Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Poppy campaign gathering community donations ahead of Remembrance Day
KAMLOOPS - To fill a fundraising void in the annual poppy campaign, several community groups have stepped up to donate to the local Legion ahead of Remembrance Day. Donations are down compared to prev...
Nov 09, 2020
Tk’emlúps to honour Indigenous veterans during virtual Remembrance Day ceremony
TK'EMLUPS - November 8 marked Indigenous Veterans Day across Canada, and while in-person ceremonies couldn't take place, Tk'emlps chief and council are making sure those who served are honoured. Come ...
Nov 09, 2020
What local experts now know about the transmission and prevention of COVID-19
KAMLOOPS - COVID-19 is slowly becoming less of a mystery. Scientists and healthcare professionals are constantly gathering new information from the millions of cases of the virus reported globally. Tr...
Nov 09, 2020
Snow already falling in Cariboo, expected to arrive in Kamloops soon
KAMLOOPS - Snow is on its way to the Kamloops area Monday afternoon (Nov. 9).Environment Canada's Doug Lundquist notes a snowfall warning was put in place for the North Thompson and Cariboo regions ea...
Nov 09, 2020
Employee at McDonald's inside Kamloops Walmart tests positive for COVID-19
KAMLOOPS - McDonald's Canada says an employee at the Kamloops Walmart location tested positive for COVID-19.In a statement, McDonald's says the employee informed the company of the positive test Sunda...
Nov 09, 2020
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
