Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Kamloops flirts with weather record
KAMLOOPS - The scorching hot temperatures continue in Kamloops. Environment Canada is calling for a high of 38 degrees today – just shy of the record 38.9 degrees it was this day in 1971. “...
Jul 30, 2018
Nearly 20 Kamloops drivers caught up in weekend CounterAttack blitz
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Mounties busted nearly 20 drivers during a CounterAttack blitz over the weekend. On Friday, July 27, over a dozen officers were involved conducting simultaneous road checks through...
Jul 30, 2018
First-ever Kamloops International Buskers Festival a huge hit
KAMLOOPS - In June 2017, it was announced the Victoria International Buskers Festival would be moving to Kamloops in 2018. Fast forward 13 months and the inaugural Kamloops International Buskers Festi...
Jul 30, 2018
Former Hells Angel now trying to help youth avoid his poor choices
KAMLOOPS - A tale of an outlaw biker, who falls from grace and end up addicted to drugs on the streets of East Vancouver. It sounds like a script meant for Hollywood; instead, it was Joe Calendino's l...
Jul 30, 2018
More details being learned in jet ski crash
KAMLOOPS - Update: In light of today’s search, the Kamloops RCMP is asking all boat traffic to refrain from being on the South Thompson River from the Lafarge Bridge to the Valleyview boat launc...
Jul 30, 2018
River rescue in Dallas
KAMLOOPS - UPDATE – Search and rescue crews and dive teams will be back on the South Thompson River first thing this morning looking for a man missing after two jet ski boats collided on the riv...
Jul 29, 2018
Kamloops teen dies at Kelowna Music Festival
KELOWNA - UPDATE - A local family is devastated after the death of a 16-year old girl Friday night at a Kelowna Music Festival. The girl went into medical distress Friday night, and emergency crews we...
Jul 29, 2018
KCBIA beautifies Downtown Kamloops with new murals
KAMLOOPS - There’s plenty of colour in downtown Kamloops these days, as more murals are added through the Kamloops Central Business Improvement Association’s Back Alley Art Gallery Project...
Jul 27, 2018
TRU Education students spend time learning to teach at Big Little Science Centre
KAMLOOPS - There's no doubt that technology has never played a bigger role in the everyday lives of people than it does now. With these huge technological innovations have come new employment opportun...
Jul 27, 2018
Businesses along Victoria Street West fear impact from two-year project
KAMLOOPS - The design phase for a massive road rehabilitation project on Victoria Street West is around 60 per cent complete. The project will replace sewer and water lines under the busy street, some...
Jul 27, 2018
