Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
ICBC, RCMP bringing boating education to Kamloops waters
KAMLOOPS - Mike Ellis and his family are heading out on the South Thompson River to enjoy the afternoon. “Today we’re going to enjoy the sunshine, take a run on the water. We’re actu...
Jul 31, 2018
RCMP confirm search for missing jet skier likely a 'recovery mission'
KAMLOOPS - Update: The Kamloops RCMP says the South Thompson River is now open again to boaters between Lafarge Bridge and the Valleyview boat launch. Earlier today this section of the river was close...
Jul 31, 2018
So what's the excuse today for the latest jump in gas prices
KAMLOOPS - So what’s the excuse today? Gas prices are up 10 cents a liter at many stations this morning. Prices have gone from 135.9 to 146.9 a liter this morning. Just in time for your long wee...
Jul 31, 2018
Kamloops just a hair shy of a temperature record Monday
KAMLOOPS - We almost hit a new record for July 30th yesterday, but at the end of the day, we came up one tenth of a degree short of the mark. The temperature got up to 38.8 degrees officially yesterda...
Jul 31, 2018
Kamloops flirts with weather record
KAMLOOPS - The scorching hot temperatures continue in Kamloops. Environment Canada is calling for a high of 38 degrees today – just shy of the record 38.9 degrees it was this day in 1971. “...
Jul 30, 2018
Nearly 20 Kamloops drivers caught up in weekend CounterAttack blitz
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Mounties busted nearly 20 drivers during a CounterAttack blitz over the weekend. On Friday, July 27, over a dozen officers were involved conducting simultaneous road checks through...
Jul 30, 2018
First-ever Kamloops International Buskers Festival a huge hit
KAMLOOPS - In June 2017, it was announced the Victoria International Buskers Festival would be moving to Kamloops in 2018. Fast forward 13 months and the inaugural Kamloops International Buskers Festi...
Jul 30, 2018
Former Hells Angel now trying to help youth avoid his poor choices
KAMLOOPS - A tale of an outlaw biker, who falls from grace and end up addicted to drugs on the streets of East Vancouver. It sounds like a script meant for Hollywood; instead, it was Joe Calendino's l...
Jul 30, 2018
More details being learned in jet ski crash
KAMLOOPS - Update: In light of today’s search, the Kamloops RCMP is asking all boat traffic to refrain from being on the South Thompson River from the Lafarge Bridge to the Valleyview boat launc...
Jul 30, 2018
River rescue in Dallas
KAMLOOPS - UPDATE – Search and rescue crews and dive teams will be back on the South Thompson River first thing this morning looking for a man missing after two jet ski boats collided on the riv...
Jul 29, 2018
