Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
All but one evacuation alert lifted in Cache Creek as Bonaparte stabilizes
CACHE CREEK, B.C. - The Village of Cache Creek has lifted an evacuation order on all but one unit at the Riverside Mobile Home Park.The park was evacuated Sunday (July 5) due to rising water from the ...
Jul 10, 2020
Retired Kamloops nurse's beaded gift for Dr. Bonnie Henry a reminder of missing and murdered Indigenous women
KAMLOOPS - For Gwen Campbell McArthur, the issue of missing and murdered Indigenous women cannot be sidelined during a global pandemic and provincial state of emergency."It's just not something that w...
Jul 10, 2020
Lots of damage but no injuries after Thursday night accident
KAMLOOPS - Aside from vehicle damage and damage to a light standard, there were no injuries after a two-vehicle accident on Notre Dame Drive Thursday night. A vehicle wound up on the embankment on the...
Jul 10, 2020
Tk'emlups chief taking legal action after Tiny House Warriors 'defamatory' Facebook post
KAMLOOPS - Tk'emlups Chief Rosanne Casimir is responding to a Facebook post by the Tiny House Warriors that she says is defamatory. The post, published last week, linked Casimir and Simpcw First Natio...
Jul 9, 2020
Stop, Drop, and Donate fundraiser for Kamloops Hospice Association set for Saturday
KAMLOOPS - The coronavirus pandemic has put a financial strain on many individuals and organizations throughout the local community. The Kamloops Hospice Society is one such organization. It has had t...
Jul 9, 2020
Day parole for man convicted in fatal houseboat crash
KAMLOOPS - A man who was found guilty of criminal negligence causing death and sentenced to three years in jail, has been granted day parole. Leon Reinbrecht drove a speeding boat into a houseboat on ...
Jul 9, 2020
MP McLeod concerned federal government is spending without a good plan
KAMLOOPS - "Frightening." That was the reaction of Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo MP Cathy McLeod when she learned the federal government was forecasting a deficit of $343 billion this year. The figure was...
Jul 9, 2020
Local volunteer named B.C. ALS volunteer of the year.
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops resident Pat Tomlinson was named the recipient of the ALS Society of B.C. Roy Slater Volunteer Of The Year award this week. Tomlinson is a long-time worker on behalf of ALS. Normal...
Jul 9, 2020
CSRD asks boaters to keep moving around boat launches
KAMLOOPS - The Columbia Shuswap Regional District (CSRD) is reminding boaters to move along when they're using boat launches on Shuswap Lake and other area waterways.In a bulletin on its website, the ...
Jul 8, 2020
Erosion eats into South Thompson bank along East Shuswap Road
KAMLOOPS - The province's Ministry of Transportation says it has closed the eastbound lane of a section of East Shuswap Road near Kamloops due to river erosion.The section is along the South Thompson ...
Jul 8, 2020
