Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Province buys North Shore's Fortune Motel, announces plans for 40 supportive housing units
KAMLOOPS - The B.C. government has announced it has purchased the Fortune Motel on the Kamloops North Shore.In a news release, Attorney General and Housing Minister David Eby says work will now begin ...
Jun 11, 2021
Knife-wielding man returned to jail after North Shore confrontation with Kamloops RCMP
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP brought a knife-wielding suspect into custody on a North Shore street Wednesday (June 9).In a news release, spokesperson Cst. Crystal Evelyn says Mounties were informed that a...
Jun 11, 2021
People's Party to choose Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo candidate later this month
KAMLOOPS - The right-of-centre People's Party of Canada has two candidates vying to carry the party's banner in Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo whenever the next federal election is called. In a news releas...
Jun 11, 2021 Image Credit: PPC (Robson), CFJC Today (Delwo)
Former TRU president to receive President Emeritus title
KAMLOOPS - Thompson Rivers University has announced it will bestow the title of President Emeritus on former president and vice-chancellor Alan Shaver.Shaver led the university from 2010 to 2018 after...
Jun 11, 2021
Walk to honour residential school survivors and those impacted by the schools, begins Friday in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - An emotional three day Walking Our Spirits Home event will begin this morning in Kamloops, honouring residential school survivors as well as those who didn't return from the schools. Partic...
Jun 11, 2021
Kamloops man in custody, facing charges after Aberdeen business break-in
KAMLOOPS - RCMP have arrested a man after an Aberdeen-area business break-in Wednesday (June 9).In a news release, Kamloops RCMP spokesperson Cst. Crystal Evelyn says officers responded to a break-and...
Jun 10, 2021
Interior flood threat waning: B.C. River Forecast Centre
VICTORIA - The B.C. River Forecast Centre (RFC) says the flood risk from snowmelt has passed in B.C., meaning it would now take major rainfall events to induce flooding.In it's June 1 snow survey, the...
Jun 10, 2021
BCLC celebrates inclusion with Progress flag raising at company HQ in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Across North America, it's Pride Month. First celebrated in June 1970, one year after the Stonewall Uprising in New York City, Pride is about promoting self-affirmation, dignity, equality a...
Jun 10, 2021
In the wake of deadly fire, TNRD to renew probe into fire protection options for Monte Creek area
KAMLOOPS - After a deadly house fire in the Monte Creek area Tuesday evening (June 8), the Thompson-Nicola Regional District says it will continue to ask residents if they want to bring in a fire hall...
Jun 10, 2021
Police watchdog looking for witnesses to Merritt-area pursuit, shootout Sunday
MERRITT, B.C. - The Independent Investigations Office of B.C. (IIO) is calling on witnesses to come forward as it investigates a shootout between RCMP and a stolen vehicle suspect near Merritt.On Sund...
Jun 10, 2021
