Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Camille convicted in 2016 killing at Valleyview motel
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops man has been convicted of manslaughter in a 2016 slaying at a Valleyview motel. Gordon Paul Camille was found guilty in BC Supreme Court Tuesday (March 13). The body of 49 year o...
Mar 14, 2018
Kamloops woman organizes shuttle service to help search for Shtuka
KAMLOOPS - As the frantic search for Ryan Shtuka up at Sun Peaks approaches the four-week mark, a Kamloops woman has stepped up to help out. Wendy Lefebvre has organized a shuttle bus service to searc...
Mar 14, 2018
Winter shelter to close soon after serving nearly 300 people
KAMLOOPS - It’s been used as a winter shelter for the last six months, but in the two weeks the former Stuart Wood Elementary School will once again be empty. The city has confirmed that funding...
Mar 13, 2018
Even with new Calgary flight, Kamloops Airport still looking for Edmonton
KAMLOOPS - Westjet has announced another daily flight between Kamloops and Calgary, but Mayor Ken Christian says he’d like to see a direct flight to another Alberta city. The airline said it is ...
Mar 13, 2018
Youth program drives home sobering message about impaired and distracted driving
KAMLOOPS - A serious car crash after a few drinks at a party: something nobody wants to imagine. But it’s exactly what happened to a dummy “patient” - and these Kamloops teenagers ar...
Mar 13, 2018
City of Kamloops solicits pothole complaints
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops wants to hear your complaints - about potholes. Civic Operations Director Jen Fretz says city crews are scrambling 24 hours a day to repair crumbling roads all across K...
Mar 13, 2018
Affordable housing development plans unveiled in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Marylyn Simpson was given new life 10 years ago when she was provided affordable housing by the John Howard Society. “Low-income housing provides freedom. Freedom to be housed, to be ...
Mar 13, 2018
Fire investigators say Westsyde duplex fire began in basement
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Fire Rescue (KFR) personnel are working with RCMP today as they look into a devastating fire at a Westsyde duplex. The blaze broke out at about 3:30 and quickly engulfed one unit, ...
Mar 13, 2018
Body found at Domtar identified as missing wildfire evacuee
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Mounties have identified the body that was discovered at the Domtar Pulp Mill last week as that of missing wildfire evacuee David Michael Jeff. Police were able to make the positiv...
Mar 13, 2018
Non-profits say employer health tax would be 'very significant hit'
KAMLOOPS - The impending employer health tax coming in 2019 is not being well received by some in Kamloops, including non-profit organizations that say it could mean the different between providing a ...
Mar 12, 2018
