Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Out of the Cold program busier than anticipated in first week
KAMLOOPS - As the weather turns colder Kamloops’ homeless population has a few options for places to get warm. One of the city’s longest running shelters, located in the basement of St. Pa...
Nov 07, 2017
Flurries, warmer temperatures in store for Kamloopsians
KAMLOOPS - It looks like the sub-zero temperatures are about to ease off a bit in Kamloops. Environment Canada meteorologist Lisa West says the Arctic air mass which moved in late last week bringing n...
Nov 07, 2017
TRU's DeVries honoured for open education advocacy
KAMLOOPS - A Thompson Rivers University administrator has been recognized for his contributions to accessible education in BC. Interim Associate Vice President of Open Learning Irwin DeVries has recei...
Nov 07, 2017
Hitchhiker in custody after holding up truck driver at gunpoint
KAMLOOPS — A man who hitched a ride with a commercial truck driver on Highway 5 is in custody in Kamloops after allegedly holding the driver at gunpoint during their trip south on Monday evening...
Nov 06, 2017
Kamloops newest cold weather shelter has been busy
KAMLOOPS - The snow and cold came early to Kamloops this year. And while warmer weather is on the horizon, for those living on the streets of our city the early cold snap has meant searching out those...
Nov 06, 2017
Nelson Avenue home targeted during manhunt for Boyer
KAMLOOPS - During the searching for Michael Boyer on Monday, the Kamloops RCMP made a visit to 217 Nelson Avenue, the same house where a shooting occurred two weeks ago. Police surrounded the property...
Nov 06, 2017
City of Kamloops: Roads 'decent' for this time of year
KAMLOOPS - “Decent.” That’s how Glen Farrow, streets and environmental services manager with the City of Kamloops, assesses the condition of streets around town following last week&#...
Nov 06, 2017
RCMP conducts regular patrols of Valleyview motel
KAMLOOPS - Following gunfire at the Tournament Inn, the Kamloops RCMP say it’s a property known to them for suspicious activity. Police say officers frequent the inn quite often - from 9-1-1 cal...
Nov 06, 2017
Boyer arrested without incident in Kamloops to end manhunt
KAMLOOPS - Update: Mounties have provided further details regarding the arrest of 41-year-old Kamloops man Michael Shawn Boyer. Kamloops RCMP Cpl. Jodi Shelkie says members of Kamloops RCMP General Du...
Nov 06, 2017
RCMP nab suspect in weekend gun incident, search continues in Brock
KAMLOOPS - UPDATE: The Kamloops RCMP have arrested the man involved in an altercation with police at the Tournament Inn in Valleyview over the weekend. Boyer, 41, was wanted in connection to an alterc...
Nov 06, 2017
