Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
"Unfortunate accident" at Kamloops gun range shocks shooting community
KAMLOOPS - The B.C. shooting community is shocked and saddened by the death of a Vancouver man at a Kamloops gun range on Sunday. “It’s a close knit community in the shooting fraternity, j...
Jun 12, 2017
Paramedics finish final leg of memorial ride
KAMLOOPS - B.C. paramedics were wrapping up the inaugural BC Paramedic Memorial Ride this evening (Jun 12). Paramedics rode from Osoyoos to the Honour Ranch near Heffley Creek over four days. Today wa...
Jun 12, 2017
Kamloops MLA Todd Stone returns to cabinet
VICTORIA - The new BC Liberal cabinet has some Kamloops content, but not as much as prior to the election. Kamloops-South Thompson MLA Todd Stone will return to his familiar post as Minister of Transp...
Jun 12, 2017
Seasonal fire restrictions take effect this week
KAMLOOPS - The seasonal burning ban for the Kamloops Fire Centre will take effect this Thursday, June 15. That means all fires larger than a campfire – or a half-metre by a half-metre – wi...
Jun 12, 2017
Kamloops, Shuswap no longer under flood watch
KAMLOOPS - The BC River Forecast Centre has lifted the Flood Watch in place for the South Thompson River, placing the river on a High Streamflow Advisory. The move indicates the tension beginning to e...
Jun 12, 2017
Tk'emlups man stabbed Saturday, waits until Sunday afternoon to report
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Rural RCMP say a Tk’emlups resident is recovering from multiple stab wounds, allegedly suffered at the hands of his wife. Police say the man received the wounds Saturday nigh...
Jun 12, 2017
Man dies after Kamloops shooting competition accident
KAMLOOPS - A Vancouver man is dead after an accident at a Kamloops shooting competition. Kamloops RCMP say the man was participating in a pistol competition at the Kamloops Target Sports Shooting Comp...
Jun 12, 2017
Voting efforts for new elementary school playground ramp up amid contest deadline
KAMLOOPS - With only a week left in the BCAA Play Here contest, voting efforts are ramping up for Marion Schilling Elementary parents and staff. The top three B.C communities chosen in the voting cont...
Jun 11, 2017
Walkers celebrate cancer survivors at 22nd annual Relay for Life
KAMLOOPS - The 22nd annual Relay for Life took place at Riverside Park Saturday. Dozens of teams and individuals, many of them living with cancer or who know someone affected by the disease, walked th...
Jun 11, 2017
Missing teen found safe
KAMLOOPS - UPDATE: Kamloops RCMP say Suzie Clark has been found safe. EARLIER: The Kamloops RCMP is asking for the public's help in finding a missing 18-year-old. According to Kamloops RCMP Staff Sgt....
Jun 11, 2017
