Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News

Westsyde Elementary user groups on the hunt for alternatives
KAMLOOPS - While Monday’s unanimous approval from School District 73 board members to reopen Westsyde Elementary means some breathing room for Kamloops classrooms, many groups using the building...
Kayla Derkach Mar 13, 2019

TRU embracing all cultures as part of iDays celebration
KAMLOOPS - Thompson Rivers University is truly a hub for multiculturalism in our community. With more than 3,000 international students hailing from 90 different countries, TRU is weaving the multicul...
Kayla Derkach Mar 13, 2019

Usage up for Kamloops homeless storage facility
KAMLOOPS - While it was off to a slower start, the storage facility for Kamloops’ homeless on Victoria Street has seen a steady stream of use. Now nearly a year into operation of the mini storag...
Kayla Derkach Mar 13, 2019

Bond acquitted of manslaughter in 2016 death of Sean Dunn
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops man has been acquitted of manslaughter in connection to a beating death outside of a North Shore nightclub in December 2016. A B.C. Supreme Court jury found 29-year-old James Dav...
Kayla Derkach Mar 13, 2019

Charges laid in 2016 Kamloops hit and run after DNA match
KAMLOOPS - A man has been arrested more than two years after allegedly striking a Kamloops jogger with his vehicle and taking off. Deb Kennedy survived, but was injured in the collision. Kamloops RCMP...
Kayla Derkach Mar 13, 2019

Man robbed on TRU campus
KAMLOOPS - Police are investigating after a man was robbed on the Thompson Rivers University campus. Officers responded to a report of a personal robbery at 2:40 p.m. Monday (March 11). Kamloops RCMP ...
Kayla Derkach Mar 13, 2019

IIO investigating after man dies in Kamloops RCMP custody
KAMLOOPS - Officers have notified the province’s police watchdog after a man died in Kamloops RCMP custody. At 9:30 p.m. yesterday (March 12), Kamloops RCMP responded to a complaint from a busin...
Kayla Derkach Mar 13, 2019

Sunshine, warm temps coming to Kamloops in time for first day of spring
KAMLOOPS - It has so far been a cool month of March for Kamloops and the B.C. Interior - but that trend is about to change. Environment Canada meteorologist Carmen Hartt says sunshine and above normal...
Kayla Derkach Mar 13, 2019

Summit Elementary students win big at Kamloops Independent Film Festival
KAMLOOPS - A pair of Summit Elementary School students were honoured over the weekend for their contributions to this year’s Kamloops Independent Film Festival (KIFF). Nikolai Jedyk’s The ...
Kayla Derkach Mar 13, 2019

Thieves target Dufferin retail business complex
KAMLOOPS - RCMP are investigating a series of break-and-enters in the same Dufferin business complex. According to Kamloops RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Jodi Shelkie, the break-ins happened at about 4:00 a....
Kayla Derkach Mar 13, 2019

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