Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Power restored in Barnhartvale after early morning outage
KAMLOOPS - Over 1400 B.C. Hydro customers were without power in parts of Barnhartvale this morning. A pickup hit a power line about 5:00 AM, knocking the power line down. The vehicle was apparently tr...
Jan 31, 2019
Disc golf, naturalist clubs feel differently on McArthur Island decision
KAMLOOPS - After city council voted 5-3 in favour of making the old McArthur Island Golf Course into mixed-use space between the Kamloops Disc Golf Club and the Kamloops Naturalist Club, the decision ...
Jan 30, 2019
Liberian official thanks Kamloops for 'life-saving' gift
MONROVIA, LIBERIA - The keys to Liberia’s first fully-equipped ambulance have officially been handed over, and citizens are thanking the Kamloops community for its generosity. Local firefighter ...
Jan 30, 2019
Organizers say 2018 Camp Out End Youth Homelessness raised more than $50,000
KAMLOOPS - Organizers of last month’s Camp Out to End Youth Homelessness say the event raised more than $50,000. A Way Home Kamloops says more than 60 people participated in the December 14 even...
Jan 30, 2019
Wanted man could be in Barriere, Kamloops areas
KAMLOOPS - Police in Barriere are asking for the public’s help in finding a man wanted for several offences. Police say 25-year-old Layton Daniel MacLaren is believed to be in the Barriere or Ka...
Jan 30, 2019
YMCA honours two Kamloops peacemakers
KAMLOOPS - Two local peacemakers were honoured with YMCA Peace Medals Tuesday evening. Dominique Baird is an advocate for the employment and inclusion of people with diverse abilities, able to speak f...
Jan 30, 2019
UPDATE: Major stomach bug postpones surgeries at RIH
KAMLOOPS - A pair of Interior Health facilities in Kamloops are dealing with significant outbreaks of a gastrointestinal illness. IH says the bug has hit three units at Royal Inland Hospital, affectin...
Jan 30, 2019
Man killed in Kamloops-area crash was expectant first-time father
KAMLOOPS - Two weeks after the tragic death of a new employee of the New Afton mine west of Kamloops, the man’s mother says she is comforted that a part of her son will live on. On January 12, L...
Jan 30, 2019
Kamloops to receive team tasked with preventing ODs in recently released inmates
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops will be one of five communities in the province with a team dedicated to preventing overdose deaths among people recently released from correctional facilities. The initiative stem...
Jan 30, 2019
Council gives go-ahead to mixed-use concept for former McArthur Island golf course
KAMLOOPS - City council has voted 5-3 in favour of turning the former McArthur Island Golf Course into a mixed use park. The property will include a passive nature park and an 18-hole disc golf course...
Jan 29, 2019
