Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
12 Wholesale Sports locations to close in December, including Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - A major outdoor outfitting chain with a store in Kamloops is closing its doors. Wholesale Sports will close on or before December 28 of this year. The chain has 12 stores throughout Western...
Sep 14, 2017
Drivers walk away from crash between Chase and Pritchard
CHASE, B.C. - Two drivers walked away after a frightening crash on the Trans Canada Highway between Chase and Pritchard Thursday morning. According to Chase RCMP, a westbound Honda Civic and an eastbo...
Sep 14, 2017
International enrolment up '15-20 per cent' at TRU
KAMLOOPS - The numbers won’t be finalized until the end of this week, but international enrolment is way up at Thompson Rivers University this fall. “It’s up by quite a large number,...
Sep 14, 2017
Prolific offender from Kamloops arrested in Kelowna stolen car spree
KELOWNA - Three stolen cars later, Kelowna RCMP arrested two people passed out behind the wheel of one of them at the Kelowna golf club. The man has been identified as Jesse Shawcross, a 37 year old p...
Sep 14, 2017
Expect traffic delays on TCH east of Pritchard after accident
KAMLOOPS - NOTE: This story has been updated here. UPDATE - 8:45 AM - The Trans Canada Highway has now reopened to single-lane alternating traffic after an accident this morning between Pritchard and ...
Sep 14, 2017
Canadian Institute of Mining donates thousands to local companies and agencies
KAMLOOPS - Businesses, non-profit agencies and other groups around the city have gotten a business boost from the Canadian Institute of Mining. The CIM held a silent auction Tuesday night as part of i...
Sep 13, 2017
Construction coming along, TCC indoor track set to open end of September
KAMLOOPS - Work on the new fieldhouse at the Tournament Capital Centre is quickly nearing completion. Capital Projects Manager Darren Crundwell says the center’s new Olympic-style track is fully...
Sep 13, 2017
Area restriction modified around Elephant Hill fire
KAMLOOPS - In a bid to aid firefighting efforts, the BC Wildfire Service has amended an area restriction around the Elephant Hill wildfire. The amendent went into effect at 3 p.m. Wednesday and will r...
Sep 13, 2017
Crime Stoppers seeks Aberdeen Mall laptop thief
KAMLOOPS - Crime Stoppers is asking for the public’s help in identifying a suspect who stole a laptop from the Aberdeen Mall. The laptop was snatched from a kiosk in the middle of the mall on Au...
Sep 13, 2017
Wildfire state of emergency likely to end this week
KAMLOOPS - It looks like the provincial state of emergency in British Columbia sparked by this summer’s devastating wildfires is coming to a close. Chris Duffy, executive director of operations ...
Sep 13, 2017
