Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Kamloops Mounties investigating break and enter at Dallas business
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP are looking for information after a Dallas business was broken into early this morning (Nov. 9). In a release, Sgt. Darren Michels says police received a report of a break and...
Nov 09, 2020 Image Credit: Kamloops RCMP
Four arrested after shot fired in Knutsford, stolen car chased through Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Four people are in custody after a police pursuit through Kamloops Sunday (Nov. 8).According to a Kamloops RCMP news release, it began with a report of a shot fired at a home in Knutsford. ...
Nov 08, 2020
Merritt residents invited to name their neighbourhoods
MERRITT, B.C. - City of Merritt officials are giving residents an opportunity to name their own neighbourhoods.The community is reviewing and revising its Official Community Plan, the document that gu...
Nov 08, 2020
VIDEO: Sunken sailboat rises from Shuswap Lake
BLIND BAY, B.C. - It took a team effort to get a sunken sailboat out of Shuswap Lake last month.According to the Columbia-Shuswap Regional District, Bylaw Enforcement Officer Chris Smit noticed the sa...
Nov 08, 2020
Mail-in counting gives Kamloops-North Thompson, Fraser-Nicola to B.C. Liberals
VICTORIA - Elections B.C. has wrapped up its mail-in ballot counting in two closely-contested Kamloops-area ridings after the October 24 provincial election - and both will remain B.C. Liberal.In Kaml...
Nov 08, 2020
'People are frustrated and people are scared': Construction worker calls for RIH Patient Care Tower site to be shut down
KAMLOOPS - Mike showed up to the Patient Care Tower construction site on Friday (Nov. 6), but many of his co-workers did not when news broke that Interior Health had declared the site at Royal Inland ...
Nov 06, 2020
Celebrating successes during Canadian Down Syndrome Week
KAMLOOPS - This week, Nov. 1 to 7, is Canadian Down Syndrome Week, which celebrates the accomplishments of people with Down syndrome. Dominique Baird is an advocate for people with diverse abilities. ...
Nov 06, 2020
Elk sightings prompt hunting moratorium on Tk'emlups te Secwepemc lands
TK'EMLUPS - For the first time in years, elk have been spotted within the territory of the Tk'emlups te Secwepemc (TteS). That has prompted TteS council to issue a moratorium on elk hunting.In a notic...
Nov 06, 2020
Interior Health declares COVID-19 outbreak at RIH Patient Care Tower construction site
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health (IH) has declared a COVID-19 outbreak at the Royal Inland Hospital Patient Care Tower construction site.According to IH, there are seven confirmed cases related to the outbr...
Nov 06, 2020
Elections BC mail-in ballot counting has Kamloops-area vote totals moving
KAMLOOPS - Elections B.C. began counting mail-in and absentee ballots Friday (Nov. 6), meaning voters in a pair of Kamloops-area ridings will get a better idea of who their MLAs will be.Both Kamloops-...
Nov 06, 2020
