple Ridge area. The CO Service tweeted a video Tuesday (Aug. 4), showing a Conservation Officer wigglin...
Aug 05, 2020
Central Mountain Air schedules new YKA flight
KAMLOOPS - Central Mountain Air is planning limited flights between Kamloops and Vancouver. Beginning August 9, the airline will offer one direct flight from Kamloops to Vancouver every Friday at 5:45...
Aug 05, 2020
Kamloops real estate market continues to bounce back from COVID-19 impacts
KAMLOOPS - The President of the Kamloops and District Real Estate Association (KADREA) expects the local real estate market to improve through the end of the year. Wendy Runge says after a difficult s...
Aug 05, 2020
RCMP issues reminder to avoid bringing imitation firearms in public
KELOWNA - Kelowna RCMP are using a photo comparison to remind the public of the hazards carrying replica firearms in public can bring. RCMP say officers are seeing more imitation guns showing up durin...
Aug 05, 2020
Kamloops murder victim was father of five, planned to meet newborn daughter
KAMLOOPS - The murder of a man in Kamloops over the BC Day Long Weekend is being felt far across the country. 39-year-old Paul Samuel Whitten Jr. was stabbed on Clarke St. Saturday and died as a resul...
Aug 04, 2020
Province records 146 new cases of COVID-19 over B.C Day long weekend
VICTORIA - Health officials in B.C are announcing 146 new cases of COVID-19 after the B.C Day long weekend. The new recordings bring the B.C total to 3,787 cases,. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie...
Aug 04, 2020
First degree murder charge laid after death of North Okanagan man
VERNON - RCMP have arrested a woman in connection to recent murder in the North Okanagan. In a release, the B.C RCMP Southeast District Major Crime Unit says 59-year-old Lynda Saundry has been arreste...
Aug 04, 2020
Financial relief on the way for flood victims
VICTORIA - Disaster assistance is now available for those impacted by flooding this spring and summer. Those living with the City of Kamloops or in Electoral Areas E, I and J of the Thompson-Nicola Re...
Aug 04, 2020
