Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Crime Stoppers seek booze thief
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Crime Stoppers are hoping you can help them identify a liquor thief. The young man entered a Brocklehurst liquor store last Saturday, August 19, and stole some liquor. Suspect desc...
Aug 23, 2017
United Steelworkers donates $41,000 to wildfire relief efforts
KAMLOOPS - Numerous fires continue to rage on across the province, however, many evacuees have been able to return to their homes. The United Steelworkers is helping people get back on their feet by d...
Aug 23, 2017
Emergency reception centre likely to shut down Sept. 6 or sooner
KAMLOOPS - With more evacuation orders being rescinded and displaced residents returning home, the emergency reception centre is slowing to a halt. Skeetchestn Indian Band members and other residents ...
Aug 22, 2017
North Shore BIA launches survey to address safety concerns
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops North Shore Business Improvement Association says it wants to compile some data to speak to countless stories of people feeling unsafe in the Tranquille business corridor. The ...
Aug 22, 2017
Mapping tool allows users to visualize 2017 BC wildfire devastation
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops software company has released a mapping tool allowing users to visually compare the record-breaking 2017 BC wildfire season with other noteworthy historical fire seasons. Lightsh...
Aug 22, 2017
Kamloops North Shore crime spree continues for second night
KAMLOOPS - An overnight crime spree on the Kamloops North Shore Sunday has apparently been followed with another last night. Cpl. Jodi Shelkie says Kamloops RCMP received a total of 16 reports of crim...
Aug 22, 2017
Kamloops RCMP introduce new tool in battling bike thefts
KAMLOOPS - When a bike is stolen, riders can be out thousands of dollars with little hope of getting their bikes back. on Saturday, the Kamloops RCMP and city staffers were over at Norkam lock and cyc...
Aug 21, 2017
Overlanders Day makes a splash in North Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - It's the celebration of a community within the larger Kamloops community. Overlanders Day took place Saturday at MacDonald Park in North Kamloops. It's an opportunity for residents from bot...
Aug 21, 2017
Former Kamloops councillor Bepple pursues a return to city hall
KAMLOOPS - A former Kamloops councillor wants her old job back. Nancy Bepple has announced she will run for one of two open council spots in the September 30 by-election. Bepple was elected to council...
Aug 21, 2017
Case of badly decomposed body turned over to BC Coroners Service
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP say they have handed the investigation into a man who was found dead beside the Thompson River to the BC Coroners Service. Cpl. Jodi Shelkie says the man has been identified a...
Aug 21, 2017
