Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
IIO investigating circumstances around Clarke Street stabbing
KAMLOOPS - B.C's police watchdog has been called in to investigate police actions surrounding a recent homicide in Kamloops. The Independent Investigations Office of B.C (IIO) is looking into the circ...
Aug 04, 2020
Summer version of Barb's Used Book and Music Sale to be held in pop-up format
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Symphony's fundraising sale will return this month, with a different format for COVID-19 precautions. A pop-up edition of the Barb's Used Book and Music Sale is ready to launch...
Aug 04, 2020
Arrest made in family disturbance
KAMLOOPS - A 27-year old man was arrested last night (Monday) following a family dispute in Westsyde. Staff Sergeant Mat. Van Laer says police received a report around 9:00 PM Monday night about a man...
Aug 04, 2020
Second-degree murder charge laid - image released in Clarke Street killing
KAMLOOPS - Jason Michael Holm is facing a charge of second-degree murder in connection with Saturday's (Aug. 1) stabbing death on Clarke Street in Kamloops. Police allege the Kamloops man stabbed 39-y...
Aug 03, 2020
Kamloops Woman Named to Order of B.C.
VICTORIA - She has spent much of her life advocating for the health and well being of Indigenous children and families. Today the province is recognizing the efforts of Ruth Williams, naming her to th...
Aug 03, 2020
Wildfire worries in Kamloops Fire Centre
KAMLOOPS - Concern over potential wildfires is growing throughout the Kamloops Fire Centre. Hot dry weather has seen the fire danger rating grow from moderate to high through much of the region in the...
Aug 02, 2020
One dead in Clarke Street stabbing
KAMLOOPS - A 39-year-old man has been stabbed to death in Kamloops. The man was killed Saturday morning (August 1) at a home on Clarke Street. Kamloops RCMP were called to the home at 10:34 a.m. The v...
Aug 02, 2020
One man taken into Kamloops RCMP custody after home invasion
KAMLOOPS - One man has been taken into custody, after Kamloops RCMP responded to a home invasion early Saturday morning on the city's north shore. Staff Sgt. Mat Van Laer says in a release that office...
Aug 01, 2020
Power out for nearly 500 BC Hydro customers in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Nearly 500 BC Hydro customers are without power in Kamloops this morning (August 1). According to BC Hydro outage maps, the Batchelor Heights are has been impacted, and there's no cause ide...
Aug 01, 2020
Over a dozen new wildfire starts after lightning storm in Kamloops Fire Centre
KAMLOOPS - After plenty of lightning in the region last night (July 31), there have been at least 14 new wildfire starts in the Kamloops Fire Centre. Most of the starts have occurred over the last 24 ...
Aug 01, 2020
