Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Kamloops council approves funding for additional RCMP members
KAMLOOPS - City council has approved funding for the addition of members to the Kamloops RCMP. According to Supt. Brad Mueller, the Kamloops detachment is stretched to its limit. A recent increase in ...
Dec 05, 2017
Kamloops council offering support to Community Action Team
KAMLOOPS - Recommendations to improve and support Kamloops’ coordinated response to mental health and societal issues were adopted by City Council today. The city faces a growing number of socia...
Dec 05, 2017
Blue Christmas services to bring hope to lonely season
KAMLOOPS - For many, the holidays are a time of joy and celebration, but for some Christmas is a difficult time of year. In the midst of the Christmas blues churches are offering a time of quiet medit...
Dec 05, 2017
Man charged after police cruiser hit in chase near Heffley Creek
KAMLOOPS - RCMP have now charged a man believed involved in a police chase near Heffley Creek in late November. RCMP Corporal Jodi Shelkie says Joshua Real Charles Foucault has been charged with sever...
Dec 05, 2017
Women surpassing men in TRU enrollment rates
KAMLOOPS - 2016 Census data shows more Canadians are pursuing post-secondary education than a decade ago. According to Statistics Canada, 54 per cent of Canadians aged 25-64 have attained university o...
Dec 04, 2017
Young patient shares story to launch RIH Foundation Holiday Campaign
KAMLOOPS -Nine-year-old Sean Mitchell is living his dream. The young Kamloops resident made his professional dancing debut as a mouse in the Nutcracker this past month, and on Monday he helped the Roy...
Dec 04, 2017
Kamloops RCMP arrest three men, shotgun seized
KAMLOOPS - Three men are behind bars and a loaded shotgun was seized following an incident on the North Shore this afternoon. Kamloops RCMP Cpl. Jodi Shelkie says the arrests occured at 1:30 p.m. afte...
Dec 04, 2017
Kamloops veteran 'very disappointed' in Supreme Court ruling
KAMLOOPS - A former Canadian peacekeeper living in the Kamloops area has expressed his utter disappointment in a B.C. Court of Appeal ruling that went against a group of six veterans Monday. The so-ca...
Dec 04, 2017
Witness says dog killed by Kamloops driver was hit intentionally
KAMLOOPS - The owner of a dog who was struck and killed by a vehicle in north Kamloops Saturday says a witness told her the driver hit her pet on purpose. Stephenie Mcginty’s five year old sheph...
Dec 04, 2017
Kamloops' first Ugly Sweater Run a beautiful success
KAMLOOPS - In 1999, 10-year old Brennan Comazzetto was out riding his bike, and was tragically struck and killed in a hit and run crash. His sister Payton, who witnessed the incident, organized a spec...
Dec 04, 2017
