Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
'It's amazing how time flies': Senator Nancy Greene Raine set to retire
KAMLOOPS - “It’s amazing how fast time flies.” The words of Conservative Senator Nancy Greene Raine on her impending mandatory retirement at the age of 75 on Friday. Greene Raine was...
May 10, 2018
Pro-pipeline rally attracts hundreds to Riverside Park ahead of May 31 decision
KAMLOOPS - More than 100 pro-pipeline supports showed up to Riverside Park and waved their placards to express their desire for Kinder Morgan to go ahead with the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. &#...
May 09, 2018
Truck fire blocks traffic near Walmart
KAMLOOPS - Traffic is being kept away from Hillside Drive near McGill Road behind Walmart this afternoon (May 9). A pickup truck was on fire at that location. It’s not believed anyone was injure...
May 09, 2018
City activates Emergency Operations Centre for spring flooding
KAMLOOPS - Rainfall and rising temperatures are keeping the threat of flooding in this province, very much ‘top of mind’. In Kamloops, water levels in local creeks are being monitored clos...
May 09, 2018
Another bid for the Tournament Capital
KAMLOOPS - The Tournament Capital is looking to host yet another major sporting event, this time it’s the Canada 55+ Games. Kamloops City Coucil has authorized city staff to submit a bid for the...
May 09, 2018
Stolen car suspect sends police on wild chase
KAMLOOPS - A 31 year old man is behind bars after a police chase in Kamloops this morning. Kamloops RCMP Cpl. Jodi Shelkie says it all started when a stolen Chev pick-up without a license plate was se...
May 09, 2018
Buffer between retail cannabis stores in Kamloops to be 100 metres once legalized
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops city council is relaxing the buffer zone between cannabis stores once it’s legalized later this year. The distance between stores will now be 100 metre, compared to the previ...
May 09, 2018
Kamloops RCMP arrest arson suspect
KAMLOOPS - A man accused of setting two garbage cans on fire has been arrested by Kamloops RCMP. The first incident occurred at 11:00 p.m. Monday night when the suspect allegedly set fire to a garbage...
May 09, 2018
Kamloops city council moves ahead with consultation on former McArthur Island Golf Course
KAMLOOPS - The fate of the former golf course property at McArthur Island was up for discussion at today's city council meeting. City staff brought forward a recommendation to engage the two main user...
May 08, 2018
City of Kamloops 'preparing for the worst' at Campbell Creek
KAMLOOPS - The threat of flooding continues to keep the City of Kamloops on alert. Utility Services Manager Greg Wightman says the biggest concern so far has been Campbell Creek, where water elevation...
May 08, 2018
