Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
'I didn't even get the words out of my mouth'; Riverside Park security guard hopes to return to work soon after assault
KAMLOOPS - A security guard who was assaulted at Riverside Park last week is recovering after surgery on Tuesday night (July 7). Glen Warner, a security guard with Secure Guard, was patrolling the par...
Jul 08, 2020
Film society to continue screening movies at McArthur Island pop-up drive-in theatre
KAMLOOPS - The pop-up drive-in movies at McArthur Island will continue.In a news release, the Kamloops Film Society says Twin Rivers Drive-In will return this weekend, showing the animated film Onward...
Jul 08, 2020
Mountie parked near Revelstoke witnesses double-fatal crash
REVELSTOKE, B.C. - RCMP say a Mountie observing traffic near Revelstoke Sunday (July 5) witnessed a crash that killed two people.In a news release, RCMP say the Mountie was parked off the Trans Canada...
Jul 08, 2020
After referendum officially cancelled, Kamloops Centre for the Arts Society pledges to carry on
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Centre for the Arts Society (KCAS) will live on, even though the referendum on borrowing for an arts centre has officially been cancelled.Elections BC announced this week that ...
Jul 08, 2020
Kamloops transit buses to be outfitted with glass driver doors
VICTORIA - B.C. Transit says it will begin retrofitting its Kamloops Transit buses Thursday (July 9) to add full driver doors. The Kamloops system is one of 34 systems in B.C. getting the retrofits, t...
Jul 08, 2020
WATCH: Winner of 2020 Y Dream Home Lottery drawn
KAMLOOPS - A local resident is the winner of this year's Y Dream Home Lottery grand prize.In an abbreviated draw Wednesday morning (July 8), Nicole Larson was announced as the winner of the Orchards W...
Jul 08, 2020
Access to Highway 5 to be interrupted Sunday night
KAMLOOPS - Roadwork will create a minor slowdown for some drivers looking to take Highway 5 North in Kamloops.Road rehabilitation work will block access to the eastbound exit of Highway 1, leading to ...
Jul 08, 2020
Surrey man arrested in assault of security guard at Riverside Park
KAMLOOPS - RCMP have made an arrest in the assault of a security guard at Riverside Park last Thursday (July 2).According to a news release issued Tuesday evening (July 7), members of the Kamloops RCM...
Jul 07, 2020
Kamloops Art Gallery reopens to the public after three-and-half-month COVID-19 closure
KAMLOOPS - On March 16, 2020, the Kamloops Art Gallery shut its doors temporarily due to concerns over COVID-19. For three and a half months, the facility remained closed to the public - until today, ...
Jul 07, 2020
Kamloops student drivers back on the road, have long wait to conduct road exam
KAMLOOPS - Students drivers who have been stalled during the pandemic are now able to book their road test.ICBC has announced it will be resuming non-commercial road tests on July 20. Motorcycle exams...
Jul 07, 2020
