Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
WATCH: "Enough is enough" RCMP identify shooting victims, increase presence in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Top brass at the Kamloops RCMP detachment say more than 50 Mounties are looking into Wednesday’s fatal shootings in Kamloops. One man was killed outside a Super 8 motel in Valleyview ...
Jan 24, 2019
Friends identify Kamloops homicide victim as Penticton man
KAMLOOPS - Friends have identified one of the two shooting victims in Kamloops yesterday as 42-year-old Rex Gill of Penticton. Gill leaves behind two children. "The unthinkable happened today. I lost ...
Jan 24, 2019
Investigators remain at scene of Valleyview motel homicide
KAMLOOPS - Police remain on scene at the Super 8 motel this morning, after one of two homicide victims was discovered there yesterday. Kamloops RCMP are expected to release more information about the ...
Jan 24, 2019
Shtuka family hopes turnover within RCMP detachment will mean fresh eyes on case
SUN PEAKS, B.C. - It’s been close to a full year since the disappearance of Ryan Shtuka in Sun Peaks - a case that’s left his family, police and the public frustrated. There has been littl...
Jan 24, 2019
Humphreys looks back on 29 years at the Kamloops Symphony Orchestra
KAMLOOPS - After nearly 30 years as Executive Director of the Kamloops Symphony Orchestra, Kathy Humphreys is hanging up her hat. Humphreys joined the KSO in 1990 and says she watched the orchestra an...
Jan 23, 2019
TNRD Library allows users to borrow a thermal imaging camera
KAMLOOPS - Later this month, Thompson-Nicola Regional Library members will be able to borrow a thermal imaging camera as they would borrow a book. The new “See the Heat” program is sponsor...
Jan 23, 2019
Accused in Shuswap fatal hit and run tells his side of the story
KAMLOOPS - The man accused of hitting and killing a motorcyclist in the Shuswap before taking off, has taken the stand during his trial to tell his side of the story. Raymond Edward Swann is charged w...
Jan 23, 2019
Victims of separate Kamloops shootings both confirmed dead
KAMLOOPS - RCMP say both victims of separate shootings in Kamloops Wednesday morning are confirmed dead. In a news release, Cpl. Jodi Shelkie says both incidents are now classified as homicides. No su...
Jan 23, 2019
RCMP investigating two shootings in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Editor’s Note: This story has been updated with the latest information here. UPDATE: 9:55 a.m. - Kamloops RCMP have confirmed they are investigating a pair of shootings Wednesday morn...
Jan 23, 2019
School bus collides with vehicle in Celista
CHASE - RCMP in Chase are investigating a collision involving a school bus yesterday morning. In a news release, Corporal Scott Linklater says yesterday morning, just before 7:00 AM (Tues, Jan 22), tw...
Jan 23, 2019
