Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Stolen car suspect sends police on wild chase
KAMLOOPS - A 31 year old man is behind bars after a police chase in Kamloops this morning. Kamloops RCMP Cpl. Jodi Shelkie says it all started when a stolen Chev pick-up without a license plate was se...
May 9, 2018
Buffer between retail cannabis stores in Kamloops to be 100 metres once legalized
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops city council is relaxing the buffer zone between cannabis stores once it’s legalized later this year. The distance between stores will now be 100 metre, compared to the previ...
May 9, 2018
Kamloops RCMP arrest arson suspect
KAMLOOPS - A man accused of setting two garbage cans on fire has been arrested by Kamloops RCMP. The first incident occurred at 11:00 p.m. Monday night when the suspect allegedly set fire to a garbage...
May 9, 2018
Kamloops city council moves ahead with consultation on former McArthur Island Golf Course
KAMLOOPS - The fate of the former golf course property at McArthur Island was up for discussion at today's city council meeting. City staff brought forward a recommendation to engage the two main user...
May 8, 2018
City of Kamloops 'preparing for the worst' at Campbell Creek
KAMLOOPS - The threat of flooding continues to keep the City of Kamloops on alert. Utility Services Manager Greg Wightman says the biggest concern so far has been Campbell Creek, where water elevation...
May 8, 2018
'Concerned citizen' blasts city hall for excess garbage at Riverside Park
KAMLOOPS - Lorne Lakusta says he’s never seen it so bad. He’s referring to the amount of garbage piling up along the shores of Riverside Park on the Rivers Trail from the west side of the ...
May 8, 2018
Summit Elementary among 51 BC schools to receive new playgrounds
KAMLOOPS - Summit Elementary School in Kamloops is one of 51 schools across BC that will get a brand new playground, after an announcement from the BC government today. The value of the announcement i...
May 8, 2018
Kamloops lawyer questions city over pot bust
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops lawyer has expressed alarm following Monday’s pot shop bust on Hillside Drive. The Canna Clinic was shut down and two employees arrested after RCMP said the shop had been o...
May 8, 2018
Citizens group voices environmental concerns over Lafarge startup
KAMLOOPS - A citizens group has popped up in Kamloops to voice the environmental concerns of its members over the restart of Lafarge Kamloops. Citizens for Compliance (CFC) was formed by neighbours of...
May 8, 2018
Shed and hedge destroyed in Sahali fire
KAMLOOPS - Fire crews called out overnight to a fire in Aberdeen that destroyed a small shed and a hedge on Monmouth Drive. Platoon Captain Dan Ferguson says the fire appears to have broken out in a v...
May 8, 2018
