Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
'I stand by my comments'; MP Caputo's claims about Quebec prison backed up by union president
KAMLOOPS - On Saturday (March 2), Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo MP Frank Caputo posted a video to social media addressing a recent tour he took at the Quebec medium security prison currently home to seria...
Aaron Schulze Mar 05, 2024
Proactive patrols net suspect, stop business break-in in progress: Kamloops RCMP
KAMLOOPS - Patrols initiated by the local RCMP detachment in response to a series of business break-ins in downtown Kamloops have borne fruit.Kamloops RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Crystal Evelyn says just b...
Mar 05, 2024
Remains found near Kamloops landfill identified as man missing since 2020
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP say skeletal remains found near Mission Flats Landfill last month belonged to a man who has been missing for four years. The remains were found on February 25, leading police ...
James Peters Mar 05, 2024
TRU Day of Giving campaign raises $81,000 for student supports
KAMLOOPS - The public gave Thompson Rivers University (TRU) nearly double its goal for its seventh annual Day of Giving.Numbers released by TRU Tuesday (March 5) show 223 donors - including alumni, in...
Mar 05, 2024
TRU prof spearheads largest public database of internal government records
KAMLOOPS - An assistant law professor at Thompson Rivers University is leading a project that contains the largest database of internal Canadian government documents ever made publicly accessible.In a...
Aaron Schulze Mar 05, 2024
No injuries reported in collision that shut down Fortune Drive Monday night
KAMLOOPS - No one was injured in a crash that shut down a busy North Shore thoroughfare Monday evening (March 4).Cpl. Crystal Evelyn of Kamloops RCMP says two vehicles collided at about 8:40 p.m., on ...
Aaron Schulze Mar 05, 2024
No working rink at prison where MP says notorious inmates play pickup hockey: agency
OTTAWA - Canada's prison service says there is no working hockey rink at an institution where a Conservative MP says notorious inmates play "taxpayer-funded serial killer pickup hockey." Correctional ...
Aaron Schulze Mar 05, 2024
Spike belt damaged two civilian vehicles in dangerous driving pursuit: Kamloops RCMP
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP say a police spike belt damaged two civilian vehicles as officers tried to collar a dangerous driving suspect Friday (March 1).In a news release issued Tuesday (March 5), spok...
Aaron Schulze Mar 05, 2024
City of Kamloops organics collection returns to weekly pickup this week
KAMLOOPS - The weather may not feel like it quite yet, but spring has nearly sprung in Kamloops and the city's organic waste collection will be reverting back to weekly pick-ups. Over winter months, t...
Aaron Schulze Mar 04, 2024
Kamloops' Kelly Olynyk inks extension with Raptors
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops' Kelly Olynyk is sticking around with the Toronto Raptors, as first reported by NBA Insider Adrian Wojnarowski via X (formally Twitter). The Raptors themselves have since confirmed...
Mar 04, 2024
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