Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Kamloops Fire & Rescue kept busy Monday night
KAMLOOPS - Police are investigating an accident Monday night on the CP rail lines at River Road in Valleyview. Apparently, a vehicle was hit by a train just before 11:00 PM Monday night. Kamloops Fire...
Jul 07, 2020
Cache Creek trailer park at risk as banks of Bonaparte River slip away
KAMLOOPS - Keith Bevan moved into the Riverside Mobile Home Park in 2015. Since then, life along the Bonaparte River has been a nightmare."We're more than tired of it. We're stressed. It's beyond a fa...
Jul 06, 2020
Witness says gruesome collision Sunday east of Kamloops a reminder to ride safely
KAMLOOPS - A man who witnessed a horrific crash near Monte Creek Sunday (July 5) says paying attention to double-solid highway lines may have prevented the collision.The crash between a motorcycle and...
Jul 06, 2020
Victoria Street West improvements complete, Tranquille Road project grows
KAMLOOPS - Road work season is now in full swing across the city, as traffic delays and detours at the different projects take shape. As one major construction project finishes, another expands.City o...
Jul 06, 2020
Three injured in Yellowhead crash north of Kamloops
McLURE, B.C. - BC Emergency Health Services (EHS) says three people were injured in a crash north of Kamloops Monday morning (July 6).It happened at about 11:30 a.m., on Highway 5 near McLure. Three v...
Jul 06, 2020
RCMP warn public after 11-month-old girl find suspected purple fentanyl on Kamloops playground
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops mother says her family was seconds away from tragedy after her 11-month old daughter found a packet of suspected illicit drugs on a play structure Sunday (July 5).Stefanie Elliot...
Jul 06, 2020
Kamloops Mountie’s conduct under review after blackface jokes posted online
KAMLOOPS - RCMP are reviewing the online conduct of a Kamloops police officer after he made blackface jokes on a personal social media account while receiving skincare treatment.Const. Rupert Meinke p...
Jul 06, 2020
North Thompson, Cariboo under severe thunderstorm watch
KAMLOOPS - Environment Canada has issued a severe thunderstorm watch for much of the Central Interior.It includes the 100 Mile and North Thompson areas, as well as the Cariboo and Prince George region...
Jul 06, 2020
Province says rivers have peaked for the season after handling Canada Day rain
KAMLOOPS - Provincial officials say it appears the largest rivers in the Interior have peaked for the year and will now begin a steady decline.Dave Campbell of the B.C. River Forecast Centre says a pu...
Jul 06, 2020
Accidents lead to at least one fatality Sunday
KAMLOOPS - Some serious accidents in our area this weekend. Two air ambulances were used to airlift victims of what is believed to have been a two-vehicle accident on the Mamette Lake Road between Mer...
Jul 06, 2020
