Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
SD73 reaches out to parents as e-cigarette use explodes
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops-Thompson School District officials say e-cigarette use has exploded, far outpacing tobacco use among the student population. According to Sahali Secondary School Principal Rachael ...
Feb 26, 2019
Red Scorpions associate sentenced to 10 years for drug offences in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops drug dealer has been sentenced to a decade in prison for his involvement in the local drug trade. In B.C. Supreme Court in Kamloops today (Feb. 26), Erwin Dagle pleaded guilty to...
Feb 26, 2019
More than $26,000 raised for Coldest Night of the Year in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - It’s been another successful Coldest Night of the Year fundraiser in Kamloops. The Mustard Seed New Life Community tweeted this morning (Feb. 26), that the weekend event raised more t...
Feb 26, 2019
UPDATE: Police say medical emergency caused downtown crash
KAMLOOPS - UPDATE 8:51 A.M.: Police now say a medical emergency caused a late-night crash downtown. Kamloops RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Jodi Shelkie says officers attended a single-vehicle crash on Lorne ...
Feb 26, 2019
Longtime Kamloops physician Dennis Karpiak remembered for "powerhouse" personality, selflessness
KAMLOOPS - A well-known and longtime Kamloops physician has died. Dr. Dennis Karpiak passed away Saturday (Feb. 23) due to complications from a long term medical condition. His son Andrew says Dr. Kar...
Feb 25, 2019
Coquihalla collision leaves cube van damaged, driver injured
KAMLOOPS - The northbound lanes on the Coquihalla near the Inks Lake exit were reduced to one following a collision on Monday afternoon between a cube van and a transport truck. According to the Kamlo...
Feb 25, 2019
Kamloops emergency responders urge public to stay off river ice
KAMLOOPS - In some spots, the Thompson Rivers appear to be solid sheets of ice. But, looks can be deceiving. “It’s never safe to go on river ice at all,” said Lyle Weninger, Life Saf...
Feb 25, 2019
Kamloops expected to experience second-largest jump in average housing price in 2019
KAMLOOPS - The B.C. Real Estate Association has released its first quarter housing forecast summary and it’s projecting a slight boost in the number of sales and a steady increase in the price o...
Feb 25, 2019
'I lost my baby': Family of man gunned down in Kamloops mistaken identity case speaks out
PENTICTON, B.C. - Marie Nobles will never forget Jan. 23, 2019. "My whole world crashed. I lost my baby." Her baby was her youngest son, 41-year-old Rex Edward Gill. "He was a dad, he was a friend, he...
Feb 25, 2019
Fight that led to North Shore death fuelled by jealousy: Crown
KAMLOOPS - The death of a 42-year-old man outside of a North Shore bar in December 2016 was the result of a fight fuelled by jealousy, according to the Crown prosecutors in the case. James David Bond ...
Feb 25, 2019
