Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Supporters of grocery wine sales holding out hope
KAMLOOPS - The fight is far from over for those in Kamloops hoping to see B.C. wines line the shelves of Save-On-Foods. Wine makers were disappointed when city council voted down a proposed bylaw vari...
Kayla Derkach May 26, 2016
KGHM-Ajax lays off seven, blames commodity market
KAMLOOPS - KGHM-Ajax has issued a round of layoff notices at its Kamloops office, blaming the economy. According to a statement from Project Manager Clyde Gillespie, seven people have been laid off in...
Kayla Derkach May 26, 2016
New graduate degrees coming to TRU
KAMLOOPS - Thompson Rivers University will offer a pair of new graduate degrees come next year. The provincial Ministry of Advanced Education has approved TRU to offer a Master of Science in Environme...
Kayla Derkach May 26, 2016
Use of stolen credit cards leads RCMP to suspect
KAMLOOPS - RCMP quickly put a stop to a stolen credit card spending spree last week. On May 19 Kamloops RCMP were informed of a vehicle break-in on River Street. Identification cards and credit cards ...
Kayla Derkach May 26, 2016
Former Kamloops Mountie charged with dealing drugs
KAMLOOPS - A former Kamloops RCMP officer has been charged with dealing drugs. 40 year old Randi Love, who was the local detachment’s media relations officer in 2009, was charged with drug traff...
Kayla Derkach May 26, 2016
Kamloops craft brewery to save $20,000 a year under new regulations
KAMLOOPS - On brewing day at Red Collar, they’re making cherry sour. It’s a new seasonal brew that has quickly become the brewery’s most popular beer, selling out 60 cases right away...
Kayla Derkach May 25, 2016
Kamloops man delivers donations to Fort McMurray wildfire evacuees
KAMLOOPS - A local man is proving just how generous the residents of Kamloops really are when it comes to helping the people of Fort McMurray. Michael Schill has just returned from the first of 2 trip...
Kayla Derkach May 25, 2016
Police searching for alleged Save-On shoplifter
KAMLOOPS - RCMP are on the lookout for a man who stole a large quantity of cigarettes from the Westsyde Save-On Foods store. Yesterday at about 3 o’clock, the man took eight cartons of Canadian ...
Kayla Derkach May 25, 2016
Leon Reinbrecht conviction upheld in deadly 2010 Shuswap boat crash
KAMLOOPS - A BC Supreme Court judge has upheld the conviction of a man who slammed a speedboat into a houseboat on Shuswap Lake six years ago, killing the houseboat’s operator. Leon Reinbrecht w...
Kayla Derkach May 25, 2016
Charges laid in February drug seizure
KAMLOOPS - A search conducted at a home on Valleyview Drive in February has resulted in an arrest and drug-related charges. RCMP found 224 grams of cocaine and 1,446 grams of marijuana in the home dur...
Kayla Derkach May 25, 2016
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