Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Gang unit seizes cash and weapons following Kamloops homicides
KAMLOOPS - After the provincial anti-gang unit made its presence known in Kamloops following two homicides, several weapons, drugs and cash were seized. The Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit of...
Feb 04, 2019
Leadership change to Kamloops Airport
KAMLOOPS - A long-time Kamloops resident with a lengthy past in aviation will take over as managing director of YKA. In a news release, Vantage Airport Group says Kamloops Airport’s current mana...
Feb 04, 2019
Accused in fatal Cache Creek shooting granted bail
KAMLOOPS - A man charged with murder in connection to a fatal shooting in Cache Creek last month has been granted bail. Corey Richard Harkness, 31, appeared in Kamloops Supreme Court today (Feb. 4) ac...
Feb 04, 2019
Cold snap expected to stick around Kamloops for next few days
KAMLOOPS - Temperatures in Kamloops plummeted over the weekend, and things won’t start to warm up until later this week. Environment Canada forecaster Doug Lundquist says, despite the freezing t...
Feb 04, 2019
Kamloops man arrested after allegedly breaking into vehicles
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops man has been arrested after he was seen allegedly breaking into vehicles. On Feb. 3 at 1:15 a.m., Kamloops RCMP say an alert citizen on Springhill Drive called the police to repo...
Feb 04, 2019
Jury selection begins for 2016 manslaughter case
KAMLOOPS - Jury selection has begun for a man accused of manslaughter in connection to the December 2016 death of a Kamloops man. James David Bond is set to go to trial on the charge on February 25, a...
Feb 04, 2019
UPDATE: Rayleigh house destroyed after morning fire
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Fire Rescue has not yet determined the cause of a fire on Monday morning in Rayleigh, but they believe it started in the master bedroom. Fire crews received the call around 8:30 a....
Feb 04, 2019
Search suspended for missing Merritt rancher
MERRITT - After seven days, Merritt RCMP and Search and Rescue have suspended the search for the missing manager of the Nicola Ranch. 32-year old Ben Tyner was last seen Saturday afternoon January 26t...
Feb 04, 2019
Tourism Kamloops looking within for 2019
KAMLOOPS - Tourism Kamloops is looking for internal support to drive 2019, after a successful year in 2018. CEO Beverley DeSantis says the number of visitors who came to the Tournament Capital last ye...
Feb 03, 2019
Hundreds gather in Kamloops to remember radio icon Angelo Iacobucci
KAMLOOPS - Hundreds gathered Saturday afternoon to bid a fond farewell to Angelo Iacobucci at a memorial service in Kamloops, 7 weeks after he passed away suddenly just two weeks shy of his 61st birth...
Feb 02, 2019
