Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Police looking at alcohol in a two-vehicle collision downtown Tuesday morning
KAMLOOPS - Alcohol is believed responsible for a two-vehicle collision in downtown Kamloops early this morning. In a news release, RCMP Sergeant Sascha Fesenko says they were called to 4th and Seymour...
Kayla Derkach Aug 08, 2017
Smoky skies keeping Kamloops quiet this weekend
KAMLOOPS - August long weekend is typically be one of the busiest summer holiday weekends in the province; with the fire situation and poor air quality, many of the usual hotspots for locals and visit...
Kayla Derkach Aug 06, 2017
Kamloops Dragon Boat Festival cancelled due to city smoke
KAMLOOPS - Smoke has put out the dragon. Kamloops Dragon Boat Festival has been cancelled due to the thick smoke blanketing the city. The festival was scheduled to take place Saturday, August 12th. Da...
Kayla Derkach Aug 06, 2017
Highland Valley workers vote on tentative agreement this week
LOGAN LAKE, B.C. - Voting on the tentative agreement between the United Steelworkers and Teck Resources is set to take place this week. After almost a year of discussion, the union and mine recently a...
Kayla Derkach Aug 06, 2017
Ontario company handing out hundreds of free masks to wildfire workers
KAMLOOPS - An Ontario-based company is on a mission to help wildfire workers breathe easier. Rich Szasz, Chief Innovation Officer with 02 Canada, says he and his colleagues spent more than two years d...
Kayla Derkach Aug 06, 2017
Friedman withdraws from race for Mayor's chair
KAMLOOPS – And then there were three… Late Saturday afternoon, Cindy Ross Friedman withdrew her name from the ballot of the upcoming civic by-election, making her announcement via email an...
Kayla Derkach Aug 05, 2017
Downtown standoff ends in an arrest
UPDATE: Kamloops RCMP Sgt. Sascha Fesenko says police continue to actively investigate Saturday’s incident downtown and aren’t commenting further at this time. EARLIER: KAMLOOPS - A man ha...
Kayla Derkach Aug 05, 2017
Truck fire draws large crowd downtown
KAMLOOPS - A truck fire drew quite the crowd Friday night. Kamloops Fire Rescue Platoon Captain Troy Grant says a man was driving an older model pick-up truck through downtown Kamloops just after 8 p....
Kayla Derkach Aug 05, 2017
Motorists continue to throw cigarette butts out window despite fire risk
KAMLOOPS - Despite the extreme fire danger throughout the Southern Interior Kamloops RCMP say some motorists continue to throw their cigarette butts out the window. Corporal Jodi Shelkie says they rec...
Kayla Derkach Aug 04, 2017
'Heartless' thief steals pet supplies from Four Paws evacuation site
KAMLOOPS - It’s being called a heartless theft after a large volume of pet supplies was stolen from the Four Paws Food Bank tent outside of the Sandman Centre Wednesday night. According to staff...
Kayla Derkach Aug 04, 2017
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