Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
City noting moderate use of bylaw easement around temporary overnight shelters
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops says a recent bylaw easement allowing for extended overnight camping in certain areas has been working well. The easement is part of the measures taken to keep shelter ...
Jul 8, 2020
'I just can't believe it': Longtime ticket buyer becomes 2020 Y Dream Home winner
KAMLOOPS - Nicole Larson has been buying tickets in the Kamloops Y Dream Home Lottery for nearly 20 years. That loyalty paid off Wednesday morning (June 8), when she found out she won the 2020 Dream H...
Jul 8, 2020
'I didn't even get the words out of my mouth'; Riverside Park security guard hopes to return to work soon after assault
KAMLOOPS - A security guard who was assaulted at Riverside Park last week is recovering after surgery on Tuesday night (July 7). Glen Warner, a security guard with Secure Guard, was patrolling the par...
Jul 8, 2020
Film society to continue screening movies at McArthur Island pop-up drive-in theatre
KAMLOOPS - The pop-up drive-in movies at McArthur Island will continue.In a news release, the Kamloops Film Society says Twin Rivers Drive-In will return this weekend, showing the animated film Onward...
Jul 8, 2020
Mountie parked near Revelstoke witnesses double-fatal crash
REVELSTOKE, B.C. - RCMP say a Mountie observing traffic near Revelstoke Sunday (July 5) witnessed a crash that killed two people.In a news release, RCMP say the Mountie was parked off the Trans Canada...
Jul 8, 2020
After referendum officially cancelled, Kamloops Centre for the Arts Society pledges to carry on
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Centre for the Arts Society (KCAS) will live on, even though the referendum on borrowing for an arts centre has officially been cancelled.Elections BC announced this week that ...
Jul 8, 2020
Kamloops transit buses to be outfitted with glass driver doors
VICTORIA - B.C. Transit says it will begin retrofitting its Kamloops Transit buses Thursday (July 9) to add full driver doors. The Kamloops system is one of 34 systems in B.C. getting the retrofits, t...
Jul 8, 2020
WATCH: Winner of 2020 Y Dream Home Lottery drawn
KAMLOOPS - A local resident is the winner of this year's Y Dream Home Lottery grand prize.In an abbreviated draw Wednesday morning (July 8), Nicole Larson was announced as the winner of the Orchards W...
Jul 8, 2020
Access to Highway 5 to be interrupted Sunday night
KAMLOOPS - Roadwork will create a minor slowdown for some drivers looking to take Highway 5 North in Kamloops.Road rehabilitation work will block access to the eastbound exit of Highway 1, leading to ...
Jul 8, 2020
Surrey man arrested in assault of security guard at Riverside Park
KAMLOOPS - RCMP have made an arrest in the assault of a security guard at Riverside Park last Thursday (July 2).According to a news release issued Tuesday evening (July 7), members of the Kamloops RCM...
Jul 7, 2020
