Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Kamloops job seekers set their sights on legal pot market
KAMLOOPS - It was a government job fair unlike any this community has ever seen. Dozens of people lined up at the Four Points by Sheraton in Kamloops this morning to speak with representatives from th...
Jul 26, 2018
Crime Stoppers solicits tips on racist graffiti
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Crime Stoppers is calling for help in putting a stop to what has become a rash of racist and hateful sign vandalism in the Kamloops area. The first defaced sign was found in early ...
Jul 26, 2018
Shirtless suspect may be connected to bike theft epidemic: Kamloops Crime Stoppers
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops chapter of Crime Stoppers is hoping a surveillance photo can jog the public’s memory as police investigate bicycle thefts in the city. The organization says on July 19 be...
Jul 26, 2018
Get used to the smoke: meteorologist
KAMLOOPS - It could still be a couple of days before the smoke we’re seeing in Kamloops drifts away. Air Quality Meteorologist Ralph Adams with the B.C. Ministry of Environment says it will like...
Jul 26, 2018
Police recover major cache of stolen property
KAMLOOPS - Police made a big haul when they investigated a local motel room. On Tuesday, police began an investigation into stolen property being stored at a Kamloops Motel. In a news release, Staff S...
Jul 26, 2018
KFR provides fire prevention tips amid climbing temperatures
KAMLOOPS - Just one spark. That’s all it takes to start a fire in the hot and dry conditions Kamloops is currently experiencing. It’s a reality evidenced by last summer’s volatile wi...
Jul 25, 2018
Smoke leads to new statement from Environment Canada
KAMLOOPS - Environment Canada has issued another special air quality statement for much of the B.C. Interior due to wildfire smoke in the region. The statement covers several areas of the province, in...
Jul 25, 2018
TNRD eagerly anticipating Recycle BC switchover
KAMLOOPS - As it counts down the days until a new recycling arrangement kicks in, the Thompson-Nicola Regional District is asking residents to get ready. The TNRD has signed on with Recycle BC, meanin...
Jul 25, 2018
Kamloops Fire Rescue confirms cause of East Shuswap Road fire
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Fire Rescue has confirmed the official cause of a wildfire that scorched 545 hectares on the Tk’emlups Reserve earlier this month. The East Shuswap Road fire sparked on July ...
Jul 25, 2018
Finding Freddy Lee: search continues for Chinese-Canadian WW1 veteran from Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Throughout World War 1, Canadians suffered over 149 000 casualties, with over 56 000 men killed or missing in combat. One of those men killed, but whose remains were never found was Kamloop...
Jul 24, 2018
