Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News

Rivertown Players! Entertaining Kamloops kids all summer
KAMLOOPS - Every summer, five days a week, a trio of post-secondary students will put on original live productions throughout the city, free for children and families. The Rivertown Players are a prod...
Kayla Derkach Jul 04, 2017

Kamloops real estate market heats up
KAMLOOPS - June was another hot month for the local real estate market. According to the Kamloops and District Real Estate Association, residential sales were up seven per cent last month compared to ...
Kayla Derkach Jul 04, 2017

Two killed after car strikes deer on Coquihalla Highway
LOGAN LAKE, B.C. - RCMP are confirming a tragic crash on the Coquihalla Highway this morning was caused by a collision with a deer. Mounties were called to the scene just before 6:00 a.m., about three...
Kayla Derkach Jul 04, 2017

Police investigating two suspicious fires
KAMLOOPS - RCMP are assisting Kamloops fire inspectors investigating a couple of suspicious fires overnight. One fire took place in a vehicle right underneath the south end of the Overlanders Bridge. ...
Kayla Derkach Jul 04, 2017

Construction material plays role in igniting grass fire
KAMLOOPS - Fire investigators have determined that a piece of construction material from a home in Batchelor Heights hit a power pole and ignited the grass fire that burned most of Monday afternoon. T...
Kayla Derkach Jul 03, 2017

Take a flight on World War II plane pivotal in Allies' victory
KAMLOOPS - It’s a World War Two plane that has done its fair share of flying and fighting during the last 73 years. While no longer in battle, the B-25 Bomber is still going strong in the air, a...
Kayla Derkach Jul 03, 2017

Electric car couple bolt through Kamloops en route across Canada
KAMLOOPS - For some Canadians, the idea of an electric car gives them range anxiety. It's a fear they'll run out of juice before they reach their destination; but for a couple from the Sunshine Coast,...
Kayla Derkach Jul 03, 2017

Crews knock down small brush fire west of Kamloops
KAMLOOPS -A small brush fire west of the Kamloops Regional Correctional Centre is now in the mop-up stage. Kamloops Fire Rescue was called out to the fire near the Kamloops Target Sports Association G...
Kayla Derkach Jul 03, 2017

Kamloops man drowns in South Thompson River
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops man has drowned in the South Thompson River. Sergeant Darren Michels confirmed a 25-year-old man was found dead in the river at around 11:30 a.m. Sunday. The discovery was made b...
Kayla Derkach Jul 02, 2017

Dew Drop wildfire remains at 80 per cent contained
KAMLOOPS - Steady progress continues to be made on the Dew Drop wildfire west of Kamloops. Kamloops Fire Centre Information Officer Max Birkner says the fire remains at 80 per cent contained. He says ...
Kayla Derkach Jul 02, 2017

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