Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Conviction quashed, new trial ordered for man accused of murder after wife's drowning near Revelstoke
VANCOUVER - A man convicted of first-degree murder after his wife drowned while boating has been granted a new trial.Justice Lauri Ann Fenlon of the B.C. Court of Appeal says in a decision released Tu...
Sep 29, 2020
Columbia Street paving project to tie up traffic for about a week
KAMLOOPS - One of the main thoroughfares through the city is getting a new sheet of asphalt, as well as other improvements over the next week, or so. Columbia Street from Sixth Avenue to the Valleyvie...
Sep 29, 2020
Merritt RCMP members apply tourniquet before arresting mischief suspect
MERRITT, B.C. - Mounties in Merritt had to apply a tourniquet to a profusely-bleeding break-in suspect last week.According to a news release, the incident happened Friday (Sept. 25) at a home on Belsh...
Sep 29, 2020
Demand triples for COVID-19 tests at Kamloops public health clinic
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health says the demand for COVID-19 tests in Kamloops has increased significantly in the month of September, partly due to the beginning of the school year. The onset of school and...
Sep 29, 2020
Kamloops council gives preliminary thumbs up to tax exemption for Paramount Theatre
KAMLOOPS - A year after a big disappointment at the Kamloops council table, the sequel has gone much better for the Kamloops Film Society (KFS).Council gave the society's application for a permissive ...
Sep 29, 2020
B.C. Greens name candidates in Kamloops-North Thompson, Fraser-Nicola
KAMLOOPS - The B.C. Green Party has nominated a pair of new candidates in the Kamloops area ahead of the October 24 provincial election.Thomas Martin will represent the party in Kamloops-North Thompso...
Sep 29, 2020
RAW VIDEO: SUV has close shave with two semi trucks near Clinton
CLINTON, B.C. - Dashcam video posted to social media shows an extremely close call on a Clinton-area highway.The video was posted to Facebook by Jeremy Lorntsen, who said the incident took place Frida...
Sep 29, 2020
Third and final suspect in Blind Bay stabbing turns himself in
SALMON ARM, B.C. - The third man wanted in a Shuswap stabbing investigation has turned himself in. According to a release from Salmon Arm RCMP, Terrance Alan Jones is now in custody.Jones, 40, was one...
Sep 29, 2020
Lillooet man leaves $350k for TRU Foundation, women in STEM studies
KAMLOOPS - Women going into STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) fields will get a big boost after a generous gift from a Lillooet man.James Bain passed away in 2019, bequeathing hi...
Sep 29, 2020
Significantly less damage during 2020 wildfire season in Kamloops Fire Centre
KAMLOOPS - A wet spring led to a slow start for the 2020 wildfire season in B.C, with significantly fewer fire starts. Now reaching the end of fire season, the amount of land burned in the Kamloops Fi...
Sep 28, 2020
