Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Cash coming for ranchers affected by wildfires
KAMLOOPS - Ranchers are one step closer to receiving assistance following this summer’s devastating wildfires. Kevin Boon, general manager with the B.C. Cattlemen’s Association, says the p...
Kayla Derkach Sep 22, 2017
Kamloops' O'Fee removed as IHA board chair
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops’ John O’Fee is out as board chair for Interior Health. Today the provincial goverment announced its appointed Dr. Doug Cochrane, a professor emeritus at UBC, to replace...
Kayla Derkach Sep 22, 2017
Kamloops campfire ban to be rescinded Friday
KAMLOOPS-A return to more seasonal conditions means the campfire ban covering the Kamloops Fire Centre will be lifted today at noon. The ban has also been rescinded in the Southeast and Cariboo fire c...
Kayla Derkach Sep 22, 2017
Victim of fatal Kamloops shooting named
KAMLOOPS - Mounties have identified the person killed in a shooting Thursday night in Kamloops. The deceased has been identified as 34-year-old Konaam Shirzad. Shirzad was a known member of the Red Sc...
Kayla Derkach Sep 22, 2017
One dead, one injured after shooting in Kamloops West End
KAMLOOPS - RCMP are investigating Kamloops’ second homicide of 2017. Mounties rushed to a home on Hudson’s Bay Trail in the West End at about 7:20 Thursday evening, responding to multiple ...
Kayla Derkach Sep 21, 2017
Running for Mayor: Todd McLeod
KAMLOOPS - With the civic by-election just over a week away, we bring you the sixth and final mayoral profile. Todd McLeod worked overseas as a TV producer for close to a decade before taking to the s...
Kayla Derkach Sep 21, 2017
Upper Nicola Band to host healing walk
KAMLOOPS - The Upper Nicola Band will host the “Calling our Spirits Back” healing walk this weekend. The journey will start at 9 a.m. Friday with a ceremony at the old Kamloops Indian Resi...
Kayla Derkach Sep 21, 2017
Stolen vehicle pursuit ends in Valleyview
KAMLOOPS - A 35-year-old man and a 25-year-old woman are in police custody following a police pursuit down the Trans Canada Highway east of Kamloops today. It all started when Vernon-North Okanagan RC...
Kayla Derkach Sep 21, 2017
Kamloops heroes kick off 2017 United Way campaign
KAMLOOPS - There are dozens of worthy non-profit organizations in our community, making sure those in need are taken care of. When it comes to donating to those organizations, choosing where to spread...
Kayla Derkach Sep 21, 2017
Distracted driving blitz nabs cell phone, seatbelt violators
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP say an operation targeting distracted drivers this week uncovered some surprising results. Mounties and representatives from ICBC set up near NorKam Secondary at 12th Street a...
Kayla Derkach Sep 21, 2017
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