Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
International Overdose Awareness Day strikes a chord in B.C.
KAMLOOPS - Today marks International Overdose Awareness Day, a day to reflect upon the ongoing overdose crisis, and remember those who have been lost. More than two years after British Columbia declar...
Aug 31, 2018
Kamloops Crime Stoppers seeks bald laptop thief
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Crime Stoppers is seeking the public’s help in locating a man suspected of stealing a laptop from a local business. The incident occurred at 3:00 a.m. the morning of Aug. 11 ...
Aug 31, 2018
BC Wildfire Service urges caution in the backcountry this long weekend
KAMLOOPS - August may be turning into September this weekend with temperatures dropping to the low- to mid-20s, but the BC Wildfire Service is urging folks headed out into the back country to still ex...
Aug 31, 2018
RCMP provide back to school safety tips
KAMLOOPS - With students heading back to school next week the Kamloops RCMP are reminding motorists to slow down, and children to stay alert. School zones will be back into effect next week, requiring...
Aug 31, 2018
Kamloops RCMP nab stolen car suspects, seize drugs
KAMLOOPS - Two people are in police custody after allegedly stealing a car and being in possession of drugs. Staff Sgt. Mathias Van Laer says police attempted to stop the suspect vehicle at around 9:1...
Aug 31, 2018
Accidents create traffic disruptions prior to long weekend
KAMLOOPS - We’re not even officially into the holiday weekend yet, and accidents are causing concern. Two accidents yesterday on the Coquihalla caused traffic disruption. One of the accidents to...
Aug 31, 2018
Kamloops hiker missing for two nights recounts trying ordeal
KAMLOOPS - Jennifer Baird has been hiking in the Lac Du Bois Grasslands for 25 years, but all of that experience couldn’t prepare her for what happened Monday afternoon. During what was supposed...
Aug 30, 2018
Residents on Royal Avenue excited about redevelopment at former Thrupp Manor
KAMLOOPS - Royal Avenue has been the site of more violent activity recently, namely the stabbing of a 27-year-old on Aug. 21 at 414 Royal Avenue followed by standoff at the same residence the next eve...
Aug 30, 2018
Province announces RIH Patient Care Tower proponent
KAMLOOPS - B.C. Health Minister Adrian Dix has announced EllisDon as the proponent of Royal Inland Hospital’s Patient Care Tower. He says that means detailed design work on the $417 million proj...
Aug 30, 2018
Kamloops mother pleased with lawsuit against drugmakers
KAMLOOPS - B.C. has become the first province to sue drug companies in relation to the opioid crisis, claiming marketing and promotion presented pain drugs as less addictive than they actually are. A ...
Aug 29, 2018
