Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
"We cannot tolerate this type of white supremacist racism": Skeetchestn chief
KAMLOOPS - The chief of the Skeetchestn First Nation says profanity-laden graffiti targeting a Secwepemc sign in Batchelor Heights angered him and he hopes whoever did it is caught. A Secwepemc sign a...
Jul 02, 2018
'A void that will never be filled': Friend mourns Kamloops man killed on the job
KAMLOOPS - “He was wise beyond his years.” The words of Jesse Bochek in describing his close friend Brendan Stokes, who was killed while at work in Kamloops Friday. The 19 year old Stokes ...
Jul 02, 2018
Despite the rain, Kamloops celebrates Canada's 151st Birthday
KAMLOOPS - It was one of wettest Canada Day Celebrations anyone in Kamloops could recall. Despite the rain, Canada Day at Riverside Park started off as planned, with a number of local politicians and ...
Jul 02, 2018
Soggy conditions close sports fields at McArthur Island
KAMLOOPS - Excessive rainfall has prompted the City of Kamloops to close all sports fields at McArthur Island Park until further notice. “We are concerned about player safety as well as potentia...
Jul 02, 2018
July snow falls on the Okanagan Connector
PEACHLAND, B.C. - Environment Canada forecasters say snow can fall on the highest elevations of the Coquihalla Highway system 12 months of the year – and we just saw an example. There was snow o...
Jul 02, 2018
Canada Day crowd wet, but enthusiastic
KAMLOOPS - Weatherwise, it wasn’t the greatest Canada Day ever, but thousands braved their way through the odd period of heavy rain to participate in the day’s events at Riverside Park. Th...
Jul 02, 2018
Coquihalla crash results in multiple injuries
KAMLOOPS- A single vehicle accident on the Coquihalla Saturday night resulted in multiple injuries. The accident happened around 9:30 PM one kilometre south of Inks Lake Road. A northbound SUV loaded ...
Jul 01, 2018
Cascades Casino open for business despite job action
KAMLOOPS - As the strike of Cascades Casino employees enters a second day, employer Gateway Casinos is reminding the public they are still open for business. In an open letter to customers Gateway sai...
Jun 30, 2018
Worker killed on the job in Dallas
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP say a 19-year-old Kamloops man is dead following a workplace accident. Emergency personnel and WorkSafeBC attended a business in the 10200 block of Dallas Drive at 10:41 a.m. ...
Jun 30, 2018
ICBC urges motorists to stay safe this long weekend
KAMLOOPS - The Canada Day long weekend is often one of the busiest weekends of the summer. Between families getting out of town for the first trip of summer vacation, to revellers celebrating the anni...
Jun 29, 2018
