Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Purse thief tricks Kamloops gym employee into opening locker
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Crime Stoppers is looking for a thief who bamboozled an employee of a local gym. Last Monday, February 12, the woman told the gym employee she had lost the key to her locker. After...
Feb 21, 2018
Housing, business development set to breathe life into North Shore Spirit Square
KAMLOOPS - A local development company has announced a new project for the Kamloops North Shore meant to revitalize the area around Spirit Square. The two-building development is being led by Arpa Inv...
Feb 21, 2018
Kamloops Chamber of Commerce decry 'crippling tax increases' in B.C. budget
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Chamber of Commerce is expressing concern about the tax increases included in Tuesday’s B.C. budget. The chamber says it leaves the business community to pick up a $1.92 ...
Feb 21, 2018
Kamloops RCMP investigate hammer attack
KAMLOOPS - A rude awakening for a Kamloops couple that lives on Oak Road Wednesday morning. Police say the bizarre assault occurred at around 3 a.m. “A male and female reported that two men dres...
Feb 21, 2018
WATCH: Kamloops RCMP arrest suspected drunk driver at gunpoint
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops RCMP officer in his cruiser escaped injury Wednesday morning after being hit by a suspected drunk driver on Columbia Street. Cpl. Jodi Shelkie says the collision occurred just af...
Feb 21, 2018
Mother makes emotional plea for information on missing son
KAMLOOPS - It has been four days since Ryan Shtuka mysteriously disappeared in Sun Peaks. The 20 year old, who moved to the mountain ski resort just a few months ago to work the winter season, went mi...
Feb 20, 2018
Motion Picture Orientation Course being offered in Kamloops this weekend
KAMLOOPS - With the film industry booming in British Columbia, the Thompson Nicola Film Commission is looking to get a bigger slice of the pie which is why they're hosting a Motion Picture Industry Or...
Feb 20, 2018
Traffic engineer looking at traffic solutions at Westmount Elementary
KAMLOOPS - It’s been an issue for years, but with higher enrolment and more kids being driven to school, the pressure to find a solution to the traffic crunch at Westmount Elementary School in W...
Feb 20, 2018
Kamloops MLAs blast 'tax and spend' NDP budget
VICTORIA - Kamloops BC Liberal MLAs Todd Stone (Kamloops-South Thompson) and Peter Milobar (Kamloops-North Thompson) have taken aim at what they’re calling a “tax and spend” NDP budg...
Feb 20, 2018
District PAC chair says policy to protect students against sexual violence 'long overdue'
KAMLOOPS - District PAC chair Don Kitt says a pair of allegations that have come forward have caught the attention of all parents across School District 73 and a policy change is “long overdue.&...
Feb 20, 2018
