Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News

How Kamloops motel owners and police are working to deter crime
KAMLOOPS - Criminal activity surrounding local motels has been a prominent problem in Kamloops for years. From low-level drug dealers congregating around the businesses, to a pair of homicides at loca...
Kayla Derkach Feb 05, 2019

Kamloops residents encouraged to take caution during cold snap
KAMLOOPS - It’s an unfortunate result of recent bone-chilling temperatures, a broken pipe and a store full of water. “We found out through our dispatch that it was a water-main break,̶...
Kayla Derkach Feb 05, 2019

Stuart Wood, Tournament Capital Ranch part of supplemental budget discussions
KAMLOOPS - For nearly two years, the former Stuart Wood Elementary School has sat empty, but plans are in motion to transform the building into a cultural centre with a partnership between the City of...
Kayla Derkach Feb 05, 2019

Cause of Rayleigh house fire to go down as 'undetermined'
KAMLOOPS - The cause of a fire that engulfed a home in Rayleigh Monday may never be known. The blaze completely destroyed a family home on Sabiston Crescent. Kamloops Fire Rescue’s Kevin Cassidy...
Kayla Derkach Feb 05, 2019

Burst pipe causing problems for Kamloops Staples
KAMLOOPS - UPDATE: (4:00 p.m.): A Staples employee says the store will be closed through Wednesday (Feb. 6), with the hope of re-opening Thursday morning. EARLIER: Fire crews are currently on scene at...
Kayla Derkach Feb 05, 2019

Coroner finds death of Kamloops woman in Wells Gray park accidental
WELLS GRAY PROVINCIAL PARK, B.C. - A coroner’s report into the death of a Kamloops woman in Wells Gray Provincial Park last summer found her death was accidental. The report, released Tuesday, d...
Kayla Derkach Feb 05, 2019

City hosting open house tonight on idea of adding more secondary suites
KAMLOOPS - The city is holding a public open house tonight (Feb. 5) to give Kamloops residents an opportunity to weigh in on the idea of allowing more secondary suites in light of a very tight rental ...
Kayla Derkach Feb 05, 2019

Kamloops building sector off to slow start in 2019
KAMLOOPS - Despite a mild January, the Kamloops building sector got off to a slower start. According to new numbers from the City of Kamloops, builders took out $9.4 million in permits last month. Tha...
Kayla Derkach Feb 04, 2019

Numbers increasing at local shelter as weather turns colder
KAMLOOPS - It’s been a difficult 24 hours for Kayla Ebach. “I just recently lost my home and then we kind of lost our vehicle last night, so RCMP brought us here,” she said. “W...
Kayla Derkach Feb 04, 2019

Norovirus outbreak at RIH could be over by Wednesday
KAMLOOPS - It’s good news for health officials in Kamloops - the outbreak of Norovirus at Royal Inland Hospital appears to be at its end. Interior Health spokesperson Susan Duncan says RIH is ex...
Kayla Derkach Feb 04, 2019

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