Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News

Coquihalla contractor expecting heavy overnight snow on highways
MERRITT, B.C. - Yellowhead Road and Bridge is expecting a heavy weather system to come in Tuesday evening (Jan. 5) and into Wednesday morning. Heaviest snowfall is expected for the Coquihalla Summit (...
Jan 05, 2021

Six-hour closure planned for avalanche control along Coquihalla Highway
KAMLOOPS - One of the busiest highways in the B.C. Interior will be closed for several hours starting Tuesday night (Jan. 5).Drive BC says the Coquihalla Highway between Merritt and Hope will be close...
Jan 05, 2021

Revelstoke returns to the forefront of COVID-19 activity in Interior Health
REVELSTOKE, B.C. - Interior Health (IH) is once again singling out the community of Revelstoke for increased COVID-19 spread. In a bulletin released Tuesday (Jan. 5), IH says the region saw 22 new cas...
James Peters Jan 05, 2021

Real Estate sales strong despite pandemic
KAMLOOPS - One thing the pandemic didn't hurt in 2020- the real estate market. The numbers are out for 2020, and they show that in December, there were 211 residential unit sales in the multiple listi...
James Peters Jan 05, 2021

Crews fight house fire downtown
KAMLOOPS - UPDATE - 7:00 am- JANUARY 5TH...Fire crews are in the mopup stages after a house fire early this morning in the 600 block of Battle Street downtown. Crews were called to 642 Battle Street a...
Jan 05, 2021

Shoplifting suspect bear sprays Sahali store employees
KAMLOOPS - RCMP are looking for tips after employees at a Sahali store were sprayed with bear spray on New Year's Day.According to a news release, Kamloops RCMP were called to a store in the 1100-bloc...
Jan 04, 2021

Kamloops man charged after New Year's Day gun theft from Dufferin store
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP say a stolen gun was retrieved after a New Year's Day break-and-enter. According to a news release, the call came in at about 1:00 p.m. on Friday (Jan. 1) at a business in the...
James Peters Jan 04, 2021

Kamloops RCMP holiday road checks find 21 impaired drivers
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP say road checks over the holidays resulted in 21 impaired drivers being taken off the road.According to a news release, the Counter Attack program included three weekends of r...
Jan 04, 2021

New assessments show average six per cent property value jump in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Annual assessments are in the mail for property owners across British Columbia - with most homeowners seeing another moderate hike in their assessed values.Within the City of Kamloops, owne...
James Peters Jan 04, 2021

Kamloops mayor offers hopeful look past COVID-19 pandemic into 2021
KAMLOOPS - The mayor of Kamloops is taking a positive approach to the new year after a tumultuous 2020. In a year-end interview with James Peters of CFJC Today, Ken Christian says the City will come t...
Jan 03, 2021

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