Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News

Interior Health bucks provincial illicit overdose trend
KAMLOOPS - A sliver of good news in July’s provincial illicit overdose death numbers. The BC Coroners Service says while the number of overdose deaths has risen month-over-month and year-over-ye...
Kayla Derkach Aug 22, 2018

UPDATE: Overlanders Day planners find alternate location
KAMLOOPS - UPDATE: Organizers of this year’s Overlanders Day celebrations have found a new location. North Shore Business Improvement Association Executive Director Jeremy Heighton says the even...
Kayla Derkach Aug 22, 2018

Calgary police say missing man may have been headed to Kamloops
CALGARY - Calgary’s police service has put out the call for help locating a missing man who may have been en route to Kamloops. 48 year old Jason David Peter Greyeyes was last seen at about 1:30...
Kayla Derkach Aug 22, 2018

Kamloops sounds off on 4th Ave Pedestrian Plaza pilot project
KAMLOOPS - It's been just over a week since the 4th Avenue Pedestrian Plaza pilot project was closed. Traffic on the street is back to normal, but it's safe to say the pilot project has left an impres...
Kayla Derkach Aug 21, 2018

No end in sight in casino strike
KAMLOOPS - No movement to report when it comes to the BC Government’s Employee Union’s (BCGEU) strike at Gateway Casino locations in Kamloops and the Okanagan. Roughly 675 workers walked o...
Kayla Derkach Aug 21, 2018

Impaired driver nabbed after trying to park at RCMP detachment
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops RCMP didn’t have to go far to nab a man for impaired driving this weekend. Cpl. Jodi Shelkie says an out-of-town visitor from northern B.C. received a 90-day immediate ro...
Kayla Derkach Aug 21, 2018

Wildfires consuming less forest in the Kamloops Fire Centre this year
KAMLOOPS - Wildfire crews in the Kamloops Fire Centre have been busy battling more blazes this year, though those fires have been significantly smaller than last year. Since the season began April 1, ...
Kayla Derkach Aug 21, 2018

TRU Indigenous leader says he's pleased with proposed reconciliation holiday
KAMLOOPS - Last week, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the federal government is moving forward on a plan to create a new statutory holiday to honour the survivors of residential schools in Can...
Kayla Derkach Aug 21, 2018

Rolling Barrage helping veterans and first responders struggling with PTSD
KAMLOOPS - For a second year in a row, a group of motorcycle enthusiasts have been riding across the country to raise awareness for PTSD and other mental health issues facing veterans and first respon...
Kayla Derkach Aug 21, 2018

Kamloops man calls for punishment after witnessing huge bonfire on North Shore
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops North Shore resident thinks something more should have been done to punish the man who lit a large bonfire in a nearby vacant lot Saturday. Jeremy James was riding his bicycle ho...
Kayla Derkach Aug 21, 2018

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